Новости за 12.12.2014

Obviously. Given how the last month's been going, you could probably throw down pretty good odds that sight unseen, any new top ten list will include "Boyhood," and likely in first place. And so it goes with Film Comment, who have unveiled their list of the year's finest films. All the usual suspects are here, but let's point out some surprises. The Cannes buzz title "Stranger By The Lake" comes in at number six, and James Gray's "The Immigrant" rounds out the top ten with some more late season love for his controlled period film. Читать дальше...

Life insurers are avoiding taxes without leaving the country, saving as much as $100 billion in federal taxes, the NYT reports.

Disappointment’ after Congress leaves governance changes out of budget

“Universal Pictures’ THE LOFT, originally scheduled for release on August 29, 2014, is now undated,” the studio wrote in June of this year. What did they do with the movie? Well, they sold it off to Open Road Films, and now, surprise, it’s coming out in a month. So that means, ALL the marketing materials are here now, including a trailer, a poster, and a motion poster. Yippee. "Welcome to the Loft! It's our own private oasis!" That means it's basically douchebag headquarters. The film is about five... Читать дальше...

Extreme weather hit the Bay Area this week, and — let’s just admit it — we’re really excited about it. How else to explain that no sooner did the National Weather Service issue a high wind and flash flood warning for the Bay Area this week, residents responded with the hashtag “#hellastorm”? [...] we watch, with some bewilderment, while people in other parts of the country get to plan ahead. When the event isn’t too destructive of human life or property, we feel a little envy for our friends in those places. Читать дальше...

"We're at a technical level that's being pushed by the forced selling in the global markets," says Chad Brownstein, Rocky Mountain Resources CEO, discussing the next level for oil prices.

A US government official said Sony is concerned that cyber breaches are not at an end.

Lending Club, Google, Airbus and JPMorgan featured

Stock prices tend to do the worst during periods following long school vacations, MIT Visiting Professor Fang found.

We’ll try not to give “The Interview” too much undue credit for its gutsy premise of a U.S.-orchestrated attack on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. This is, after all, a Seth Rogen and James Franco-starring comedy calibrated to entertain a mass audience when it comes out Christmas Day, and the assassination plot is to some extent simply a vehicle for familiar bromancing antics and idiots-in-over-their-heads hijinx. The extravagance of the North Korean elite also introduces some fun new methods with which to up the ante on party montages. Читать дальше...

Kevin Caron, Stifel Private Client Group, and Rod Smith, Riverfront Investment, discuss how the massive drop in oil effect the global and U.S. markets heading into 2015.

Directors who end up contenders during the awards season are faced with two kinds of torture: the first is getting their movie finished, and the other is sweating it out as ballots are cast and top ten lists are made. In a roundtable talk from The Hollywood Reporter, featuring Angelina Jolie ("Unbroken"), Christopher Nolan ("Interstellar"), Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Mike Leigh ("Mr. Turner"), Bennett Miller ("Foxcatcher") and Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game"), each director shares the moment... Читать дальше...

The gargantuan glowing loops that quiver and dance at the Sun's surface are absolutely mesmerizing. If you've never seen them up close and personal, make sure to check out the videos a little lower down in this post. But first, have a look at the image above. It is a supercomputer visualization that allows us to see what it would be like to fly through them. To understand what you're looking at, you first need to understand how these features form. First, consider the Sun's prodigious

We're guessing Killer Queen doesn't make it onto many surgery room playlists.

This retailer is growing at a brisk pace thanks to real estate abandoned by the likes of Sears and Target.

For firms like Facebook, China presents two major risks, says Joe Foudy, a professor at NYU Stern.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports crude oil closes under $58 per barrel for the week, the lowest since 2009.

Discussing what's' behind oil's precipitous drop over the past four months, with Kyle Cooper, IAF Advisors director of research.

Jan Kniffen, J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Enterprises CEO, discusses the cost of low crude oil is really a benefit to retailers.

The average monthly salary in Cuba is $20.

Market is fretting about slowing Chinese manufacturers, rather than cheer on reviving US consumers

Confirmation of the CIA’s use of torture on terror suspects is exposing political divisions in Washington

Snowstorms, tornadoes, freezing rain. This year has been rough all over the U.S. Here are some of weather's worst moments.