Новости за 26.09.2018

Calls to regulate big tech companies are mounting. LinkedIn’s co-founder Reid Hoffman says lawmakers should be careful what they wish for.

A new $15 million global campaign against pediatric cancer aims to narrow the gap between treatment in affluent countries and poor ones.

Beijing is increasingly leaning on an array of levers to extract intellectual property—sometimes coercively—say U.S. companies. China says it’s payment for market access. The phenomenon is central to the trade fight between the two countries.

Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador intends to nominate well-known independent economist Jonathan Heath to the Bank of Mexico’s board of governors in his first central bank appointment.

Sales of new homes in the U.S. rebounded in August, following two months of declines.

Popularized by the King of Pop, the white-sock-black-loafer look is making a comeback, but is the look a relic that should have stayed in the ‘80s?

As Washington and Beijing dig in on their trade dispute, some see an economic cold war looming in which the U.S. and China seek to lead competing economic blocs.

The Pentagon is removing U.S. missile systems from the Middle East next month, U.S. military officials said, a move that will leave American allies with fewer defenses as the White House ramps up its rhetoric against what it says are threats posed by Iran.

Watch live coverage of President Donald Trump leading a U.N. Security Council meeting on nonproliferation.

Pope Francis called for unity among Chinese Catholics in the wake of a controversial deal between the Vatican and Beijing on the selection of bishops.

Oxford and Cambridge took the top two spots for a second time in a global university ranking, with long-dominant U.S. schools mostly stagnating against international competitors.

Staying competitive in the cloud is expensive. Salesforce.com and Adobe, the two largest players in the industry, aren’t making it any cheaper.

WPP is merging its well-known creative agency Young & Rubicam with its digital-ad firm VML, part of the advertising giant’s efforts to combat digital disruption across the industry.

LinkedIn's co-founder Reid Hoffman talks to The Wall Street Journal about the best way to run a meeting, his biggest business challenge, and which of the "PayPal Mafia" would win at Settlers of Catan. Photo: Chloe Aftel for The Wall Street Journal

Daimler said its long-serving chief executive will step down and will be succeeded by its current research and development chief, who has been driving the car maker’s push into electric vehicles and self-driving cars.

The central bank is prepared to raise rates by a quarter percentage point after its two-day policy meeting concludes Wednesday. It would be the eighth such move since late 2015.

Merck Chief Executive Kenneth Frazier will continue leading the company after he turns 65, after its board decided to no longer require the CEO to retire at that age.

WPP is merging its well-known creative agency Young & Rubicam with its digital-ad firm VML, part of the advertising giant’s efforts to combat digital disruption across the industry.

A handful of Japanese companies are jockeying for position in the global rush to do business on the moon, fueled by falling launch costs and growing government spending.

The Pentagon is removing U.S. missile systems from the Middle East next month, U.S. military officials said, a move that will leave American allies with fewer defenses as the White House ramps up its rhetoric against what it says are threats posed by Iran.

Russia’s third-class communal railcars have for decades melded together people, cuisine and customs from across the nation’s 11 time zones. Now passengers fear something vital will be lost as the “platzkart” gets redesigned and replaced as part of an effort to boost a sanction-laden economy.

European efforts to import more liquefied natural gas are starting to pay off, moving the region further away from Russia’s energy orbit and potentially creating more opportunities for U.S. producers.

U.S. consumer borrowing costs have drifted higher in recent months ahead of the Federal Reserve’s likely decision Wednesday to raise short-term interest rates, though the increases have generally been modest.

In his second address before the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and slammed the Iranian regime. The WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains. Photo: Getty

Executives at one in 10 U.K. companies fear their businesses could go bankrupt if imports faced 10- to 30-minute customs delays due to Brexit, according to a survey.