Archive du mois : février 2018

Posted February 28, 2018 05:41:54 Photo: Young women getting into a taxi at night in Perth, in the wake of the Claremont serial killings. (ABC News) The disappearance of three young women from the upmarket suburb of Claremont in the mid-1990s changed the face of Perth. Two decades later, a man faces court charged with…

Carmen Herrera ist seit siebzig Jahren Künstlerin. Als sie ihr erstes Bild verkaufte, war sie fast neunzig. Die Kunstsammlung NRW widmet ihr nun eine Retrospektive. 1/11 « Verticals », 1952, Acryl auf Leinwand, 71,75 x 119,38 cm, Privatsammlung Portugal © Carmen Herrera | Foto: © Kunstsammlung NRW 2/11 « Irlanda », 1965, Acryl auf Leinwand, mit gemaltem Rahmen, 88,3 x 88,6 cm,…

NEW YORK — Jonathan M. Winer, the Obama State Department official who acknowledged regularly interfacing with the author of the controversial, largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier, served as senior vice president of a firm that did lobbying work for Tenex, the U.S. subsidiary of Rosatom, the Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow. In 2010, Rosatom…

Some of the biggest stars in the Hollywood galaxy aligned on Monday night to celebrate the big-screen debut of A Wrinkle in Time. Director Ava DuVernay was on hand for the Los Angeles premiere, alongside stars Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, newcomer Storm Reid, and many more. The film adaptation of Madeleine…

Bond yields rose to the highs of the day as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid out a case where the Fed could raise rates more than it has forecast. « At the December meeting the median participant called for three rate increases in 2018, » Powell said Tuesday in response to a question during his testimony…

Jerome Powell opened the door to the Federal Reserve raising U.S. interest rates four times this year as he acknowledged strengthening economic growth and inflation may prompt policy makers to rethink their plan for three hikes. “My personal outlook for the economy has strengthened since December,” Powell said in response to a question about what…

FitbitThose previously on the fence about getting a Fitbit Ionic smartwatch now have a new model to consider. Fitbit revealed its device collaboration with Adidas today—the Ionic Adidas Edition is a spiced-up Ionic smartwatch featuring an Adidas-made watch face, special wristbands, and the Adidas Train app for runners. Similar to the Apple Watch Nike+ edition,…