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James Bond's newest Aston Martin supercar sold at auction for $3.5 million on Thursday.

The ANC Youth League in Mpumalanga has had one its members sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature.

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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson. The Republican senator, who is running for re-election this year, said on Sunday we should wait for the next elected president to choose Justice Antonin Scalia's replacement. He has since switched his position, now willing to vote on Obama's Supreme Court nominee.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology at Pew Research Center, about the general public's opinion on digital privacy and government surveillance.

Marco Rubio had a rollercoaster through the first two presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. He's looking for momentum in South Carolina and landed the endorsement of Gov. Nikki Haley.

Nordstrom Inc. reported profit and sales for the holiday quarter that lagged analysts' expectations Thursday, and shares fell more than 6%. The retail chain said it earned net income of $180 million, or $1 a share, on total sales of $4.14 billion; analysts surveyed by FactSet, on average, expected profit of $1.20 a share on sales of $4.22 billion. The company's forecast also held bad news for investors, as Nordstrom said earnings will fall about 30% in the first half of the year partly due to... Читать дальше...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with the Nicole Winfield of the Associated Press about the pope's justification for use of contraception in regions affected by the Zika virus.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Jyri Rantanen, Red Cross and Red Crescent representative in Syria, about the aid convoy happening in Syria, which has gained access to five new cities that were previously under siege.

There was a time when heads of corporations made a lot less money. And then suddenly, average CEO pay shot up. Planet Money explores why America's CEOs got a big raise.

The website Rent-A-Minority promises to provide a "minority for every occasion." It offers "diversity on demand" for all-white conference panels, award shows or brochures. The site is of course satire. Arwa Mahdawi talks about the tokenism that inspired her to start the site.

About two-thirds of millennials aged 25 to 32 don't have a bachelor's degree. But most of the conversation around millennials focuses on college graduates and their concerns about student loan debt. So what issues matter most to young people who don't go to college?

A Los Angeles hospital paid the equivalent of $17,000 in Bitcoins to hackers who took over medical records and shut down the hospital's computer servers for days. The incident is raising questions about patient safety and privacy in the digital age.

President Obama plans to travel to Cuba next month, capping a historic diplomatic thaw after decades of official isolation.

Grieving the loss of a loved one to drug overdose can be difficult when it is mixed with guilt and remorse. But support is scarce for those who are left behind.

The rural homeless often crash with friends or stay in cheap motels on cold nights due to a lack of shelters. But this means homeless tallies miss them — and the state gets less funding to help them.

During the 2015 season, the 49ers made a change in the front office when they moved Paraag Marathe out of the role as team president although the team insisted that he’d still be “an instrumental member” of the organization in the future. The 49ers put a title on Marathe’s new role on Thursday. He will…

Before heading off to Indianapolis for next week’s NFL scouting combine, Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman sat down with reporters for about 40 minutes earlier today. He spoke about the draft, where the team is in its offseason player evaluation process and fielded questions about his current roster as well. In a brief overview, he said quarterback Teddy Bridgewater needs to be “letting it loose a little more”; kicker Blair Walsh won’t have to compete for his job; Matt Kalil has the physical... Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's next policy move is much more likely to be a rate hike than a rate cut, although over the next two years a return to zero rates is a rising possibility, according to a New York Fed survey of primary dealers published on Thursday.

The regular survey, done last month before the Fed's Jan. 27 decision to keep interest rates on hold, found that primary dealers see about a 75 percent chance that the Fed's next policy move will be to increase that rate... Читать дальше...

Thomson Reuters

(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's next policy move is much more likely to be a rate hike than a rate cut, although over the next two years a return to zero rates is a rising possibility, according to a New York Fed survey of primary dealers published on Thursday.

The regular survey, done last month before the Fed's Jan. 27 decision to keep interest rates on hold, found that primary dealers see about a 75 percent chance that the Fed's next policy move will be to increase that rate... Читать дальше...

A numerical integration solves an integral by breaking into a finite number of sums. This is fairly straightforward to do with a computer.

Judging by the relentless coverage he gets, you’d think Donald Trump had this whole president thing sewn up by now.

San Francisco Fed President John Williams said the U.S. is “looking pretty good” despite the market developments.

Big Ang braved one last "Mob Wives" episode before dying as late

California assemblyman proposes protecting state park landmarks’ names