Новости за 14.05.2016

Williams Cos. has filed a new lawsuit against pipeline giant Energy Transfer Equity, seeking to force the company to proceed with their $33 billion merger.

Why the most hated candidate usually wins, how to deal with a manager who hates you and a conversation with Yankees great Bernie Williams.

The Obama administration's guidance to public schools allowing for transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice is being applauded by civil libertarians and protested by conservative groups concerned about privacy. WSJ's Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer. Photo: AP

Barcelona won its 24th La Liga title after shutting out Granada 3-0, leaving Real Madrid to second place.

Tasked with creating furniture for the workplaces they will soon inhabit, design students push office formality further back in the rearview mirror

Apple erased any doubt about its interest in autonomous vehicles with a $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing Technology, China’s dominant ride-sharing service.

Domenico Scala, FIFA’s audit and compliance chief and the man tasked with spearheading many of the embattled organization’s reform efforts, resigned from his post in protest.

Uganda’s main opposition leader has been charged with treason and jailed in a remote area in the country’s northeast, a judiciary spokesman said.

The Cultural Revolution is no longer just an ugly chapter in China’s past. Its brutal legacy haunts President Xi Jinping’s “China dream.”

Police say the body of Maung Shue U. Chak, 75 years old, was found in a monastery in southeastern Bangladesh.

Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah blamed Sunni insurgents for killing its top military commander leading operations in Syria to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro could be overthrow by a ‘plalace coup’ or the military as economic conditions deteriorate, senior U.S. intelligence officials say.

The state of Hawaii is suing Japanese manufacturer Takata over defective air bags they say threaten peoples’ lives.

As Islamic State loses territory in the grinding war in the Middle East, it is turning to less elaborate but lethal direct attacks on civilian targets such as this past week’s series of deadly suicide bombings in Iraq.

The June referendum on European Union membership has sparked interest among Britons living in the U.S., many of them divided over a patriotic desire for Britain to stand alone and worries over the economic impact of leaving the bloc.

An affiliate of Caesars Entertainment, which is danger of following its biggest unit into bankruptcy proceedings, is considering a sale of its fast-growing mobile- and social-gaming business.

A day after being suspended from Brazil’s highest office, President Dilma Rousseff expressed confidence she would prevail in her impeachment trial and criticized the all-white, all-male cabinet of acting President Michel Temer.

The dismal science has too much junk science, says Russ Roberts, an evangelist for humility in a discipline where it is often hard to find.

The cash-strapped country has hired safecrackers to get the funds. Also, the coins are decorated with the image of ex-dictator Gadhafi.

Art values fluctuated wildly during spring sales at New York’s chief auction houses, testing the reputation of blue-chip works as a safe haven from broader financial woes.

Punishingly difficult “masocore” games, such as “Dark Souls III,” can instill such practical virtues as patience, persistence and the value of work.

The Cultural Revolution is no longer just an ugly chapter in China’s past. Its brutal legacy forms a key part of President Xi Jinping’s “China dream.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday pledged to speed disaster assistance to the Western province of Alberta as it works to rebuild a town devastated by uncontrolled forest fires.

A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Kirchner and more than a dozen others in a case involving allegations that the central bank illegally traded derivatives, costing the country billions of dollars.