Новости за 04.01.2017

China is in the midst of an unlikely debate over guns, triggered by the sentencing of a game-stall operator who offered customers the chance to pop balloons with what authorities deemed were real firearms.

Lego's latest educational kits, dubbed Boost, combine moving parts and computer programming for children as young as 7. WSJ's Geoffrey A. Fowler checked it out before its January debut at CES 2017 in Las Vegas. Photo: Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street Journal

SoftBank Group has lined up chip maker Qualcomm as an investor in the Japanese firm’s new technology fund, helping the portfolio reach its $100 billion goal, according to people familiar with the matter.

One company’s managers think repeal would raise its health-care costs by hundreds of millions.

The president-elect accused the intelligence community of delaying a meeting with him over the hacking of emails linked to the Democratic Party, saying on Twitter that “perhaps more time needed to build a case.”

The startup is revealing an all-electric car at CES that it says will be ready for production and will cast aside doubts about its future.

The 86-year-old economist asked questions others didn’t and wrote the answers in plain English.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, known as Obamacare, reshaped the U.S. health-insurance market. The November election handed Congress and the White House to Republicans, who have vowed to repeal and replace the law. As President Obama heads to the Hill to defend his signature legislation, here are some things to know.

More than 130 inmates have escaped a Philippines jail in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent years after suspected Muslim rebels attacked a jail in the south of the country.

Qualcomm thinks of its latest smartphone chip as a “connected device” chip, a bid to outdistance rivals such as Intel in the burgeoning market for gadgets and equipment with computing and communications capabilities built in.

Tesla’s fourth-quarter sales rose 27%—but not enough for the Silicon Valley auto maker to reach its goal of delivering at least 80,000 vehicles in 2016.

More Chinese families are sending their children to study in the U.S., and students are coming at an ever younger age. Ken Yan, age 11, left his home in Jiangxi province, China, to start a new life with a host family in Orange County, Calif. Photo/Video: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal

Western governments stayed silent on the U.K. polonium murder of a Putin critic.

A century late, the city’s first new subway opens. What Trump can learn.

The House GOP shows it will too easily bend to liberals—and Trump.

A federal judge slaps down another executive overreach.

There’s real cause for alarm, but it isn’t the recent malware.

The new administration can renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal from a position of strength.

What happens when rule by the people conflicts with individual rights?

Xerox Corp.’s stock basked in its first day of trading since the legacy firm of the same name split in two—while the tandem’s other publicly traded company took a hit in its debut.

Fox News star anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving the cable network to join NBC News. The announcement ends months of intense speculation over the future of "The Kelly File" host. Photo: Associated Press

The weeks of shopping between Black Friday and the holidays are critical for videogame companies. For mobile game makers, the biggest cheer comes after the gifts are unwrapped.

As the 115th Senate convened on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden had to call the Senate to order twice to get the noisy group to settle down. The first order of business was to swear-in the 34 elected members, seven who were new.

The virtual currency bitcoin celebrated the new year by rising through the $1,000 mark.

An injury to Tom Savage means the former starter retains his job for wild card in Oakland.