Новости за 24.01.2016

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Since it's 2010 IPO, Tesla shares have gained over 1,000%. As it stock, it pretty much defined "going parabolic" — the trajectory has been like a rocket launched by CEO Elon Musk's other company, SpaceX. 

This kind of price appreciation is based on one thing and one thing only: the conviction that Tesla will be worth much, much more in the future than it is now.

As such, many of the experts and analysts who follow Tesla on the financial side treat the automaker as a tech company... Читать дальше...

The stock market is off to its worst start in history this year. Not only that, the losses over the past few weeks have come amid one of the most rapid declines over the past few decades. This has some coming to the conclusion this has to be buying opportunity.

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Have markets got it right?

That is the question dominating the attention of executives on Wall Street and in corporate America right now. 

Financial markets seem to be bracing for a global recession. One example of this in action is the bond market, which has "recessionary" fund flows, as investors shift their money out of high-yield funds and into government bonds.

The economic fundamentals, however, do not signal a recession with such certainty, as my colleague Myles Udland has pointed out. Читать дальше...

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Only America can save the oil market. 

Between Wednesday and Friday oil prices rocketed nearly 25%.

But to put this rally into perspective, oil prices are down about 70% from their June 2014 peak.

A rally was inevitable, but the long-term outlook for prices remains depressed. And the US is the only thing that can change that. 

Here's Citi's Ed Morse:

"America can come to the rescue by reversing the supply imbalance that led to the oil crash. Читать дальше...

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Tokyo (AFP) - Kotoshogiku captured the Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo tournament on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese-born winner for a decade.

The 31-year-old ranking ozeki -- the second-highest level in Japan's national sport -- shoved fellow ozeki Goeido onto the ring to finish the 15-day tourney at 14-1.

In recent days Kotoshogiku had fought off Hakuho and Harumafuji, two Mongolian yokozuna or grand champions, as well as his countryman Toyonoshima, all of whom ended at 12-3. Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of residents, business owners and workers began digging out on Sunday from a massive blizzard that brought Washington, New York and other northeastern U.S. cities to a standstill, killing at least 19 people in several states.

The storm was the second-biggest in New York City history, with 26.8 inches (68 cm) by midnight Saturday, just shy of the record 26.9 inches set in 2006, the National Weather Service said.

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of residents, business owners and workers began digging out on Sunday from a massive blizzard that brought Washington, New York and other northeastern U.S. cities to a standstill, killing at least 19 people in several states.

The storm was the second-biggest in New York City history, with 26.8 inches (68 cm) by midnight Saturday, just shy of the record 26.9 inches set in 2006, the National Weather Service said.

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Werner Herzog believes that virtual reality is getting ahead of itself.

“It looked OK, but you get tired of it fairly quickly,” he told the New Yorker of watching VR film.

“The strange thing here is that normally, in the history of culture … you have the content first, and then the technology follows suit.

In this case, we do have a technology, but we don’t have any clear idea how to fill it with content.”

Clearly, Herzog hasn’t seen 2 Chicks Same Time. Читать дальше...

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Werner Herzog believes that virtual reality is getting ahead of itself.

“It looked OK, but you get tired of it fairly quickly,” he told the New Yorker of watching VR film.

“The strange thing here is that normally, in the history of culture … you have the content first, and then the technology follows suit.

In this case, we do have a technology, but we don’t have any clear idea how to fill it with content.”

Clearly, Herzog hasn’t seen 2 Chicks Same Time. Читать дальше...

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Washington (AFP) - After a year in which free-flowing capital fueled unprecedented growth in so-called tech "unicorns," the sector is bracing for a slowdown which could thin the herd.

Unicorns -- a term coined for the usually rare billion-dollar, privately funded startups -- have been proliferating in the United States, China and elsewhere as venture capital investors bet on the next Google or Facebook.

But the prospect of a "bear market" where prices are falling... Читать дальше...

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Washington (AFP) - After a year in which free-flowing capital fueled unprecedented growth in so-called tech "unicorns," the sector is bracing for a slowdown which could thin the herd.

Unicorns -- a term coined for the usually rare billion-dollar, privately funded startups -- have been proliferating in the United States, China and elsewhere as venture capital investors bet on the next Google or Facebook.

But the prospect of a "bear market" where prices are falling... Читать дальше...

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Being a no-guns establishment in an open-carry state must be maddening.

You, as a store owner, can legally say no guns—you can even post signs to this effect—but the militant performance artists who cannot envision a world in which buying their vanilla-mint creamer can be achieved without brandishing an AR-47 will fight back.

They will organize boycotts and protests and other intimidating displays of manliness. They will show up in droves and armed to the teeth. Читать дальше...

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Being a no-guns establishment in an open-carry state must be maddening.

You, as a store owner, can legally say no guns—you can even post signs to this effect—but the militant performance artists who cannot envision a world in which buying their vanilla-mint creamer can be achieved without brandishing an AR-47 will fight back.

They will organize boycotts and protests and other intimidating displays of manliness. They will show up in droves and armed to the teeth. Читать дальше...

Joyce Kim

I've seen a lot of weird movies in the nine years I've attended the Sundance Film Festival, but this year, I may have seen the strangest one yet.

It involves friendship, a dead body, and a lot of flatulence.

"Swiss Army Man" is a comedic action-drama that stars Paul Dano as a lonely guy who, while sailing one day, gets swept up in a storm in the Pacific Ocean and is washed ashore on a deserted island. Daniel Radcliffe is the dead body that washes up at the moment when Dano's character... Читать дальше...

Joyce Kim

I've seen a lot of weird movies in the nine years I've attended the Sundance Film Festival, but this year, I may have seen the strangest one yet.

It involves friendship, a dead body, and a lot of flatulence.

"Swiss Army Man" is a comedic action-drama that stars Paul Dano as a lonely guy who, while sailing one day, gets swept up in a storm in the Pacific Ocean and is washed ashore on a deserted island. Daniel Radcliffe is the dead body that washes up at the moment when Dano's character... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three inmates escaped from a Southern California maximum-security jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars and rappelling from the roof by a makeshift rope, authorities said Saturday as they continued hunting for the men, who include an alleged killer.

"It was very well-thought-out and planned," Orange County sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock said Saturday at a news conference.

The inmates were last seen at 5 a.m. Friday... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three inmates escaped from a Southern California maximum-security jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars and rappelling from the roof by a makeshift rope, authorities said Saturday as they continued hunting for the men, who include an alleged killer.

"It was very well-thought-out and planned," Orange County sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock said Saturday at a news conference.

The inmates were last seen at 5 a.m. Friday... Читать дальше...

Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

On a rainy winter’s afternoon, I went with a friend to the train station in Shanghai to head to a wedding in Nanjing. On the train, stations flicked by us in the mist.

The undulating, highly developed landscape of Jiangsu province didn’t seem to change much: fast-food restaurants, apartment towers, shopping malls, factories and warehouses, university towns—a new normal that is miles away from what we might think of as “Chinese.”

As of the 2010 census... Читать дальше...

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On a rainy winter’s afternoon, I went with a friend to the train station in Shanghai to head to a wedding in Nanjing. On the train, stations flicked by us in the mist.

The undulating, highly developed landscape of Jiangsu province didn’t seem to change much: fast-food restaurants, apartment towers, shopping malls, factories and warehouses, university towns—a new normal that is miles away from what we might think of as “Chinese.”

As of the 2010 census... Читать дальше...

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Roger Federer has become such a fashion icon in the tennis world that even a simple haircut can shock the masses.

But while Federer, who is currently competing for his 18th grand slam title at the Australian Open, has been a bit of a fashion icon on the tennis circuit in recent years, it wasn't always the case.

In fact, a quick look back reminds us that making questionable fashion and style choices was the norm for Federer early in his career.

Amazingly, at age 16... Читать дальше...

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Roger Federer has become such a fashion icon in the tennis world that even a simple haircut can shock the masses.

But while Federer, who is currently competing for his 18th grand slam title at the Australian Open, has been a bit of a fashion icon on the tennis circuit in recent years, it wasn't always the case.

In fact, a quick look back reminds us that making questionable fashion and style choices was the norm for Federer early in his career.

Amazingly, at age 16... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

Wealth just keeps growing for the 62 richest people in the world. Collectively, this ultra-wealthy group controls $1.76 trillion, which is about the cumulative worth of the poorer half of the world’s population, or around 3.5 billion people.

And since 2010, wealth has become more and more concentrated in favor of the richest of the rich while those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder have seen their positions worsen, according to a new report from Oxfam International. Читать дальше...

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Wealth just keeps growing for the 62 richest people in the world. Collectively, this ultra-wealthy group controls $1.76 trillion, which is about the cumulative worth of the poorer half of the world’s population, or around 3.5 billion people.

And since 2010, wealth has become more and more concentrated in favor of the richest of the rich while those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder have seen their positions worsen, according to a new report from Oxfam International. Читать дальше...