Новости за 24.07.2015

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A stunning silhouette of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after it shot past the icy orb last week show an extensive layer of atmospheric haze, while close-up pictures of the ground reveal flows of nitrogen ice, scientists said on Friday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A stunning silhouette of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after it shot past the icy orb last week show an extensive layer of atmospheric haze, while close-up pictures of the ground reveal flows of nitrogen ice, scientists said on Friday.

Saudi air strikes pounded neighboring Yemen this summer to defeat Houthi rebels but Saudi air force cargo planes are now delivering aid to help relieve acute food and medicine shortages. Mana Rabiee reports.

Saudi air strikes pounded neighboring Yemen this summer to defeat Houthi rebels but Saudi air force cargo planes are now delivering aid to help relieve acute food and medicine shortages. Mana Rabiee reports.

Saudi air strikes pounded neighboring Yemen this summer to defeat Houthi rebels but Saudi air force cargo planes are now delivering aid to help relieve acute food and medicine shortages. Mana Rabiee reports.

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - FIFA's embattled president Sepp Blatter is "a victim" and "a very brave person", the chief executive of the 2018 Russian World Cup organising committee said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone said an acceleration in quarterly sales growth should continue through the year, showing its recovery is moving on to a stronger footing and boosting its shares on Friday.

July 24 (Reuters) - Prosecutors and federal police in Brazil unearthed the country's largest-ever corruption scandal by tying a ring of black-market money changers to a price-fixing and political kickback scheme at state-run oil firm Petrobras .

* Indexes down: Dow 0.9 pct, S&P 1.1 pct, Nasdaq 1.1 pct (Updates to close)

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - For all the assurances by Nikkei executives on Friday that the Financial Times would retain editorial independence under their ownership, some staff at the business daily were fretting about everything from journalistic standards to holiday allowance.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Amazon.com founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos got a lot richer while he slept on Thursday night, after the company reported its quarterly earnings and its shares rose 20.1 percent.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Economist Group could become the latest British media business to undergo a change of ownership this year as its co-owner Pearson focusses on education, bankers and industry sources said.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Economist Group could become the latest British media business to undergo a change of ownership this year as its co-owner Pearson focusses on education, bankers and industry sources said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the country's largest pay-TV company on Friday, completing their $48.5 billion merger after receiving final regulatory approval.

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - The Economist Group could become the latest British media business to undergo a change of ownership this year as its co-owner Pearson focuses on education, bankers and industry sources said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss earlier this week filed paperwork to operate a bitcoin exchange called Gemini for both individual and institutional investors in New York state, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss earlier this week filed paperwork to operate a bitcoin exchange called Gemini for both individual and institutional investors in New York state, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it had removed Nest Labs' Internet-connected thermostats from its U.S. online and retail stores, a year after the home automation maker was bought by Google Inc for $3.3 billion.

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a private dinner with family members after arriving in Kenya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

MONTREAL (Reuters) - An industrial contamination lawsuit brought a quarter century ago has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada, bringing an end to a case dating as far back as 1924 that involved black tar so sticky that horses caught in its grip had to be shot.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed U.S. corporate tax reforms on Friday including a sliding scale for capital gains taxes, greater transparency for stock buybacks and changes in executive compensation to encourage long-term economic growth.

* Weak China factory data dents oil demand outlook (Recasts; updates prices to settlement)

TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Canadian mining-focused investment bank Edgecrest Capital has put itself on the auction block, hurt by a prolonged downturn in the natural resource sector that has hit fees and activity, according to two sources familiar with the situation.