Новости за 13.03.2018

Merrill Lynch is beefing up its ultra-high-net-worth client group as the Wall Street brokerage works to pull in new assets and offer a wider range of wealth-management services.

Amazon is voluntarily recalling about 260,000 of its AmazonBasics portable battery chargers due to potential fire and chemical burn risks, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Shane Smith, the co-founder, brand avatar and most visible face of Vice Media, is handing the chief-executive position over to A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc as he steps into the role of executive chairman.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but ruled out advancing legislation to undo President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, saying that such an action would be unlikely to succeed.

Chief executives of America’s largest companies raised their outlook for spending, hiring and sales to the highest level in 15 years following the U.S. tax overhaul. But tariffs are worrisome.

Workouts in breweries have students balancing pints during poses; ‘beer gives you an extra point of focus.’

Americans over 65 years old will outnumber children in the U.S. by 2035, a first in the nation’s history, according to updated projections released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday.

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Austin, Texas on edge after a string of package bombings, Republicans find no collusion with Russia, and where perfection could earn you $1 million a year for life.

Shoe retailer DSW Inc. is shuttering its Ebuys business, calling it quits on an e-commerce company it bought for $62.5 million just two years ago.

Regime’s relentless assault on besieged Damascus suburb has destroyed hospitals and severely degraded the health-care system

Ten years ago, with Bear Stearns on the brink, the Fed intervened with a noncommercial bank for the first time since the Great Depression. Key players have spent the last decade arguing about what was done, defending decisions and wondering how such a crisis would play out today.

The German car giant has pulled into Tesla’s rearview mirror and vowed to overtake the electric-vehicle pioneer with an extensive rollout of battery and hybrid models over the next five years, as well as new production facilities.

President Donald Trump said he is “very strongly” considering naming CNBC commentator Lawrence Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn as director of the National Economic Council.

The new middle class has little in common with the older waves of emigres, the wealthy oligarchs lured in part by a controversial investor program, or the likes of Sergei Skripal, the double agent now fighting for his life.

Inflation is dead, at least for now, and that is making life more difficult for the Federal Reserve.

Shane Smith, the co-founder, brand avatar and most visible face of Vice Media, is handing the chief-executive position over to A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc as he steps into the role of executive chairman.

Chief executives of America’s largest companies raised their outlook for spending, hiring and sales to the highest level in 15 years in the first quarter following the passage of the new U.S. tax law.

In the wake of the latest mass school shooting, investors seemed eager to distance themselves from gun sellers while rewarding socially-conscious firms such as Dick’s Sporting Goods. But will they stick by a retailer that is suffering as a result of its new gun policy?

A dispute between the Iraqi government and its semiautonomous Kurdish region is easing, five months after clashes in the wake of a referendum on independence that changed the balance of power in the country.

Dick’s Sporting Goods said its decision to no longer sell guns to anyone under 21 years old has hurt traffic and exacerbated headwinds to its hunting and gun business.

Rex Tillerson is having a bad day, but a glance at the share price of Exxon Mobil might make the day of his firing better.

CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. stockholders have voted to approve the pharmacy company’s acquisition of the health insurer.

Retired Pope Benedict played down differences with his successor, Pope Francis, as a matter of “foolish prejudice,” and insisted on an “interior continuity” between them, in comments published on the eve of Francis’ five-year anniversary as pontiff.

The French capital is home to a number of elegant Turkish baths or ’hammams’—often overlooked by visitors—where Parisians retreat for a soothing steam, scrub and massage. Here, six standouts. Donkey milk bath optional.