Новости за 21.07.2017

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Thursday that the euro’s gains had “received some attention” on the ECB Governing Council, but the currency isn’t the only factor that counts for financial conditions.

Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. on the latest effort to make taxpayers subsidize the battery-car company. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Modern card games break out of the confined world of old-fashioned aces, kings and queens.

As the Tour de France nears the finish line in Paris, fatigue and general confusion have firmly set in. WSJ's Joshua Robinson quizzed riders, coaches and reporters for a little reality check.

Director Christopher Nolan builds on his reputation for versatility with his first film based on a real-life event, "Dunkirk," about the evacuation of more than 300,000 troops stranded on a beach in northern France in the Second World War. Image: Warner Bros. Composite: Mark Kelly

Capital One sees default rates declining after a worrying jump, but investors should stay skeptical.

General Electric improved its cash flow and ramped up cost cutting efforts—two areas of investor focus—in Chief Executive Jeff Immelt’s last quarter at the helm.

A Federal Reserve-sponsored task force is preparing to unveil proposals by financial institutions, payments providers, trade groups and others to improve the decades-old U.S. systems for moving money electronically.

Tobacco companies want U.S. regulators to bless smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to smoking, as cigarette consumption falls. In its campaign, Big Tobacco has unusual supporters: some public-health advocates.

Two of the biggest travel companies that bring Western tourists to North Korea say the U.S. government will ban its citizens from traveling to the isolated country starting next month.

BHP has written off billions in U.S. shale investments, but it is poised to plow a substantial amount of funds into potassium fertilizer, or potash. Activist shareholder Elliott is kicking up a fuss.

Heavy rain and mudslides shut down parts of the scenic highway into Big Sur, Calif., isolating a community of 500. While the closures are taking an economic toll during peak tourism season, some local residents are enjoying the solitude. Photo: John Madonna/Associated Press

Wal-Mart has agreed to invest in Plug Power Inc. and buy more of its fuel-cell-powered machines, a move that mirrors a deal struck by Amazon earlier this year.

Jasmine Thomas adapted her game to basketball’s evolution: She has become one of the WNBA’s best 3-point shooters in one season.

Elon Musk’s announcement that he had received “verbal” government approval to build a Hyperloop—the billionaire’s idea for high-speed transportation in low-pressure tubes—offers momentum to an idea that has been slow to progress. Photo: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Iraq’s government is struggling to rebuild Sunni areas liberated from Islamic State—a challenge in any effort to end a cycle of sectarianism and an insurgency that has been pushed underground.

Good morning. Here’s Joshua Jamerson’s morning take. Contact Josh at Joshua.Jamerson@wsj.com and follow him @joshjame. Click here to get the Capital Journal Daybreak newsletter delivered to your inbox. Jeff Sessions Says He Plans to Continue as Attorney General. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no plans to leave the Justice Department and will “wholeheartedly” pursue the Trump administration’s priorities, […]

One of China’s most prominent auto makers has been the gift that kept on giving for investors, but not for long.

The dating app's popularity is stimulating interest in its parent company's stock.

The U.S. Treasury Department slapped Exxon Mobil Corp. with a $2 million fine for allegedly expanding its business ties with the Kremlin in violation of U.S. sanctions on Russia.

Sen. John McCain's heroism during the Vietnam War, his longtime service as a lawmaker and his reputation for straight talk on tough issues help explain why the news that he had a brain tumor hit Washington so hard, says WSJ's Gerald F. Seib. Photo: AP

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $2 million fine on Exxon Mobil Corp. for what it called a “reckless disregard” of U.S. sanctions on Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the oil giant’s chief executive, a finding the company immediately said it would challenge.

Although little progress was made at Washington-Beijing trade negotiations this week, Beijing appeared a day later to want to project stability ahead of major leadership shuffle.

A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port, killing at least two people and causing more than 100 injuries, authorities said.

Beijing’s internet censors are now targeting foreign movies and TV shows that are popular with young Chinese as it tries reinsert Communist ideology into public life.