Новости за 16.01.2017

China has been bracing for an incoming Trump administration that appears determined to shake the foundations of U.S.-China relations yet has provided few details about its precise policy plans.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may land a job in Donald Trump’s administration after all.

More Democratic legislators plan on sitting out Trump's swearing in, reaction to the Chicago police report and before the inauguration a lengthy dress rehearsal.

The Chicago Cubs waited 108 years to win the World Series last year—and then raced to the White House to celebrate with the president who called their city home.

Rolls-Royce Holdings said it had settled a longstanding corruption probe with U.S., British and other authorities at a cost of more than $800 million.

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Although President-elect Donald Trump has called the alliance “obsolete,” nearly 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday as part of an effort to bolster NATO defenses in the wake of Russia’s 2014 moves in Ukraine.

The scariest sight in the NFL playoffs isn’t a team, but a Green Bay quarterback without a weakness.

A French push for the European Union to back the results of Sunday’s Paris conference on the Middle East peace process was stymied Monday, with the U.K. leading the opposition. Britain’s decision to oppose the EU statement was U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest move to reposition Britain on some international issues ahead of […]

Several of Donald Trump’s top economic policy jobs may go unfilled for days or even weeks after he is sworn in, potentially slowing his pursuit of an ambitious domestic policy agenda.

Finland’s Foreign Minister Timo Soini is the leader of The Finns Party, a populist, euroskeptic party that surprised Europe’s establishment when it came into power two years ago. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Soini took a far more moderate stance than the firebrands of the anti-establishment movement sweeping across Europe and […]

Australian utility Duet Group has agreed to a takeover bid worth nearly $5.5 billion from Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Infrastructure.

Snapchat messaging app creators Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy are expected to retain more than 70% of voting power in the company; pre-IPO investors get less-powerful voting shares

CAN Capital, the online lender to small businesses, turned profits for years before most digital competitors opened. But it stumbled in the past year after chasing new firms’ rapid growth rates.

Companies are increasingly exploring the economics of moving production to the U.S., as an overhaul of the U.S. tax code looms and President-elect Donald Trump calls out their peers for expanding abroad.

Success with a deal for IBM personal computers led China’s Lenovo to underestimate the difficulty of reviving smartphone company Motorola Mobility. “We underestimated the differences of the culture and the business model,” says the CEO.

After nearly half a century of civil war, a jihadist insurgency, and tens of billions of dollars of Western aid, Somalia is for the first time attempting something like democracy—and it isn’t looking pretty.

Biologist Peter Bloom collects roadkill in the name of science. He uses it to lure species like turkey vultures, which he monitors for research purposes in Santa Ana, Calif.. Photo: Isaac Hernández Herrero for The Wall Street Journal

Prosecutors’ decision to seek the arrest of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong threatens to knock one of the world’s biggest companies off course—and, represents a significant challenge to South Korea’s large, family-run companies.

The International Monetary Fund raised its economic growth forecasts for the U.S., saying output could grow nearly a half-percentage point faster than previously thought over this year and next, thanks to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to cut taxes and boost infrastructure spending.

More than 100 Kia Motors dealers in China are seeking $343 million in compensation from the auto maker and a slowdown in shipments as they grapple with high inventories.

A shooting attack at an electronic music festival resulted in the deaths of at least five people and left 15 injured at a nightclub at Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen.

U.S. shale drillers that proved resilient during the oil downturn face a new test in 2017: Can they make money producing more now that prices have stabilized?

Wolfgang Schäuble issued stern warnings about the dangers posed by protectionist economic policies and an assertive Russia seeking to undermine Western democracies, underscoring the risk of a rift between incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and an important ally.

Secondhand retailers like Swap.com say the volume of merchandise they handle is growing rapidly.