Новости за 17.11.2016

HERE’S A LOOK AT THE DAY AHEAD OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: President Barack Obama holds meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Secretary of State John Kerry is at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial meeting in Lima, Peru. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew delivers remarks on the economy at noon at a Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public […]

The drama-free reappointments of Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to their leadership positions this week are the result of real work by the two party leaders that may help them build allegiances and reassert authority in an era when political power has become more spread out among disparate players.

Three years ago, Amazon’s India website didn’t exist. Now, the company is moving within striking distance of India's homegrown e-commerce champion Flipkart. The Wall Street Journal looks at how it got there. Photo: Amazon

Simon Berry dived 240 feet 10 inches (73.41 meters) before dunking his biscuit into a mug of tea. The previous record was held by an American, Ron Jones, who dunked a doughnut into a cup of coffee from a height of 198 feet 8 inches.

Mohammed bin Nayef’s recent prominence suggests he won’t be sidestepped to the throne by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

After Donald Trump rode to presidential victory over Hillary Clinton through the traditionally Democratic states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, the power of the Midwest states has become clear. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what this means for both parties going forward. Photo: AP

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely crack down on the use of skilled-worker visas issued to Indian outsourcing firms, said Roy Beck, president of Arlington, Va.-based NumbersUSA, which advocates for limited immigration.

Thailand’s monarchy is by many accounts the world’s wealthiest. Its investment arm, the Crown Property Bureau, is overseen by a board appointed by the king. But the royal family also has private holdings and is supported in part by the government. Here are a few things to know about the Thai royal fortune.

World No. 1 car maker Toyota, a longstanding skeptic on battery-powered vehicles, will set up a unit to build a battery-powered car and get it to market as quickly as possible.

A new study estimates foreign direct investment between the U.S. and China is already two to four times the amount shown by official statistics, and its authors hope the findings will encourage politicians to forge even deeper bilateral links.

One year after the emissions scandal hit Volkswagen, CEO of Volkswagen North America Hinrich Woebcken sat down with WSJ at the LA Auto Show to discuss the company's future. Video/Photo: Andria Chamberlin

The Bank of Japan is keeping yields ultralow, setting the stage for what may be the next leg of Japan’s deflation fight.

Britain’s Prince William visits Vietnam to urge leaders and people of the Communist country to step up efforts to stamp out wildlife trafficking. He is due to attend a two-day conference on illegal wildlife trade in Hanoi. Photo: Getty Images

Brazilian military police used tear gas as they clashed with anti-austerity protesters in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, as Latin America's largest economy suffers its worst recession in decades after hosting the 2016 Olympics. Photo: Getty Images

The U.S. government returned former Chinese official Yang Xiuzhu to China, 13 years after she fled the country. Photo: CCTV

Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance since conceding the presidential election at a Children’s Defense Fund event Wednesday night. She reflected on her devastating loss and urged supporters to persevere through the Donald Trump era. Photo: Getty

Gold is being let down by India and Donald Trump. Ahead of last week’s U.S. presidential election, investors looking to bet on a victory by Mr. Trump bought gold assets on the theory that the resulting policy uncertainty would be a boost for such havens.

After a seven-year bull market, London property looks ripe for a correction.

Indian students are flocking to the U.S. to learn, with the number enrolled in courses there surging by a quarter in the last academic year to a record, a new report shows. The volume of Indian students studying in the U.S. rose by 25% to 165,918 in the school year ended in the fall 2016, according to the Institute of International Education’s “Open Doors” report.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty published an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump—who as a candidate had criticized the company for moving jobs overseas—with recommendations on issues including infrastructure and health care.

Auto brands, including Fiat Chrysler, Ford and Mercedes-Benz, are turning to special-effects tools to help them envision how drivers might use visual information in future dashboard displays.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Wednesday finalized a 13-point code of ethics that bars registered lobbyists from working on transition matters on which they had previously lobbied the government, a slightly looser version of the lobbyist ban President Barack Obama enacted in 2008.

Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ is an unpreachy story about unemployed steelworkers in a deindustrialized Pennsylvania town.

According to new study by Yale economists, an in-network emergency room visit may result in a bill from an out-of-network doctor. Two dueling ads highlight the impasse between insurance companies and physicians regarding the matter. Image: Cigna/ACEP

A routine National Labor Relations Board case moving through federal court took on greater implications with the election of Donald Trump as the first president in modern history who owns a large and well-known business.