Новости за 21.12.2017

Poland and Britain signed a new defence treaty on Thursday as Prime Minister Theresa May sought to deepen ties with Warsaw ahead of her country's exit from the EU by March 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump is basking in his first major legislative victory, passage of a $1.5 trillion tax cut that he said "will soon be kicking in" to give American workers bigger paychecks and cut corporate tax bills. In a Twitter comment Thursday, Trump said opposition Democrats, who uniformly voted against the legislation, "want to raise taxes" and "hate these big cuts." Two telecommunications firms, AT&T and Comcast, said they would pay a $1,000 bonus to most of their workers... Читать дальше...

Kaley Cuoco is making a big bang with her dining room design!

The newly engaged actress gave her space a makeover ahead of the holidays, and took to Instagram to show off her glitzy gathering hub.

“New dining room done just in time for Christmas!” she wrote alongside a gallery of photos highlighting the fruits of designer Jeff Andrews’s labor. “I wanted everything happy, modern, sleek, light and bright and they delivered!”

The boldly decorated area achieves Cuoco’s many visions... Читать дальше...

Top prospect Aaron Pico will look to capitalize on his first win when he returns at Bellator 192.

What are the best and worst case scenarios?

The Tampa Bay Rays sent 3B Evan Longoria and a pile of money to the San Francisco Giants for OF Denard Span, 2B/3B Christian Arroyo, LHP Matt Krook, and RHP Stephen Woods.

Evan Longoria is coming off the worst season of his career at the plate putting up a 96 wRC+ and only putting up 2.5 fWAR despite defense that won him the Gold Glove. The Rays are paying $14.5MM of the $88MM guaranteed and will pick up all $9.5MM deferred money that is payable in 2025-2029. Читать дальше...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA’s most improved team and have a bright future — even if nobody seems to be enjoying it.

The Warriors overcome the absence of five rotation players and earn a hard-fought victory on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

Get to work, Scott Boras.

It seemed a forgone conclusion that Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas would leave Kansas City to riches galore as some of the most coveted free agents on this year’s market. However, we are nearly to the end of the year with both Hosmer and Moustakas still unsigned.

Why has their market been so slow going? Well it has been a poor market for all free agents in general. Just 19 of the top 50 free agents ranked by MLB Trade Rumors have signed so far, and just... Читать дальше...

Jim Jordan (R-OH) is one of the skeevier Trump minions. He makes my skin crawl. And in recent weeks, he's been a White House attack dog on the Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Brussels is not impressed with the level of cooperation afforded by Malta to EU authorities when recovering taxes, according to a European Commission report. In fact, Malta is among the countries mentioned as needing to step up efforts in this area, particularly by increasing the human resources necessary to deal with the EU mechanism in place. In its first evaluation report of a directive introduced in 2012 to facilitate recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures across the EU... Читать дальше...

Most of us have witnessed the fiscal miracle of concentrated wealth freely gushing down onto economic tiers below, illustrating the most popular economic theory of all time, Trickle-Down Economics. Here are five lesser-known economic theories that could come to fruition now that the GOP Tax Bill has been approved.

The peculiarity of Congressional 10-year budgeting has left its mark on the tax debate. In the UK, if something like the Republican bill had passed, it would be regarded as a significant tax cut, pretty much across the board. And rightly so.

Ale Moreno unveils his projected lineups for Real Madrid and Barcelona, and key difference makers for both teams ahead of El Clasico. Steve Nicol shares his thoughts on who will come out on top in the El Clasico showdown between La Liga's biggest superstars. This time, the blockbuster script for the single most cinematic clash the game has to offer is easy to write. Cast Lionel Messi as Luke Skywalker and Luis Suarez as -- what else? -- Chewie and this is a case of successfully steering... Читать дальше...

ABU DHABI –  South Africa's Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp have been named in the ICC Women's ODI team of the Year.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is holding a rare emergency meeting on the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The meeting is taking place at the request of Arab and Muslim nations.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. shares fell 12.3% in Thursday trading after the home goods retailer reported third-quarter earnings that Credit Suisse analysts call "weak." Earnings per share of 44 cents beat the 37-cents FactSet consensus, but were down from 85 cents last year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) was down 350 basis points, "the largest decline to date, validating our concerns on the rising cost of doing business in this sector." Credit Suisse rates Bed Bath & Beyond shares neutral with a $25 price target. Читать дальше...

Der Berliner Insolvenzverwalter will die Air-Berlin-Tochter Anfang 2018 verkaufen. Die Chance auf weiteren Flugbetrieb sei "sehr groß". Lufthansa übernimmt LG Walter unter Auflagen.

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - An den internationalen Leitbörsen wurden am 21.12.2017 um 17:55 Uhr folgende Kurse für ausgewählte Aktienindizes festgestellt. Wert Vortag Veränderung New York Dow Jones 24.837,75 24.726,65 (+ 111,10) New York NASDAQ Comp. 6.983,07 6.960,96 (+ 22,11) Tokio Nikkei 22.866,10 22.891,72 (- 25,62) Sydney All 6.156,30 6.167,90 (- 11,60) Ordinaries Hongkong Hang Seng 29.367,06... Читать дальше...

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Senate president says the $1billion withdrawal from the Excess Crude Account, ECA, will not be spent until the Senate considers the processes involved.

The Vietnamese actress is up for a Golden Globe and a SAG Award for her role in Alexander Payne's social satire starring Matt Damon.

Bitcoin mania has spiked the stock of Long Island Iced Tea Corp. Shares of the Long Island-based beverage company soared as much as 500 percent in the pre-market trading and settled back to a 275 percent gain to $9.45 ias markets opened on Thursday after the micro-cap company announced that it was changing its name...

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• Marty Skovlund Jr., a US veteran of Afghanistan, went back to the country as part of a reporting project for Task & Purpose.
• Skovlund interviewed ranking and junior members of the Afghan and US militaries, and saw how the war is developing first hand.
• As someone with experience in the war, he believes that the war will last for much longer and get bloodier, but that he is "cautiously optimistic" about Afghanistan.

Marty Skovlund Jr.... Читать дальше...

Israel Cycling Academy confirmed today that Turkish time trial champion Ahmet Örken, the Pro Continental team's first and only rider from a Muslim-majority country, has decided to leave the team after recent Middle East tensions led to increased pressure for him and his family.