Новости за 18.06.2015

Fitbit finally went public on Thursday, opening up nearly 50% on its first day of trading. It is now worth about $6 billion.

Bessemer Venture Partners’ Byron Deeter just published a stunning presentation on the state of the cloud industry.

Greece and its creditors still don't have a deal. 

This follow a meeting with Eurogroup finance ministers in which Greece proposed a new set of reforms that were rejected by its creditors. 

Following the meeting, Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said at a press conference that, "no agreement yet is in sight" and that the ball is "clearly in the Greek court."

After all of this drama, Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis posted the full list of reforms proposed by Greece on his personal blog... Читать дальше...

The Red Sox ugly season just got uglier as one of their big offseason free agency acquisitions, third baseman Pablo Sandoval, has been benched for one game after admitting he used Instagram during a game in which he was participating, according to Ian Browne of MLB.com.

 Jack Black again plays main character Po, and Bryan Cranston plays his dad in the latest installment of "Kung Fu Panda." And the trailer features an awesome scene where they first come upon each other in the movie.

Oracle on Thursday officially acknowledged that it had hired former HP star Dave Donatelli.

Fitbit rallied as much as 52% on Thursday in its debut as a public company.

Oracle shares lost 4.8% on Thursday after the company reported a disappointing fourth quarter on Wednesday. 

Described by locals as a "la espada de Rusia," meaning "the Russian sword," the Soviet-era Russian embassy resembles something of a sword stabbing Havana's Embassy Row.

With one week until the 2015 NBA Draft, one prospect is slowly starting to enter the conversation for one of the top picks in the draft.

The American West, not just California, is experiencing a long-term drought.

A new Gallup poll shows that Americans' trust in organized religion continues to decline, continuing a gradual, decades-long trend. 

Elliptic, a bitcoin analytics and storage startup based in London, thinks it's just made a huge breakthrough that could make banks way more interested in bitcoin.

Threema, a secure messaging service that has grown to become one of the most popular apps in Germany, is officially launching in the US.

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is convinced it is still possible to reach an accord with Greece on its crippling debt crisis, ahead of crunch EU talks Thursday.

Good morning! Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.

The advertising industry is not only admitting it has a problem with transparency over agency practices, such as receiving rebates from media companies and not disclosing them or passing those back to clients, but it is now looking to outside help to try to solve the perception issue.

The finance ministers of Europe are about to meet for the last time before Greece's big International Monetary Fund (IMF) payment is due.

Good morning! Here's what you need to know in tech this Thursday.

1. There has been a major executive shake-up at Microsoft. Stephen Elop, formerly CEO of Nokia, is among those who have left the company. Here's a link to Satya Nadella's email to staff.

2. Airbnb is raising $1 billion at a massive $24 billion valuation. The massive new funding round, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, would make the room rental service more valuable than the Marriott hotel chain.

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Playtech just announced plans to raise £250 million ($395.4 million) to fund its £459.6 million ($702.05 million) acquisition of troubled trading firm Plus500.

The board of oil and gas company Doriemeus just unveiled another independent report that confirmed that there is a whole glut of oil underneath the ground near Gatwick Airport.

Guardian Media Group, the owner of The Guardian newspaper and websites, has promoted its deputy CEO David Pemsel to chief executive, Sky News reports.

Vancouver (AFP) - France got their Women's World Cup campaign back on track Wednesday with a 5-0 rout of Mexico as England, South Korea and Colombia also grabbed last 16 berths on the final day of group games.

Athens (AFP) - Eurozone finance ministers were set to hold crunch talks over Greece Thursday, after a barrage of warnings that the country risks a damaging exit from the EU if it fails to strike a deal with its creditors.

Good morning! Here are the stories you need to hear in markets today.

The Eurogroup is meeting, and Greece is at the top of everyone's list. The eurozone's finance ministers gather today for one of their regular Eurogroup meetings — the last one before Greece's next debt repayment deadline and potential default on June 30. Neither Athens nor other European leaders are positive about the chances that a bailout deal will be reached.

The Fed held rates where they are. The Federal Reserve... Читать дальше...