Новости за 15.09.2015

Susan Cain loves her staff at Quiet Revolution so much that she doesn't see them all morning.

When it comes to online shopping, women are now more likely than men to reach for their smartphones and tablets to research products and make purchases. 

Millions of people commute to work every day in the United States. A survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013 found that 86% of workers commuted by automobile — and the vast majority of them drove alone.

There may be more at play with Russia's expanding role in Syria than just influence in the Middle East.

Europe's doors are closing on the Syrian migrants moving across the Mediterranean. 

Last week, Apple announced a new program that allows you to upgrade your iPhone every year.

Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, and oftentimes it can lead to regret.

Frankfurt (AFP) - Leading carmakers boasted at the IAA auto show in Frankfurt on Tuesday about resurgent sales in Europe but said they were keeping a close eye on slowing demand in China. 

Warning: Do not read ahead if you want to avoid spoilers for "Game of Thrones," as well as speculation about upcoming plot lines.

Note: Spoiler alert!

The latest addition to HBO's "Game of Thrones" is British comic actor Kevin Eldon, an HBO representative told Business Insider.

"Game of Thrones" has been ramping up castings for a comedy troupe on Season 6. And according to Watchers on the Wall, Eldon will play the lead actor in the troupe. Here's the description of the role from the site:

Leading Theatre Character Actor. The leading actor in a theatrical company, around 50 years old. He participates in a play using a pronounced Northern accent... Читать дальше...

Real-estate mogul Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to hike taxes on the "hedge-fund guys" in recent days.

In this excerpt from A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the Mexican Drug War, coauthors Carmen Boullosa and Mike Wallace explain how the US and Mexico jointly created the Mexican Drug War.

European markets are jumping on Tuesday afternoon, thanks to bad economic data from the US.

When it comes to online shopping, women are now more likely than men to reach for their smartphones and tablets to research products and make purchases. 

BURBANK, California (AP) — The super PAC created to support Republican Jeb Bush's presidential campaign is on the air in early voting primary states with a $24 million television ad buy. The ads will remain on the air through the end of the year.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A coalition opposed to the re-election of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says the government has detained 16 of its supporters for demonstrating last week.

The legendary 'Missed Connections' section on Craigslist is often an incredible mixture of absurdity, heartfelt longing, and wistfulness. And this is doubly true of those from Buring Man, the yearly festival in the middle of the desert whose very nature invites an intense nostalgia that keeps people coming back year after year.

Does America need more screenwriters?

Walk into a Starbucks on any given afternoon and odds are you'll see one to ten freelancers and dreamers writing scripts on their shiny laptops.

You'd probably sigh — frustrated that there's no room to sit — and silently curse the horde of nobodies aspiring to be somebodies.

But if you'd think that there are too many people aspiring to be in show business, you'd dead wrong.

The fact is: there actually aren't enough people working in the entertainment business right now. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Will they or won't they?

Nine years after they last raised their benchmark interest rate and after months of feverish speculation, Federal Reserve policymakers this week may finally raise that rate from a record low near zero.

Unless they don't.

Financial markets have been zigzagging with anxiety as investors have tried to divine whether the Fed will start phasing out the period of extraordinarily low borrowing rates it launched at a time of crisis in 2008.... Читать дальше...

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, the founder of $19 billion Pershing Square Capital, has just put out a 29-slide presentation comparing Herbalife to Vemma Nutrition Company. 

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Rangers moved within a half-game of AL West leading Houston, when Prince Fielder hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning to lead Texas to a 5-3 win over the Astros on Monday night in the opener of a pivotal four-game series.

Paris (AFP) - Some of the world's biggest emerging economies are pleading for the United States to end their drawn-out agony and raise interest rates now.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — The caretaker of a woman found dead in the ruins of her home that was destroyed by a wildfire said Monday the woman had advanced multiple sclerosis and had no way to get out.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto will not be bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico called on Egypt to swiftly investigate why tourists were mistakenly targeted in what witnesses described as an air strike that left at least two Mexicans dead and six unaccounted for.