Новости за 24.12.2015

They’re enjoying their delicious Christmas dinner!

Meet Kelly and Zach Furr, a couple living in Versailles, Kentucky. Here they are taking a selfie with their adorable dog.

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To celebrate the festive season, the couple decided to set up a "kids' table" – but for their pup and his friends.

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"It looks like this family is ready for Santa Paws! Versailles resident Kelly Furr... Читать дальше...

Private Equity Beat reached out to various members of the private equity community to hear their thoughts on the year that passed and the challenges that lie ahead.

Big decisions on new recruits need to be made at Stamford Bridge next year, writes Matt Law

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Bankruptcies in the oil and gas sector in the US have reached levels last seen in the Great Recession.

The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank put out a report on December 23 noting that at least nine US oil and gas companies with $2 billion in debt have defaulted in the fourth quarter. 

"If bankruptcies continue at this rate, more may follow in 2016," the report said. 

Upstream capital spending has plummeted, according to the note, down 51% from the... Читать дальше...

Ah, Christmas tree lights. They make your tree look so pretty, but they're such an annoyance if they get tangled. Which happens most of the time.

In this group performance, an eclectic corps de ballet is established by means of traditional movement denoting affection. In the site-specific space of an airport baggage claim, the corps, led by a clearly maternal figure, employs gestures and cries to express a deep disturbance inflicted by the arriving artist’s new haircut and appearance of fatigue. The artist mimes retreat and approach—bending, bowing, kissing, hugging, raising her hand, ducking, hiding—to show that both the affection and disturbance have been noted. Читать дальше...

Jillian Michaels flaunts her amazing figure on the January/February 2016 cover of Women’s Health magazine. Here’s what the 41-year-old personal trainer shared with the mag: On the “belfie” trend: “I’m not into fitness professionals who post selfies that show off their butts or other body parts. Come on, that’s not fitness—it’s softcore porn. God bless, [...]

Fitting given that Dylan the dog was a boxer.

Dale Steyn has admitted South Africa are in need of ‘coaching and guidance’ as they prepare to face England on Boxing Day.

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As smartphones continue to displace the desktop for more digital activities, mobile marketing is in the midst of an important transition. More time is increasingly being spent on mobile devices. Less rapid is the speed at which marketing tactics and strategies have adapted from the desktop-dominated digital age to the mobile-centric digital age we know today. The millennial generation, in particular, is perturbed by the poor experience of marketing on mobile devices. 

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FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey - There is no wheelchair in Rich Bedell's dreams.

Nation is a hall of mirrors where Santa is chased by a Janissary, writes Elif Shafak

John Cleese brings back his famous hotelier Basil Fawlty for a TV advert, 36 years after the end of classic sitcom Fawlty Towers.

A man has appeared in court charged with throwing acid in the face of a journalist from the Scottish Sun newspaper.

It was a subdued Christmas Eve in Paris on Thursday, with tourist numbers down, security bolstered at shops and churches, and locals still on edge after last month's jihadist attacks.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Some parts of South America are being hit by devastating floods, while others are being affected by severe drought that experts say are caused by this year's powerful El Nino weather phenomenon.

The DA said it was unlawful for motorists to be arrested for driving without a licence or not wearing a seatbelt.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System task force has finalized new tenure rules that would allow chancellors to lay off faculty for financial reasons and fire them for poor per…

Sanders victories in both Iowa and New Hampshire could unsettle the predictable course of the Democratic race, but even then he would face an uphill battle.

The Muslim family of nine from London, including four children, who were refused permission to board a flight to the US out of Gatwick on 15 December have released mobile phone footage from the airport.

Katherine Webb is pregnant, really. The 26-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and former Miss Alabama USA, made famous via a viral video showing her at...

Recycling site to help lower chance of crime, city says.

Editor’s note: The PDP are getting used to their status as the main opposition strength in the country after losing the 2015 general elections to their main opponents, the APC. Adelaja Adeoye, a Lagos-based blogger and a commentator on social and political issues, fleshes out a strategy for the PDP to gain its footing an return to […]

Vladimir Putin said that Russia will supply Indian oil refineries with 10 million tonnes of oil annually for 10 years.