Новости за 14.01.2017

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter over the student’s spelling has been fired. Katie Nash tells The Frederick News-Post (http://tinyurl.com/jfdv55v) that she was fired on Friday afternoon from her $44,000-a-year job. A Frederick County Public Schools spokesman confirmed that Nash had […]

The Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots are the favorites as the NFL playoffs resume on Saturday. The Falcons get the weekend started hosting the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC divisional playoff game, while the Patriots are heavy favorites in the night game hosting the Houston Texans. Both games are rematches of regular season meetings: […]

FRASER, Mich. (AP) — The cost to fix a broken sewer line that caused a football field-sized sinkhole north of Detroit is estimated at more than $78 million, Macomb County’s new public works chief says. The project’s cost could rise above $100 million if more work is done to improve the rest of the sewer […]

The Seahawks look to advance to the NFC championship game with a win over the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 in Atlanta.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The city of Biloxi has sparked a debate about the holiday honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. after announcing on social media that city offices would be closed Monday for “Great Americans Day.” Monday is federally recognized as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Sun Herald reports […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Trying to stem high turnover in store jobs, nonprofit groups and chains such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot and the Home Shopping Network are launching a program to help people develop the skills to land entry-level jobs and advance in a retail career. As more people shop online, stores say they need […]

Follow along for live play-by-play, reaction and more as the Seahawks look to take down the league's top offense and advance to the NFC championship game.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — One of four children hit in a crosswalk outside a Colorado Springs elementary school remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Police Lt. Scott Schwall said Friday the second-grader, who was the most seriously injured, had improved a bit on Friday. Two of the children had been released from the […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A team of heavy-machine operators drew a big crowd of camera-toting spectators as they plucked dangerous debris from raging floodwaters last weekend in Nevada. They then became internet sensations as online commenters dubbed the men #CraneGuy, Bridge Ninjas and heroes of downtown Reno. On Sunday, emergency workers voluntarily evacuated about 1,300 […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An activist group in Maine’s largest city says hundreds of people are participating in its drive to get residents to support Muslim-owned businesses in a show of solidarity against Islamophobia. Progressive Portland is calling the event the “Muslim-Owned Business Buy-In” and it is using it to rally against anti-Muslim sentiment. The […]

Here is the state Fish and Wildlife creel data taken for the 2016-2017 northern Olympic coastal winter steelhead fishing season (release all wild steelhead and wild rainbow trout, and only one barbless hook with up to three points may be used): BOGACHIEL AND QUILLAYUTE RIVERS Nine bank anglers and two boat anglers Dec.1-3 kept 11 […]

MILAN (AP) — If turmoil brings innovation and renovation, Italian menswear is in for a creative burst. Fashion houses are continuing their reboot of Milan Fashion Week menswear offerings, with notables like Bottega Veneta and Gucci sitting out this round, preferring to combine menswear and womenswear previews next month. That is making room for a […]

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An official says Jordan’s Cabinet ministers have resigned ahead of a planned government reshuffle, at a time of public discontent with perceived security lapses and rising unemployment. The official said the ministers submitted their resignations Saturday to the prime minister, ahead of a reshuffle to be announced Sunday. He spoke on […]

PATNA, India (AP) — At least 17 people drowned and 10 others were missing after their overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern India on Saturday, police said. Police officer Chandan Kushwaha said the incident took place as 40 people were returning by the boat after attending a Hindu religious festival in a village […]

HAVANA (AP) — Two days before Christmas, Luis Gonzalez received a little Chinese modem from Cuba’s state-owned telecommunications company. The 55-year-old theater producer connected the device to his phone and his laptop computer, which instantly lit up with a service unimaginable in the Cuba of just a few years ago — relatively fast home internet. […]

Over the next decade, as more baby boomers get closer to drawing their pensions, global demand for bonds and cash is expected to rise as allocations to equities fall.

Big companies and cartels may have more to do with holding down wages and opportunities for working people than we realize. Welcome to the world of monopsony. Like monopoly, it’s bad for the economy.

A Q&A with Andrew Foster, the founder and chief investment officer at Seafarer Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based boutique firm focused on emerging markets.

India’s foreign minister lashed out at Amazon over a doormat sold on its website, and quickly scored a social-media victory. Also: Microsoft and Amazon are among the top patent winners for 2016, and Mexican wags suggest the nation buy Twitter to foil Trump.

Vested and unvested Q: What are “vested” and “unvested” options? A: You’re “vested” when you become eligible to take ownership of something, or to exercise an option. Imagine that you work at Sisyphus Inc. (ticker: UPDWN) and receive stock options on 100 shares of company stock. Let’s say that over the next four years, 25 […]

Coping with medical expenses; advice on shorting stocks; and investing in a “superfund.”

The week’s top business quotes range from Trump on the drug industry to Ballmer on the iPhone.

Oil has advanced since the deal among members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and 11 other nations to temper global supply

The Seahawks face a tough task facing the Falcons in Atlanta. But there’s also the fact that in five road postseason games under coach Pete Carroll, Seattle has been outscored 55-0 in the first quarter and 89-13 in the first half.

As part of a special course exploring the health effects of being homeless, University of Washington students are offering care to the 60 people living in a tent city that recently opened in a UW parking lot.