Новости за 16.12.2016

President Obama warned Russia on Friday not to wage cyberwarfare against the United States, saying, “We can do stuff to you” as he defended his handling of Moscow’s alleged hacking of Democrats’ emails to influence the 2016 election. “Our goal continues to be to send a clear message to Russia or others not to do this to us, because we can do stuff to you,” Obama told reporters at his final press conference of 2016. Obama promised that any U.S. retaliation against Russia would come “in a thoughtful... Читать дальше...

Darcy Kuemper, who hasn’t played since Nov. 29, will give Devan Dubnyk a day of rest while trying to keep the Wild’s win streak intact.

Machteloos moest een getrouwd stel uit het Belgische Diegem aanzien hoe afgelopen week hun 3-jarige Australische herder werd doodgebeten door zes loslopende honden in het Belgische Diegem. ‘Je hond zo afgemaakt zien worden door zes staffords, dat is je ergste nachtmerrie’.

Machteloos moest een getrouwd stel uit het Belgische Diegem aanzien hoe afgelopen week hun 3-jarige Australische herder werd doodgebeten door zes loslopende honden in het Belgische Diegem. ‘Je hond zo afgemaakt zien worden door zes staffords, dat is je ergste nachtmerrie’.

Montreal’s skinny, misshapen and widely unloved Christmas tree.

Actress Anna Deavere Smith spent months interviewing hundreds of Americans about race, inequality, poverty, mass incarceration and education. Then she turned what she learned into a highly-acclaimed one woman show.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama says no way for US to intervene in Syria 'on the cheap;' US would have had to be 'all-in' .

After Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders scored a touchdown on Sunday, he celebrated by throwing the football like a pitcher throwing a fastball. It was a funny celebration, but it earned him a 15-yard penalty, and not it has earned him a fine. The league confirmed that Sanders was fined $12,154 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Although the…

A low block from Titans wide receiver Harry Douglas on Broncos cornerback Chris Harris in last Sunday’s 13-10 Titans win led to an angry response from Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib, but it didn’t result in fines for either man. Talib went after Douglas on the next play, touching off a sideline scuffle that resulted in…

Donald Trump Could Double The Wealth Of Private Equity Billionaires And Change Wall Street Forever Donald Trump vowed to kill one of Wall Streets favorite tax loopholes, the carried interest deduction. But such a move might spur private equity firm

Weekly Summary Corporate dividends, name changes, new listings NEW YORK (AP) — Changes announced in corporate dividends Nov. 30-Dec. Heartland Financial USA .10 OTHER CORPORATE NEWS AND LISTINGS: STOCK SPLITS THIS WEEK xG Technology Inc 1 for 10 reverse split Xenith Bankshares Inc 1 for 10 reverse split Lions Gate Entertainment Cl A B NASDAQ GLOBAL AND GLOBAL SELECT MARKETS STOCKS REMOVED FROM TRADING Lions Gate Entertainment

A man clung for his life to an oceanside cliff in San Francisco early Friday as a rescue team used ropes to climb down and pull him to safety, officials said. Police received numerous calls of a 30-year-old man stuck on the side of the cliff about 1:30 a.m. on the 200 block of Sea Cliff Avenue, said Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters had to use multiple ropes to repel down the mountainside to bring the man, who was not identified, to safety.

BERLIN (AP) — German officials are stepping up their criticism of Facebook, saying the social network is doing too little to stop hate speech and could face stiff fines unless it deletes illegal content faster. Thomas Oppermann, a senior lawmaker in Maas' Social Democratic Party, told German weekly Der Spiegel that dominant social media sites like Facebook could be required to delete illegal posts within 24 hours or face fines up to 500,000 euros ($522,000). The proposals come as German officials... Читать дальше...

What is implicit bias? NYT/POV's Saleem Reshamwala unscrews the lid on the unfair effects of our subconscious.

The New-York Historical Society is collecting notes New Yorkers left at the station after President-elect Donald Trump's win.

Days after he said bike lanes can cause "too much of a problem" for London drivers, a video emerges showing Transport Secretary Chris Grayling's car door striking a passing cyclist near Parliament.

Denzel Washington’s film version of the August Wilson play “Fences” was nearly 30 years in the making.

I’m not sure how many things you’d get Michael Bloomberg, Marco Rubio, and Mitt Romney to agree on, but they did all say the same thing about Donald Trump: He’s a con man. As the chaotic disaster of his presidency begins to play itself out on the national stage, though, we need to take that assessment a step further: Donald Trump is a master of deception and distraction, and our biggest mistake would be to underestimate him. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He misdirects and misrepresents to compensate for his weakness as a leader. Читать дальше...

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More than 8 million Cuisinart food processors are being recalled because pieces of the metal blade can break off into processed food. Other recalled consumer products include defective bicycle lights and chain saws.

Before the next campaign gets off in earnest, it might be a good time to take a look at the change in administration’s potential impact on distressed securities investing.

Industrials have been strong on expectations for tax cuts, lower regulations and infrastructure spending in 2017.