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AT&T Inc. disclosed Friday that it expects to record a $1 billion fourth-quarter non-cash charge following a remeasurement of its pension and postemployment benefit plans. The telecom giant said a $3 billion loss was generated after it lowered on Dec. 31 the assumed discount rates for pension obligations to 4.4% from 4.6% and for postretirement obligations to 4.3% from 4.5%. The loss was largely offset by gains related to a "better than assumed claims experience," higher-than-expected asset returns and changes in demographics... Читать дальше...

Bernard Tomic has crashed out of the Australian Open, leaving the host country without a second-week hope in the men's singles for the first time in three years.

In Los Angeles, Jayna Zweiman and Krista Suh made hats for protesters to wear in the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday.

Female doping results can be distorted if athletes have had sex in the days before a test, says Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko.

Bernard's Tomic's father once deemed Dan Evans too inferior to practice with his son, but he wasn't the person the Brit said 'doesn't know how to act on a tennis court'.

Daniel J. Graeber
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Gains in the renewable energy sector and deals in exploration and production helped boost fourth quarter profits substantially, General Electric said Friday.

Ed Adamczyk
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Rescuers said they found at least six people alive Friday in a Penne, Italy, hotel buried by an avalanche after a series of earthquakes.

Jarrett Stepman

History,

A little history to keep today in perspective. 

The Washington establishment was stunned.

A political outsider with few connections in the nation’s capital, but wide national celebrity among the American people, was going to be the next president of the United States.

Washington, D.C., residents were unprepared for the wild scene that was about to unfold when the new president’s advocates—and a few detractors—poured into the city. Читать дальше...

Sergey Lavrov said Friday he had accepted an invitation from his Kazakh counterpart Kairat Abdrakhmanov to visit Astana.

By Jack Magruder, The Sports Xchange
LOS ANGELES -- When Arizona needed a play, it found Lauri Markkanen. He did the rest.

For most of the past seven decades, U.S. relations with Europe revolved around a set of shared beliefs: Russia was the common adversary, Germany's industrial might would be the core of the continent's economy and a unified Europe was in everyone's interests. Donald Trump is having none of it.

Commenting on the recent remarks of high-ranking Chinese officials that Beijing would opt to settle its trade disputes with the US through dialogue and consultations, Chinese economist Chen Fengying explained to Sputnik why the prospects of a trade war between the two countries are now highly improbable.

China`s economy grew 6.7 percent year on year in 2016, the slowest pace of growth in 26 years, but well within the government`s target range.

Banking stocks felt the pinch, and global leads failed to pick up either.

The Dutch winger took to social media to express his gratitude to various Man Utd stars as he completes a £15 million switch to the Ligue 1 side

As the annual talkfest of the rich and powerful from across the world reached its last day here, top economic leaders felt the global economy is improving though mostly on internal factors even as they warned of new 'black swan' events post elections in various countries.

A senior trained cadre of ULFA(I), Gagan Hazarika alias Joydeep Cheleng, was remanded in NIA custody after he was produced in a special court.

French far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen stated that she intended to take control over the French borders, return monetary Paris its independence and "give back the floor to the people of France."

Bye FLOTUS, you've been a class act.

Angus Deayton will take over from chef Tom Kerridge as host of the Bake Off spin-off.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. shares sunk 7.2% in pre-market trade Friday after the company said it wouldn't try for accelerated approval in first-line lung cancer for its combination of Opdivo and Yervoy. The company said the decision was made "based on a review of the data available at this time," and said it would say no more "in order to protect the integrity of ongoing registrational studies." Leerink analyst Seamus Fernandez said the development was a "clear setback for BMY," especially given... Читать дальше...

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, joins Morning Joe to discuss his thoughts about Trump's Inauguration and what's ahead.

FRANKFURT, Germany — The German soccer federation has formally launched a bid to host the 2024 European Championship. Federation president Reinhard Grindel says it will choose 10 stadiums and work with Transparency International during bidding ahead of UEFA’s decision in September 2018. German organizers of the 2006 World Cup are criminal suspects in a Swiss

BOSTON (AP) — General Electric's fourth-quarter revenue missed Wall Street's view, with continued softness in its oil and gas, transportation and lighting businesses. The industrial conglomerate's adjusted profit met analysts' estimates.