Новости за 28.02.2018

Inflation is going to head up this year—on that there isn’t much debate. The real debate is over whether it will be a nonevent or something more ominous, writes Greg Ip.

Taxpayers may now use an IRS tool to determine how much they should have withheld from their paychecks under the new tax law.

Anne Vanneste, a co-owner of De Halve Maan, Bruges’ oldest continuous brewery, turned abandoned storage space at the family business into a stylish home

American Airlines rejected aspects of plans to expand Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport that it said would favor rival carrier United Continental.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered Wednesday to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political party if it agrees to a cease-fire and enters negotiations to end more than 16 years of war.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked the University of California, Los Angeles not to post a video of his recent public appearance at which he was heckled by students.

The Pentagon is pushing to make the F-35 combat jet cheaper and will take over some repair work to prevent the world’s most expensive military program from becoming unaffordable.

President Trump's son-in-law loses top-secret security clearance, how will sticking with the NRA affect business, and a look at the latest NCAA scandal.

Already grappling with upstart rivals and the rise of e-commerce, personal-care and packaged-foods makers now face the threat of voice-search assistants that often offer customers just one or two product options.

A former Venezuelan state governor, Henri Falcon, has emerged as President Nicolás Maduro’s sole notable election rival, thwarting the opposition’s effort to secure a total boycott of the April 22 vote

‘Completists’ every year brave snow storms, fire alarms and long drives to catch them all, including the French animated short with puppets.

More Democrats sour on the minority leader and her war on tax cuts.

The iQiyi video-streaming unit of search-engine giant Baidu has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S., promoting its ability to use artificial intelligence and user data to deliver videos that generate billions of views.

When Marco Rubio is likened to shooter Nikolas Cruz, we’re not being serious.

U.S. economic growth was slightly weaker than initially thought during the fourth quarter, and is on track to slow in the beginning of 2018.

Fat is fashionable now, prompting a deluge of ultra-rich dairy products billed as both healthy and delicious. But can you actually have it all? A grocery-aisle guide.

China has begun a broad effort to silence critics of a proposal that would allow President Xi Jinping to extend his reign indefinitely, as the country’s most powerful leader in decades solidifies his authority.

German authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating a security breach at the government’s highly protected computer network.

The film “The Big Sick,” written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, is the true story of how the two fell in love despite unusual circumstances. In this video, Gordon and Nanjiani, who are nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, share tips for how to ask someone out online.

Most actors dream of landing that one role that earns them an Oscar nomination. And then there is Meryl Streep.

Home prices continued to rise rapidly in the waning days of 2017, but there are early signs that price gains that have well outstripped wages and inflation could begin to ease this year.

U.S. consumer confidence rose to its highest level since 2000 in February, showing Americans shrugged off financial market gyrations earlier in the month.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri traveled Wednesday to Saudi Arabia, his first trip there since he briefly resigned in a surreal episode that exposed the limits of Riyadh’s efforts to check Iran’s influence in the region.

How high could Sky stock go in a bidding war between Disney and Comcast? Valuation fundamentals are a poor guide when big-picture strategy meets asset scarcity.

The 5 Star Movement is poised to be the country’s largest party after Sunday’s national elections. That would prompt a question about its future—and potentially that of Italy, too. Is it a governing force or simply a protest movement?