Новости за 04.11.2015

* Dollar hits 3-month highs, weighs on oil even before EIA data

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

(Reuters) - Canadian Olympic and world champion snowboarder Maelle Ricker announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on her golden 20-year career.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced a new indictment against the former husband of "The Sopranos" star Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and three additional arrests over allegations they ran a $300 million stock manipulation scheme.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defence aid to increase to as much as $5 billion (£3.25 billion) when its current aid package, worth an average $3 billion a year, expires in 2017, U.S. congressional sources said on Wednesday.

Manhattan Venture Partners Chief Economist Max Wolff talks about Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comments, including saying that December is a "live possibility" for a rate hike. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Manhattan Venture Partners Chief Economist Max Wolff talks about Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comments, including saying that December is a "live possibility" for a rate hike. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Manhattan Venture Partners Chief Economist Max Wolff talks about Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comments, including saying that December is a "live possibility" for a rate hike. Bobbi Rebell reports.

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is preparing to launch a new standalone news app called Notify next week, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the plans.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Airbnb plans to form 100 home-sharing clubs in cities across the United States during 2016, seeking to get ahead of regulatory crackdowns by organizing hosts and guests who will advocate for home-and room-sharing companies.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.

NEW YORK/CALGARY Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc is considering spending about $5 billion on oil storage assets in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, but has made no concrete investment decisions yet, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS - EU antitrust regulators are seeking public feedback over how to strengthen national competition authorities in the 28-country bloc, with some currently limited in their access to cloud-based information or in the amount of penalties they can impose.

Hundreds of animals are blessed at a church as part of a celebration for the patron saint of hunters, Saint Hubert. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).

Hundreds of animals are blessed at a church as part of a celebration for the patron saint of hunters, Saint Hubert. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).

BERLIN – Ahead of Wednesday’s premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2", film director Francis Lawrence toured some of Berlin's large-scale industrial sites  -- locations used in the latest installment of the hit franchise.

PARIS (Reuters) - France has decided to end a more than 30-year-old law that banned gay men from donating blood, a measure originally put in place to stop the spread of diseases such as HIV.

CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Two new studies published on Wednesday of patients with breast and prostate cancers add to growing evidence that detecting bits of cancer DNA circulating in the blood can guide patient treatment.

CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Two new studies published on Wednesday of patients with breast and prostate cancers add to growing evidence that detecting bits of cancer DNA circulating in the blood can guide patient treatment.

Rescue workers search for survivors after a factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 18 people and leaving up to 150 trapped under piles of rubble. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Rescue workers search for survivors after a factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 18 people and leaving up to 150 trapped under piles of rubble. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Rescue workers search for survivors after a factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 18 people and leaving up to 150 trapped under piles of rubble. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Bernie Ecclestone wants to take Formula One back to Argentina but is waiting to see who wins presidential elections later this month, according to Lotus deputy team principal Federico Gastaldi.