Новости за 22.04.2017

A flight attendant for American Airlines was suspended after a video was posted on social media showing him in a heated argument with a passenger who was protesting the way the crew member had treated another customer.

Years of overbuilding and the rise of online shopping have come to a head, resulting in the planned closure of thousands of stores by chains such as Payless, RadioShack and Bebe.

The concert promoter first hired to produce a Prince tribute concert sued the late pop star’s estate and former administrator and advisers for alleged fraud, the latest cloud over the deals the estate has signed since Prince’s death a year ago.

Lessons they never taught you In college, advice on helping teen girls thrive, and avoid the worst products ever with these insider strategies.

In an attempt to set itself apart from the competition, AT&T Inc. is offering home television through its DirecTV and U-verse brands, and, if regulators bless its pending Time Warner Inc. takeover, discounted access to entertainment on every screen.

A day before the first round of a tightly fought presidential election, French voters used the sudden quiet provided by the end of official campaigning to ponder how to wield their ballots.

The death toll from a Taliban attack on the Afghan army’s northern headquarters rose to at least 130 people, a day after militants breached the base hidden in military vehicles in the group’s deadliest assault since it was ousted from power in 2001.

Subjects at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s—but who don’t actually have the disease—are being recruited to help test two experimental treatments from Novartis AG, in a new focus on preventive treatment.

A top Japanese official pushed back against a new proposal from the U.S. to pursue a bilateral trade agreement, warning that the terms of such a pact would be less favorable than those offered under a multilateral deal abandoned by the Trump administration this year.

Despite concerns about market demand, Volkswagen, General Motors and Toyota have set out plans for electric-car production in China at the Auto Shanghai vehicle expo.

An attempt by federal officials to pressure Twitter to unmask users behind an account critical of the Trump administration has triggered an investigation into whether those officials abused their power.

A peaceful end to growing tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic-missile ambitions remains possible thanks to China, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said.

Thirty years ago, the GIF was born. Ben Zimmer on how this technology term has aged remarkably well—even though how to pronounce it is still debated.

Waymo accused Uber of intentionally hiding a key project from a federal court that Waymo says shows the ride-hailing company copied its design plans for a laser sensor used in autonomous vehicles.

How do you convince consumers that your latest product isn’t going to go up in flames? Chief marketing officer Marc Mathieu talks about his strategy.

President Donald Trump said he would be making a ‘big announcement’ next week about his tax plan, but his budget director said that it might be June before the White House releases its detailed plan.

Sears Holdings Corp. named its second finance chief in less than a year on Friday, as the struggling retailer updated investors on its restructuring plan.

President Trump has rejected a bid by oil company Exxon Mobil to resume a Black Sea venture with Rosneft, a sanctioned Russian firm close to the Kremlin.

United Continental moved to further stem fallout from the incident in which police dragged off a paying passenger from one of its flights, saying its chief executive Oscar Munoz will no longer be taking on the chairman role and that it will revamp executive compensation incentives.

The U.K. government’s decision to hold snap parliamentary elections in June will delay by a month the regulatory-review process for 21st Century Fox’s $15 billion bid to buy the 61% of U.K. pay-television giant Sky it doesn’t already own.

Global finance ministers, seeking common ground with a Trump administration that has threatened to shake up Washington’s traditional trade and geopolitical relationships, are looking to work closely with the new administration on a top priority for the White House: Combating terror finance.

Never underestimate name-calling as a governance tool, but now Arconic needs manners.

New York City’s mayor is the black market’s best friend.

A compromise gives the House a chance to honor its ObamaCare promise.

Academic intolerance is the product of ideological aggression, not a psychological disorder.