Новости за 09.05.2017

Amazon is due to unveil a new Echo speaker with a screen that will incorporate video calling capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter.

Macron inherits a nation lacking in both religious and economic freedom.

After winning his bid to lead France, Emmanuel Macron got to work Monday on his next challenge: winning control of its parliament.

Quebec’s big pension fund is opposing the re-election of Bombardier Inc. Executive Chairman Pierre Beaudoin, signaling a new level of investor activism at the ailing aerospace company.

Pandora Media said it is reviewing strategic options, including a potential sale of the company, and said private-equity firm KKR & Co. agreed to make a $150 million investment to shore up its balance sheet.

Nationwide protests are spreading beyond President Nicolás Maduro’s control and risk morphing into civil war, said a retired Venezuelan General who was in charge of suppressing the last wave of unrest three years ago.

The dollar-euro exchange rate has moved 20% eight times in a decade, causing crisis and stagnation.

“Adventures of the American Towman,” in which a heroic driver rescues people in peril, comes from a media empire that churns out towing magazines, ballads, even a TV show.

The academic left accuses her of ‘epistemic violence’ for asking scholarly questions about identity.

Retailers are using artificial-intelligence software to set optimal prices, which are sometimes higher than competitors. Some antitrust experts say such systems could raise prices for consumers.

On Deck Capital is bowing to investor pressure to slow its growth and turn a profit, but shareholders appear to hate the strategy.

The prime minister thinks government is the solution, not the problem.

Europe cheered Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential victory on a platform of a domestic economic overhaul and greater European integration, but it added a caveat: Show us that you mean it.

Fox News Channel has hired veteran executive Marianne Gambelli as president of advertising sales to succeed Paul Rittenberg, who left the channel last month.

Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told Congress on Monday she warned a White House official that former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn had misled Vice President Pence about his conversations with a Russian diplomat. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ AP.

Kris Johnson, a former No. 1 draft pick, says he aspires to play again in the major leagues after winning the Sawamura Award, Japan’s equivalent of the Cy Young Award.

A wireless deal between Comcast and Charter will help them lower their costs, posing a greater threat to Verizon and AT&T.