Новости за 19.08.2015

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A unit of Citigroup Inc will pay $15 million to settle civil charges alleging it failed to enforce policies designed to prevent and detect insider trading, U.S. regulators said.

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil inventories rose and gasoline stocks fell last week as crude imports surged while refinery problems cut runs during the summer driving demand season, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Wednesday.

Aug 19 (Reuters) - Suja Life LLC said on Wednesday that it had sold minority stakes to Goldman Sachs Group Inc's merchant banking division and to Coca-Cola Co, which will distribute its organic juices and smoothies.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's leading mobile phone network operators Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone India are among the 11 companies selected by the country's central bank to help set up "payments banks", aimed at granting millions of citizens access to basic banking.

Aug 19 (Reuters) - Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will be free to return to competitive action on Sept. 2 after serving bans for involvement in match-fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

Islamic State militants have beheaded a Syrian antiquities scholar and hung his body in the main square in Palmyra, according to Syrian officials. Nathan Frandino reports.

Islamic State militants have beheaded a Syrian antiquities scholar and hung his body in the main square in Palmyra, according to Syrian officials. Nathan Frandino reports.

Islamic State militants have beheaded a Syrian antiquities scholar and hung his body in the main square in Palmyra, according to Syrian officials. Nathan Frandino reports.

* Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea given provisional nod for payments bank

* Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea given provisional nod for payments bank

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of asylum-seekers and refugees to Germany will quadruple to a record 800,000 this year compared with last, twice as many as forecast in January, the government said on Wednesday.

* Profit $1.20/share vs est. $1.24 (Adds CEO comment, details; updates shares)

SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend next month's U.N. General Assembly in New York and would "consider constructively" any request for a meeting there with President Barack Obama, Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - When Matt Damon needed to play an astronaut stranded on Mars, he and director Ridley Scott were able to turn to U.S. space agency NASA to make the extreme circumstances of "The Martian" as scientifically accurate as possible.

* Indexes down: Dow 1.06 pct, S&P 0.95 pct, Nasdaq 0.90 pct (Adds details, changes comment, updates prices)

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish reggae festival, bowing to an international outcry, on Wednesday reversed its decision to cancel an invitation to an American Jewish musician because he had failed to spell out his views on Palestinian statehood.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's ruling Front for Victory party has formally complained to the electoral office about what it says is a dirty tricks campaign by the leading opposition alliance against its candidate ahead of October's presidential election.

* Admiral jumps on forecast-beating results (Adds quote, detail)

LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Ferrari's Formula One driver lineup will remain unchanged next season after the Italian glamour team ended uncertainty surrounding Kimi Raikkonen on Wednesday.

FINNISH DRIVER KIMI RAIKKONEN STAYING AT FERRARI FORMULA ONE TEAM NEXT SEASON - STATEMENT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Plainclothes Egyptian state security officers pounced on Suhayb Saad as he left a Cairo restaurant in June.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Wednesday that a suspect captured by CCTV cameras minutes before a bomb exploded at Bangkok's Erawan shrine was a foreigner, and his appearance suggested he might be from Europe or the Middle East.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Wednesday that a suspect captured by CCTV cameras minutes before a bomb exploded at Bangkok's Erawan shrine was a foreigner, and his appearance suggested he might be from Europe or the Middle East.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yvonne Craig, the American actress and dancer who played Batgirl in the 1960s TV series "Batman," has died at the age of 78 after battling cancer, her family said on Wednesday.

Researchers in Singapore have developed an autonomous robotic swan that collects real time data about water quality in an effort to efficiently monitor reservoirs. Ben Gruber reports.