Новости за 23.09.2018

Comcast topped 21st Century Fox in a weekend auction for Sky, winning the British broadcaster with a $38.8 billion bid that ends a monthslong takeover battle and promises Comcast a greatly expanded international footprint.

A military alliance between Russia and Iran to back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is giving way to an economic rivalry as Syria’s civil war winds down, a contest that Moscow is leading.

Dell Technologies Inc. is exploring the possibility of launching a traditional IPO instead of going public through a proposed acquisition that has met resistance from several investors.

St. Gallen become the second region in Switzerland to prohibit the wearing of face-covering veils in public

Many rebels who were part of the Santos deal are returning to the battlefield.

We’re late in the cycle and VCs are making some crazy bets. Who will fail hardest?

The U.S. caused their displacement, and many of them helped the war effort.

The Rapid Prompting Method taught me to communicate. But speech pathologists disdain it.

‘Simply put, Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh’

Lacking worthy menaces to fight, it is driven to find a replacement for racism. Failing this, what is left?

Iran has begun a diplomatic push against the U.S., European and Arab countries it says supported or harbored people linked to a terrorist attack that left 25 people dead and fueled Middle East tensions.

The number of profit-constrained “zombie” firms has risen sharply since the late 1980s, according to research published Sunday, a sign of the lingering effects from ultralow interest rates since the financial crisis.

A landmark agreement between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops drew sharply divided reaction over the weekend, as global Catholic observers weighed its implications for religious freedom.

Rising new-car prices are pushing more buyers to the used-car lot, where they are finding a growing selection of low-mileage vehicles that are only a few years old.

Entrepreneurs and investors are rushing headlong into the nascent legal marijuana industry, fueling a stock craze reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com bubble and the recent bitcoin mania.

Companies’ record stock repurchases this year are causing profits to appear stronger and fueling the stock market’s record run.

German luxury car maker Porsche will no longer offer diesel versions of its cars, the Volkswagen unit said, becoming the first German auto maker to drop the engines in the wake of the emissions-cheating scandal.

Russia blamed Israel for the downing of a war plane last week, accusing the country of deliberately misleading Moscow and disputing Israel’s version of events that killed the 15 Russian soldiers aboard.

Spain has become Europe’s main entry point for migrants this year, overtaking Greece and Italy, and raising the stakes for leaders who want to maintain the country’s position as one of Europe’s most immigration-friendly countries.

U.S. shale oil production will peak by the late 2020s, triggering renewed demand for OPEC crude after an expected decline and stagnation, the oil cartel said.

A new high-speed rail station promises more-rapid journeys between the financial hub and mainland China, but brings Beijing’s legal reach into Hong Kong for the first time.

New web browsers present the perfect reason to test what a modern browser can do and even consider making a change.

The taste for tiny electric vehicles has become a quirky subplot in China’s clean-energy ambitions, with sales more than twice that of regular electric cars.

The past year has been good for the U.S. box office, in part thanks to MoviePass. But the future of MoviePass’s parent is in question and new limits on the number of films subscribers can see could make it less of a force.