NYC touts UN benefits in new report
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The New York mayor's office is touting the benefits of hosting the United Nations headquarters with a new report examining the world body's economic impact on the city.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The New York mayor's office is touting the benefits of hosting the United Nations headquarters with a new report examining the world body's economic impact on the city.
Comments by J.P. Morgan Chase chief James Dimon suggest banks could be poised to pay out more dividends.
The president-elect missed out on a historic market surge.
Minnesota Vikings players react to head coach Mike Zimmer’s return after emergency eye surgery.
Resident Advisor is the underground's answer to the DJ Mag Top 100. Both are fan-voted lists, but the RA readers seem to value mixing ability...
Top Gear samples the British carmaker's first — and possibly last — diesel model
Heisman trophy winner and former NFL running back Rashaan Salaam has died at the age of 42.
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) -- SM Group, a mid-sized business conglomerate that owns South Korea's No. 2 bulk carrier Korea Line Corp., has withdrawn its bid to buy a stake in Hanjin Shipping Co.'s U.S. port terminal after struggling to raise funds for the
Cops are asking the public’s help finding two men wanted for fatally shooting an innocent bystander in Brooklyn.
The business arrangement appears to have aided in the President-elect restarting diplomatic ties with the island after a 37-year hiatus.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks have named former starter Dan Haren as pitching strategist.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The lawyer for a western Pennsylvania high school principal says his client didn't mean to scare a special education student he's accused of threatening. Woodland Hills High School Principal Kevin Murray was placed on leave last week after the 14-year-old boy produced a recording where Murray can be heard saying he would punch him in the face.
Britain's entry is a strange one
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a record and the broader market closed with modest gains Tuesday. Investors have traded cautiously but the trend has been mostly higher, ahead of important policy meetings of the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. U.S. stocks have been on an uptrend since Donald Trump's Nov. 8 Election Day win. The S&P 500 gained 7.52 points, or 0.3%, to 2,212.24, within a point of its all-time closing high, with financials leading gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 35.54 points... Читать дальше...
Meitu, preparing for its IPO, hopes investors think the company is worth billion, The New York Times reports.
68 shorts will screen come January with U.S. Dramatic, Documentary and NEXT The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled 68 titles for its Shorts program, which will screen in addition to complement their U.S. Dramatic, Documentary, Next and World competitive slates. From a former YA sensation to some Hollywood legacies, the program’s focus includes features, docs and animated efforts across the board. Kristen Stewart’s “Come Swim,” which she wrote and directed, is described as “a diptych of one man’s day... Читать дальше...
Weather Channel
The Weather Channel on Tuesday skewered Breitbart for using one of its videos in a story which aimed to cast doubt on the science of climate change.
An article and video published on the Weather Channel’s website was headlined: “Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans.”
“Global warming is not expected to end anytime soon, despite what Breitbart.com wrote in an article published last week,” the story on the site said. Читать дальше...
President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Читать дальше...MGM Resorts International unveiled its newest entertainment venue today, the 5,200-seat Park Theater, which is attached to the Monte Carlo and sits across from T-Mobile Arena. Construction began on the $90 million theater in November 2015. Today, it is nearly complete, and MGM employees are stocking the bars and preparing for the grand opening on Dec. 17, when Stevie Nicks will ...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have named former starter Dan Haren as pitching strategist.