SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - Australia's share market fell to its lowest in three weeks on Thursday, while its New Zealand counterpart retreated from yet another record high as investors turned defensive ahead of the long Easter weekend.
LONDON -- Financial markets barely registered this week's attacks in Brussels, which killed more than 30 people, a sign that investors think the economic impact on Belgium and across Europe as a whole will be limited. Recent history suggests they may be right.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , the world's biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips, announced on Thursday that it plans to adopt a corporate culture akin to a startup, seeking to become more nimble as growth slows.
Первая половина дня 24 марта 2016 года характеризуется преобладанием чувств и эмоций над разумом. Во второй половине настроение улучшится и появится желание расширить круг знаний и умений. Хорошее время для учебы, но плохое для романтических встреч.
Читать дальше...BUENOS AIRES, March 24 (Reuters) - Managing Argentina's new Super Rugby franchise is turning into the kind of edge-of-your-seat ride that first tempted New Zealander Greg Peters to take up a key role with the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has made headlines for unexpectedly crooning a song or two in public since coming to the White House. Now he can add dancing the tango to his list of hidden talents.
BANGKOK, March 24 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets retreated on Thursday, with Singapore hitting a more than one-week low ahead of budget while a stronger dollar capped risk appetite in the region. The key Straits Times Index fell 1 percent to 2,852.05, its lowest since March 16, after a marginal gain on Wednesday. Singapore's 2016-17 budget is expected to lend a hand to businesses affected by an economic slowdown, in a possible shift in emphasis after focusing in recent ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents and journalists believe the state of press freedom deteriorated in the city for a second straight year in 2015, a survey by a media group showed, apparently a reflection of general unease in the city about mainland Chinese control.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A "third man" seen with two Islamic State suicide bombers at Brussels Airport was the focus of a Belgian manhunt on Thursday after police identified three others, including two brothers, who killed at least 31 people at the airport and on a city metro train.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A "third man" seen with two Islamic State suicide bombers at Brussels Airport was the focus of a Belgian manhunt on Thursday after police identified three others, including two brothers, who killed at least 31 people at the airport and on a city metro train.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been pilloried in many ways, over his bouffant hair, orange skin and supposedly small hands, but a British artist has now used raw pig and sheep parts to sculpt him for a Hong Kong art show.
The March 15 Post and Courier front page article about changing the high school grading scale was upsetting to me and several other retired educator friends. What seems to be proposed is a lowering of overall grading standards for the purpose of making students more eligible for NCAA athletic and other scholarships.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about what’s happening to the "party of Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
"History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" (attributed to Mark Twain).
I don’t get it. Regarding the Supreme Court vacancy, Sen. Mitch McConnell states that "Republicans think the people deserve a voice in this critical decision."
BY MAC MARGOLIS
As I watch what is happening in the debacle now known as the Republican Party, I am thoroughly amazed at the reaction of mainstream members of the GOP. One would think the members of the party have no idea as to why we see violence erupting at Mr. Trump’s rallies. Even the other Republican presidential candidates seem in awe of the violent...
I have been witness to the deaths (euthanasia) of several beloved pets. This is done in a humane manner. The pet is tranquilized and then a lethal injection of something like phenobarbital or an overdose of anesthetic is given. There are no convulsions, and the animal just goes to sleep.
Coastal South Carolina saw some of the fastest population growth in the nation last year, according to a new Census Bureau report.
The March 15 Post and Courier front page article about changing the high school grading scale was upsetting to me and several other retired educator friends. What seems to be proposed is a lowering of overall grading standards for the purpose of making students more eligible for NCAA athletic and other scholarships.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about what’s happening to the "party of Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
"History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" (attributed to Mark Twain).
I don’t get it. Regarding the Supreme Court vacancy, Sen. Mitch McConnell states that "Republicans think the people deserve a voice in this critical decision."
I have been witness to the deaths (euthanasia) of several beloved pets. This is done in a humane manner. The pet is tranquilized and then a lethal injection of something like phenobarbital or an overdose of anesthetic is given. There are no convulsions, and the animal just goes to sleep.