Новости за 27.12.2015

A small far-left Catalan party wound up deadlocked in an internal vote over whether to give secessionist leader Artur Mas the margin of support he needs to be re-elected as the Catalonia region’s president, casting further uncertainty over Spain’s unpredictable political scene.

Treasury Wine Estates signed a multimillion-dollar deal with popular Instagram photographer Murad Osmann to help drive U.S. sales growth. The WSJ's Robb Stewart reports on how the company hopes this will help build a global brand for Beringer wines.

The Federal Reserve’s stress tests have made bank dividends the safest in the world.

The new film grossed an impressive $153 million in its second weekend in the U.S. alone.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he thinks he can persuade supporters of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to back him in the 2016 race.

Tornadoes that struck Texas Saturday were the latest in a string of deadly weather events that have killed over two dozen people this weekend in the U.S. In South America and the U.K., torrential rains have caused widespread flooding. Photo: Guy Reynolds/Associated Press

An Israeli ministerial committee passed legislation that would require local nonprofits to disclose if they are funded primarily by foreign countries, drawing criticism from left-wing peace activists.

Falling oil prices didn’t provide the boost to the economy they were supposed to in 2015. The year ahead could be a different story.

Assessing the success of holiday shopping season for retailers will involve the weekend after Christmas given the calendar this year and changing shopping trends.

Islamic State fighters fled the last remaining area under their control in Ramadi, as Iraqi security forces encircled the neighborhood and prepared a final assault on the city, Iraqi officials said.

Pope Francis voiced concern for Cuban migrants stranded in Central America in their efforts to reach the U.S., and he called for governments in the region to bring about a “timely solution to this humanitarian drama.”

China’s antigraft watchdog detained the chairman of China Telecom, Chang Xiaobing, in the latest in a spate of moves against executives at many of the country’s top state-owned companies.

Hundreds of people have been told to leave their homes in northern England as weeks of heavy rainfall continued to cause heavy flooding.

China will allow all couples to have two children from the beginning of next year, implementing a new birth policy that will replace the country’s controversial 35-year-old one-child policy.

Higher temperatures and lower rainfall in eastern Australia, Southeast Asia and India are affecting industries from Australia’s traditional cattle ranching to Vietnam’s coffee crop.

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi challenged the U.S. and its allies in a rare message, while telling his followers to persevere despite battlefields setbacks, according to a purported audio message released Saturday.

Behind the biggest market meltdowns of 2015 were familiar culprits: central banks. The bouts of turmoil highlight investors’ reliance on the words and actions of central banks in the years following the financial crisis.

The underbelly of e-commerce is a booming business in which little-known companies collect, process and often resell piles of unwanted gifts and other items that shoppers simply regretted buying.

Many of the forces that have weighed on U.S. shares—including low commodity prices, sluggish growth and tepid corporate profits—could persist into next year.

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission recommended that Samsung SDI sell its extra stake in Samsung C&T to avoid violating rules about cross-share ownership.

Widespread floods have forced nearly 140,000 people from their homes in the region where Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil border each other.