Новости за 28.10.2015

(Reuters) - California is examining new World Health Organization findings to determine whether to add red meat and foods like hot dogs, sausages and bacon to a cancer-alert list, setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry over warning labels.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - National Australia Bank on Wednesday said it plans to sell its British operations by early 2016, two months later than expected, revealing for the first time how it intends to exit a business that has frustrated shareholders for years.

SHANGHAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - China stocks fell on Wednesday as investors continued to worry about profit pressures on banks, but markets largely shrugged off increased U.S.-China tensions surrounding naval patrols in the South China Sea.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China rebuked Washington for sending a U.S. guided-missile destroyer close to one of Beijing's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying it had tracked and warned the ship and called in the U.S. ambassador to protest.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China rebuked Washington for sending a U.S. guided-missile destroyer close to one of Beijing's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying it had tracked and warned the ship and called in the U.S. ambassador to protest.

(The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Mark Miller CHICAGO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Most fast food workers do not earn enough to retire with much of a pension. Then there is David Novak, executive chairman of YUM Brands, the conglomerate that runs Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC outlets. Novak's total retirement holdings, including deferred compensation, are worth $234 million - more than any other Fortune 500 chief executive. Novak tops the list

TAIPEI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Taipei Financial Center Corp (TFCC), which operates skyscraper Taipei 101, has allowed Blackstone Group to examine its financial books ahead of a potential stake purchase in it by the U.S. private equity firm, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

LONDON (Reuters) - A defeat for proposed welfare cuts in Britain's upper house of parliament was widely seen on Tuesday as a deep blow to Chancellor George Osborne, leaving him "isolated" and "humiliated" after he asked the country to live within its means.

LONDON (Reuters) - A defeat for proposed welfare cuts in Britain's upper house of parliament was widely seen on Tuesday as a deep blow to Chancellor George Osborne, leaving him "isolated" and "humiliated" after he asked the country to live within its means.

* Beat out China's Anbang Insurance to clinch deal (Adds details and background)

LAUNCESTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - - What's well known is that a wave of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) is about swamp already well-supplied markets, what's less known is how exactly these new cargoes will be absorbed.

(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is nearing an agreement to buy the Weather Company's digital assets in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Oct 27 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is nearing an agreement to buy the Weather Company's digital assets in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week, according to a source familiar with the matter.

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Australian shares recouped early losses on Wednesday after surprisingly subdued inflation reinforced speculation of more monetary easing and lower bond yields, making stocks a more palatable asset.

GLASGOW (Reuters) - There are still more than nine months to go before the start of the Rio Games but it seems no amount of blood, sweat and tears shed by their rivals in training will be enough to topple the U.S. women's gymnastics team from the top of the Olympic podium.

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Asia's two autos powerhouses, Japan and China, are jostling for supremacy in how future electric cars should generate their power – from batteries or hydrogen-powered fuel-cells.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday, taking cues from an overnight decline on Wall Street and capped by caution ahead of a policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve due later in the day.

TAIPEI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell on Wednesday, with electronics exporters leading the slide as investors stayed cautious amid growing tensions on the South China sea.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering sending a small number of special operations forces to Syria and attack helicopters to Iraq as it weighs options to build momentum in the battle against Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Most passengers were on one side of a Canadian whale-watching vessel which would have raised the center of gravity, says Canada's Transportation Safety Board as they investigate the tragic boat sinking. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Most passengers were on one side of a Canadian whale-watching vessel which would have raised the center of gravity, says Canada's Transportation Safety Board as they investigate the tragic boat sinking. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Australian inflation was surprisingly subdued last quarter with few signs of price pressures right across the economy, an open invitation to further cuts in interest rates that sent the local dollar sharply lower.

* NIM at record low due to stiff business lending competition

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow was presented with the EMA Green Parent Award from her mother Blythe Danner at the weekend, in honor of her work as an environmentalist.

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian appeal court on Tuesday ordered two major tobacco companies to set aside a combined C$984 million ($742 million) while they challenge billions of dollars in damages awarded to smokers in the province of Quebec.