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(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 9-12) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Ruling and opposition lawmakers on Wednesday failed to reach an agreement to present business reform bills for a vote on the last day of the National Assembly's plenary session. The 10

U.S. environmentalist and businessman Douglas Tompkins, the founder of outdoor clothing and equipment company The North Face, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile, local health officials said. Tompkins was on General Carrera Lake in Patagonia in southern Chile with a group of five others when his kayak flipped and he fell into the icy waters, the Aysen regional health service said in a statement. Tompkins founded The North Face, now part of VF Corporation, in the 1960s as a small ski and backpacking retailer in San Francisco.

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In the past two years, American companies have spent nearly $4 trillion on takeovers, fueled in large part by the unprecedented opportunity to borrow at extremely low interest rates.

For investment banks, this has been a fee bonanza. They get paid handsomely for advising buyers and sellers, and helping arrange the financing.

That's all starting to change. Investors are starting to anticipate the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates from zero and worry about... Читать дальше...

The Ugba salad is made from a flat, wide about 2 inches in diameter and one eight to a quarter of an inch thick seed produced by the oil bean tree. It has a nearly unpronounceable scientific name, Pentaclethra macrophylla Bentham, so we will stick with Ugba. The Ugba tree is common in the eastern […]

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Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli is easy to hate, but that doesn't mean he's wrong.

Shkreli is infamous for jacking up the price of a 62-year-old drug by 5,000%, and then defending the move as the innevitable product of capitalism.

His company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, is small, and the drug, Daraprim, is rarely used. Nevertheless, the move grabbed national attention.

When the Senate begins hearings Wednesday into the practice of price gouging, the voice of Martin Shkreli is sure to be heard... Читать дальше...

One of the biggest factors in oil markets next year will be the impact of capital spending cuts, Tom Petrie said.

De kerstboom versieren a la diva Sylvie Meis (37), dat kan ik ook, moet Rigby-gitarist Bart Meeldijk (29) gedacht hebben. Meeldijk doste zich uit als de blonde presentatrice en kopieerde haar kerstige divagedrag. Tot veel genoegen van zijn liefje Heleen van Royen (50).

Twenty-three years after he confronted Australians with the truth of Indigenous dispossession, Paul Keating has delivered another profound message on reconciliation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Attention owners of three jumbo jets parked at Malaysia's main airport: please remove your aircraft immediately or the airport will.

The third gunman who terrorized Paris' Bataclan concert hall before being killed last month in the attack was identified Wednesday as a Frenchman who...

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These were some of the most interesting, most historic, or just plain strangest cars I drove this past year.

The Telegraph tracks down the actress' favourite haunts in Los Angeles

The Telegraph tracks down the actress' favourite haunts in Los Angeles

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1. North Face founder is killed while kayaking in Chile U.S. environmentalist and businessman Douglas Tompkins, the founder of outdoor clothing and equipment company The North Face, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile, local health officials said. He was 72.

2. Chipotle says norovirus — not E. coli — might have sickened 80 college students

Boston College says 80 students have become ill after eating at Chipotle over the weekend. That's up from the 30 cases that the college reported on Monday. Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors remained cautious in light of volatility in commodity markets. The main indexes are on track to extend losses to a third straight day. The S&P 500 opened 5 points, or 0.2%, lower to 2,058. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 29 points, or 0.2%, lower at 17,540. Shares of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont jumped on reports of a possible merger. The Nasdaq Composite began the session down 19 points, or 0.4%, to 5,078.

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen said Wednesday that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few m…

U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors remained cautious in light of volatility in commodity markets.

A bidding war is brewing for the Orange County Register newspaper, fresh-out-of-bankruptcy LightSquared settled a dispute over whether its network interfered with global receivers and law professors are worried about a bill that would change the game for bondholders.

The Nets beat the Rockets on Tuesday.

Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid rule 2015 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Kurt Russell denied he and longtime partner Goldie Hawn will finally wed, although the actress still considers "The Hateful Eight" star her "heartthrob."

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 9-12) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Ruling and opposition lawmakers on Wednesday failed to reach an agreement to present business reform bills for a vote on the last day of the National Assembly's plenary session. The 10

E-commerce major Flipkart and venture fund Accel, Black Buck's existing investors, were also a part of the Series B round in the Bangalore-based Black Buck.

Kerry challenges other nations on climate change, announces doubling of US fund for adaptation