Новости за 16.05.2017

Casper, which shook up the mattress business, is among several specialty web retailers shifting to brick-and-mortar stores after finding the pool of online buyers is only so deep.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for further efforts from China to tackle the rising threat from North Korea after its latest missile launch.

A solo traveler forgoes India’s mobbed bucket-list attractions in favor of secluded resorts and nature treks in the country’s sleepy south.

Austria prepared for a five-month election campaign that will pit the centrist incumbent against the popular conservative foreign minister and a far-right party that sees a new chance to gain power.

Party food doesn’t get any more appealing than this buttery oven-baked crab dip. Throw it together in 30 minutes and serve with toast rounds to scoop up every luscious bite.

France’s privacy watchdog slapped Facebook with a $165,000 fine on allegations the social media giant’s privacy policy breaches French law, the latest setback for the company in Europe where it is hounded by multiple legal and regulatory battles.

The ransomware assault infecting computers in more than 100 countries bears some of the hallmarks of previous attacks by North Korea, offering a reminder of the secretive nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities.

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Lidl, a German discount chain that has upended British retailers, is slated to open its first U.S. stores this year, and Wal-Mart is preparing by tweaking store-brand selection, lowering some prices and speeding up checkout lines.

The White House has been working for about a week to contain the fallout that started last Tuesday with President Trump's abrupt firing of James Comey. Headaches for the White House spilled into this week after reports the president shared highly classified information with Russian officials. Here’s a timeline.

A family’s youngest members can learn plenty from helping to shape a holiday, but parents should avoid the pitfalls along the way.

Bernardo Hees, the Brazilian CEO tasked with spicing up American brands like Oscar Meyer and Jell-O, talks about the Unilever bid, 3G Capital’s cost-cutting practices and a new partnership with Oprah Winfrey.

Activists are increasingly asking for CEOs’ heads at the outset of campaigns, a new level of aggressiveness for a group already known for its bold actions and impact on corporate America in recent years.

U.S. new-home construction in April declined modestly for the third time in four months, a trend that is likely to worsen supply shortages and push prices higher at a time of swelling demand.

The British actress had a fairy-tale bedroom in Fontainebleau at age 10; today she has two Paris apartments

Cybersecurity researchers identified a digital clue connecting the global ransomware assault to previous cyberattacks by a group linked to North Korea.

The eurozone’s trade surplus with the rest of the world during March was the widest since the single currency was launched in 1999, as exports jumped.

The U.K.’s main opposition Labour Party pledged to nationalize parts of British industry and raise taxes on high earners if it wins elections, a left-wing platform that party leader Jeremy Corbyn hopes will narrow a gap in the polls.

Yemeni fighters backed by the United Arab Emirates ousted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the port of Al Mukalla a year ago, and keeping the power on and reviving other basic services could help keep the militants at bay.

The European Union’s top court curbed the bloc’s power to sign off trade pacts without explicit backing from EU members in a decision that poses risks for future deals, including with Britain.

An eight-year legal battle over the Feil family’s multibillion-dollar empire of office, residential and retail properties has ended, as the siblings decided money is more important than victory.

More than one in 25 U.S. workers fail their employer’s drug tests. Marijuana in particular is on the rise, according to an annual report by Quest Diagnostics.

A group of cybersecurity experts say they have unearthed ties between an American hacker who maintains a neo-Nazi website and an internet campaign to smear Emmanuel Macron days before he was elected president of France.

China’s debt-market selloff is driven mostly by a regulatory crackdown—growth is decent and corporate profits are healthy—but risks are poised to rise again, meaning things could shortly get hairier.

The hackers behind the massive WannaCry cyberattack have succeeded in extracting some ransom payments from people locked out of their computers. But they don’t yet have dollars to show for it.