Новости за 13.08.2017

An unusual alliance of green energy advocates and conservative free-trade organizations is clashing with U.S. solar-panel makers seeking trade tariffs on foreign rivals.

Wu Gan, an influential and well-known Chinese rights activist, pulled off a rare act of defiance ahead of his closed-door trial—which starts Monday—where he is charged with subversion of state power.

A research firm started by an amateur linguist created an algorithm to gauge how likely a top executive was ousted or faced pressure to step down.

Iran’s parliament voted Sunday to increase funding for the country’s military forces and ballistic missile program, the country’s latest response to the renewed pressure of sanctions leveled by President Donald Trump.

Many economists may have underestimated the role of improvements to the supply side of the eurozone economy. And there are still plenty of supply side measures at both eurozone and national level that could improve actual and potential growth, writes Simon Nixon.

Since providing this statement at a veterans’ event on Saturday, President Donald Trump has faced criticism, in particular over his decision to blame “many sides” for the Charlottesville violence and not to condemn the white nationalists whose rally sparked the incident. Photo: Getty

Chinese consumers can’t stop filling their closets with stuff they buy online—and that is powering Alibaba. The e-commerce company is likely to report Thursday its quarterly revenue has risen roughly 50% from a year earlier.

Productivity growth is companies’ best weapon against rising costs. Unfortunately for them, it has been extraordinarily weak and is unlikely to get much better.

More than 60 child deaths at a state hospital has triggered outrage and a debate about the state of India’s stretched health-care system, and health officials are investigating the deaths.

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud is the rare soccer player whose most dangerous position is starting every game on the bench.

Cities across the country are embracing bike commuters. But for some wealthy benefactors, the changes aren’t coming fast enough, so they are putting down their own money.

A farm on the outskirts of Phoenix is the target of a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit that federal officials and immigration activists say exemplifies the pitfalls of the nation’s agricultural visa program—as Congress proposes changes to it.

A growing number of chief financial officers are boasting tenures of more than a decade, and the companies they help run tend to generate better shareholder returns than the rest of Corporate America.

Chancellor Angela Merkel looks like a sure bet to win a fourth term. But the more important race is between four smaller parties—and the outcome is likely to determine the makeup of Germany’s political direction for the next four years.

Media mogul John Malone and his lieutenants are quietly building a cable colossus in Europe and Latin America that potentially could be the backbone for the next generation of wireless-internet service.

Zambian prosecutors plan to drop treason charges against jailed opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, a step that would ease the political crisis that has been roiling one of Africa’s most stable democracies.

U.S. negotiators at the North American Free Trade Agreement talks want concessions from Mexico and Canada to address President Trump’s factory-worker base while keeping their promise to “do no harm” to industry.

The memo written by a Google employee about gender diversity hit a raw nerve in an industry already beset by accusations of sexism and discrimination. Research, meanwhile, has established the business case for diversity.

Months before Snapchat parent Snap publicly disclosed slowing user growth, rival Facebook already knew, thanks to information from a data-security app owned by the social-media company.

Wu Gan, an influential and well-known Chinese rights activist, pulled of a rare act of defiance ahead of his closed-door trial—which starts Monday—where he is charged with subversion of state power.

Bus transit is in a downward spiral, causing problems for low-income workers and others and possibly altering the shape of city life if the decline persists.

As the first round of negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement begin, agriculture, trade deficits and immigration are among the topics that could prove sticky.

Chinese consumers can’t stop filling their closets with stuff they buy online—and that is powering e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. On Thursday, Alibaba is likely to report that its quarterly revenue has risen roughly 50% from the year-earlier period.

The Trump administration announced plans to pressure China over alleged intellectual property theft, adding the threat of trade retaliation to an ongoing campaign seeking greater cooperation from Beijing in the North Korean nuclear crisis.

Scenes of the deadly violence that broke out between white nationalists and demonstrators protesting their rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, including a car that plowed into a group of protesters. Photo: Getty