Section: USA

I Asked Jeff Bezos The Tough Questions — No Profits, The Book Controversies, The Phone Flop — And He Showed Why Amazon Is Such A Huge Success

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 20:27 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

Jeff Bezos and I have a long history, dating from my days on Wall Street and the early years of Amazon.com. Today, he’s an investor in Business Insider, and I remain an Amazon shareholder. I tried not to let any of that be a factor when I interviewed him recently at our annual conference in New York City. Jeff rarely gives in-depth...

Georgia, Ukraine May Get Visa-Free Regime With EU At Riga Summit

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 20:11 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

BRUSSELS, December 16, 2014 — The Latvian foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics on December 16 said that the EU might grant both Georgians and Ukrainians visa free access to the EU’s Schengen zone next year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Obama to sign Russia sanctions legislation

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 19:55 (EEST) Section: WAVE 3 News (USA)

President Barack Obama will sign legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and providing weapons and other aid to Ukraine despite White House concerns that military assistance will further escalate the conflict, the… …read more Source: WAVE 3...

En route to Lugansk, lies, bribes and high fives

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 19:55 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

A guard outside the home of Rabbi Shalom Gopin, Chabad’s emissary in Lugansk who fled the flighting and is now in Israel. In the backseat of a car headed to the rebel-held city of Lugansk, I was feeling confident about my plan for getting in and out safely to report an article about how the city’s Jewish community is coping with the...

White House: Obama To Sign Russia Sanctions Legislation

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 19:40 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will sign congressional legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and providing aid to Ukraine. Spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama continues to have concerns about the bill but believes the legislation still gives him the flexibility he needs. The president is expected to sign the...

The most Googled recipe in Ukraine this year was for Molotov cocktails

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: Mashable (USA)

The most-Googled “recipe” in Ukraine this year, according to Google’s end-of-year statistics, was for instructions to make a molotov cocktail See also: Robin Williams, World Cup and Ebola top Google search in 2014 “In 2014 we searched trillions of times,” Google says in its 2014 report, which is available for dozens...

Ukraine rejects Russia’s move to house nuclear weapons in Crimea

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 19:11 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

JC FinleyKIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Ukraine’s prime minister fired back at Russia Tuesday for comments suggesting that nuclear weapons could be located inside Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: United Press...

Russians Are Buying Cheese The Same Way People Bought Weed In 1980s Brooklyn

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 18:56 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

Russia’s economy is in free fall. Part of that is because dramatically declining oil prices, another part is because of international sanctions against the country. This cheese story is about the latter part. Back when the EU, Australia, Norway, Canada and the US put economic sanctions on Russia, Russia responded by banning a bunch of...

Why You Should Care About The Collapsing Russian Ruble

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 18:56 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

Plunging oil prices and economic sanctions have pushed Russia’s economy to the brink of collapse. “Couldn’t happen to a nicer dictator than Vladimir Putin,” you might be thinking, but it could have repercussions for all of us. Russia’s currency, the ruble, crashed to record lows against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday,...

Tuesday, December 16 , 2014 - 18:41 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

People wait to exchange currency near a sign advertising currency exchange rates at an exchange office in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The Russian ruble came under intense selling pressure Tuesday, falling at one point by a catastrophic 20 percent to a new historic low despite a massive pre-dawn interest rate hike from Russia’s...