Economía
Vladimir Putin Easily Wins New 6-Year Term As Russian President
Russian Federation is yet to formally retaliate to Prime Minister Theresa May's expulsion of the diplomats. Mr Navalny, whose group also monitored the vote, dismissed Mr Putin's challengers on the ballot as "puppets". With ballots counted from 60 percent of the vast country's precincts, Putin won more than 75 percent of the vote, the Central Elections Commission said. [Articulo completo...]
School districts engage in proactive student safety measures
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer , virtually all of the demonstrations were "grassroots" efforts and student-run. The idea of walking out of school was to say to the world, to scream to the adults, you're not keeping us safe. All the participants were unaffected by the sound of school bells ringing for class and break. Congress will not be able to ignore this any longer and has to addre... [Articulo completo...]
Mini-Beast from the east returns this weekend!
The Met Office said the daytime high at Great Dun Fell, in Cumbria - at a height of 847 metres - reached -7.1C, but with wind gusts in excess of 85mph, there was a "feels like" temperature of -22C. Rain will increasingly turn to snow above around 200 metres during late Friday afternoon and evening. Some places could avoid the snow, but falls are expected nearly anywhere during the weekend with... [Articulo completo...]
Ireland's Grand Slam celebrations in Dublin postponed due to snow
His turnover on Farrell in the first half set the tempo for a commanding display from the Ireland pack and he breached the gain line whenever Ryan and all were behind him in support. Aaron Smith may be able to fire a quicker pass but there is no better all-round scrum-half in the world than Murray. Schmidt said in more jocular fashion in a slightly subdued atmosphere that he hoped Best would b... [Articulo completo...]
Cryptocurrencies banned from Adwords, starting in June 2018
Facebook has emphasized many firms in the sector were not acting in good faith. Still, for a time that only meant ads served by Reddit and it didn't apply to Google-generated ads that are personalized to your cookies. The company blocked 79 million ads in its network for attempting to send people to malware-infested sites, and removed 400,000 of these types of sites in the past year. [Articulo completo...]
No. 5 West Virginia pushes past No. 12 Murray State
Well, that problem certainly ironed itself out. No. 13 Marshall Thundering Herd thundered past No. 4 Wichita State 81-75 in the First Round. A victory over Murray State will propel the Old Gold and Blue into Sunday's Round of 32 where it will face the victor of Friday's first contest between Wichita State and Marshall . [Articulo completo...]
Nishikawa guides McKeever to record-setting gold
This is his fifth career Paralympic medal. Arendz says he's ready to take the lead when it comes to being Canada's top cross-country skier at the Paralympics, but he's in no hurry to see McKeever go. Canada's medal count grew shortly afterward thanks to 17-year-old Natalie Wilkie . Mark Arendz of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island won the bronze medal in the men's 12.5 kilometre standing divis... [Articulo completo...]
Greenville Schools to Cite about 500 for National Walkout
After the service, students had the choice to stay inside, walk outside the school or walk together with teachers to Brooklyn Borough Hall, where students from other schools gathered. "I am proud of their leadership and that they are engaging in this defining moment". A spokesperson said it was not mandatory and it was organized by students. [Articulo completo...]
United Airlines mistakenly sends dog to Japan instead of Kansas City
United Airlines says it's investigating after mistakenly flying a Kansas family's dog to Japan . A day after United Airlines faced a backlash over a dog's death in an overhead luggage compartment, the company is dealing with another canine-related mistake after a German shepherd meant for Kansas was instead flown to Japan . [Articulo completo...]
U.S. sanctions Russian "troll factory", 19 individuals for election meddling
An October report by researchers at Symantec Corp., cited by the USA government Thursday, linked the attacks to a group of hackers it had code-named Dragonfly , and said it found evidence critical infrastructure facilities in Turkey and Switzerland also had been breached. [Articulo completo...]
Plastic larger than human hair in most bottled water
That's according to new research by nonprofit Orb Median and the State University of NY, which tested more than 250 bottles from 11 different brands. For those samples with 500-600 mL per bottle, 10 bottles were randomly chosen from the lot, while for the 750 mL samples, 6 bottles were chosen, and for the 2L sample, 4 bottles were randomly chosen for analysis. [Articulo completo...]
Toys R Us to 'wind down' U.S. operations
Locally, the Brookfield Babies "R" Us store at 18550 W. Bluemound Road and the Babies "R" Us store at 2161 Zeier Road in Madison closed in February . and Vornado Realty Trust took it private in a $6.6 billion leveraged buyout in 2005. Toys R Us had filed for bankruptcy protection a year ago in the United States, so the writing was on the wall. [Articulo completo...]
Trump May Limits Visas for Chinese Citizens
We're asking our readers what role - if any - tariffs should play in today's global trade. We shouldn't be such pussies and worry about how other countries will respond. The problem with this is simple: Trump is obsessed with "winning" on trade. History suggests the tariffs could be short-lived. Tusk said there was still time to improve relations and urged Trump to deliver on his promise to e... [Articulo completo...]
A brief history of Stephen Hawking's atheism
Hawking finally lost his battle overnight with ALS, a rare form of motor neurone disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease , outliving the predictions of doctors by decades. "What did he overcome?" Hawking warned that mankind must abandon Earth within 100 years and find themselves a new place to live. Originally, the sixth episode of Saving Lives at Sea was going to be aired, but in lig... [Articulo completo...]
Tillerson's dismissal may hasten demise of Iran nuclear deal
The facts before us suggest that it's not really meant to. But after 14 demoralizing months of budget cuts and staffing reductions for the State Department , his conservative political bent and closeness to President Donald Trump could breathe new vigor into an agency all too often sidelined on numerous nation's most pressing national security matters. [Articulo completo...]
'Light at the end of the tunnel' but no end to austerity
The new 2018 forecast remains a slowdown, however, compared with 1.7-percent expansion last year, and followed a gloomy OECD warning that Brexit would crimp growth over the next few years. The overall world economy is now buoyant, with a strong upturn in the USA and a clear return to strength also across the Euro zone economies - all of which helps the United Kingdom in spite of commercial uncer... [Articulo completo...]
Rohit, Sundar carry India to final
Rubel bowled out S Dhawan (35 off 27b; 5x4; 1x6) for Bangladesh's first breakthrough and to dismiss S Dhawan from the opening stand. Anything but a loss today will send them through to the final . 1 - Washington Sundar became the youngest Indian player to bag three wickets in a T20I match, at the age of 18 years and 160 days, leaving behind Axar Patel (21 years 178 days). [Articulo completo...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) Shares Sold by Comerica Bank
The Relative Volume of the company is 0.67 and Average Volume (3 months) is 7.48 million. Unusual volume shows something has likely happened in the stock-such as a news release or traders have become anxious or euphoric about the stock's potential. [Articulo completo...]
USA consumer price gains ease in Feb
The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in February following a 0.3-percent increase in January. "This easing appears to have come largely on the back of a slowdown in the food price inflation on account of one-off seasonal factors ", Richa Gupta, senior economist and senior director, Deloitte India said. [Articulo completo...]
Gold Prices Push Into Positive Territory After In-Line Rise In US CPI
Hourly pay rose a modest 2.6 percent in February from a year earlier, down from a 2.8 percent gain the previous month. After a sharp fall in December, analysts see a strong rebound in January's manufacturing orders with the yearly gauge surging by 5.3% y/y. [Articulo completo...]