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DealBook: Bond Investors Are Skittish Over Emerging Markets

DealBook: Bond Investors Are Skittish Over Emerging Markets


DealBook: Bond Investors Are Skittish Over Emerging Markets

Posted: 17 Dec 2014 12:21 AM PST

The precipitous fall in the Russian ruble has already rattled investors. Concerns are mounting that bond troubles of big energy companies in emerging markets will unleash a new wave of market contagion.






Iran Criticized for Executing Drug Offenders

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 09:03 PM PST

Rights groups have called on the United Nations to halt its counternarcotics aid to the country because of its mandatory death penalty for drug crimes.






Well: How Exercise Changes Our DNA

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 09:01 PM PST

Exercise, a new study finds, changes the shape and functioning our genes, an important stop on the way to improved health and fitness.






As the Ruble Swoons, Russians Desperately Shop

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:48 PM PST

As Russia faced a currency crisis that prompted bickering among some top presidential allies, consumers afraid of losing their savings flooded stores, rushing to dump rubles.

Aalsmeer Journal: Dutch Flower Auction, Long Industry’s Heart, Is Facing Competition

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:00 PM PST

An auction system that helped make flowers as synonymous with the Dutch identity as wooden shoes and windmills is being buffeted by a variety of forces.

Australia Tries to Figure Out How Gunman Eluded Counterterrorism Effort

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 05:50 PM PST

Recently passed laws did not prevent Man Haron Monis, who was known to the police, from laying siege to a cafe in Sydney, leading to the deaths of two hostages.






Terror Threats Over ‘The Interview’ Are Quandary for Sony

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 05:37 PM PST

As Sony came under pressure to cancel or postpone the release of the film, about the assassination of North Korea's leader, the New York premiere was called off.






Norman Bridwell, Creator of ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Books, Dies at 86

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 05:27 PM PST

Mr. Bridwell's "Clifford" books, about a dog as big as a house, became an international favorite for parents to read aloud to their children.






Federal Judge Calls Obama’s Immigration Actions Unlawful

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 05:20 PM PST

A federal judge in Pennsylvania issued an opinion on Tuesday declaring unconstitutional President Obama's executive actions on immigration, but the finding had no immediate effect.

Apple Wins Decade-Old iTunes Suit

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 04:38 PM PST

In a class-action case that kicked around courts for 10 years, a jury rejected claims that Apple acted to secure a monopoly over digital music.






Taliban Besiege Pakistan School, Leaving 145 Dead

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:08 PM PST

The gunmen stormed a school in Peshawar, killing more than 100 students, along with teachers, during an eight-hour rampage in retaliation against the military, officials said.






Jacob Lawrence’s Great Migration Series Returns to MoMA

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:59 PM PST

Jacob Lawrence's 60 panels portraying the Great Migration of blacks from the South will be brought together in a show at MoMA next year.

Economic Scene: Slowdown in China Bruises Economy in Latin America

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:47 PM PST

China's insatiable hunger for Latin America's raw materials fueled the region's most prosperous decade at least since the 1970s. That era is over.

Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit,’ Round 3, ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:45 PM PST

Peter Jackson concludes his trilogy treatment of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" with a film devoted to warfare and driven by greed.

‘A Great Moment’: Rover Finds Clue That Mars May Harbor Life

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:11 PM PST

The presence of methane could be the result of a geological process or the product of microbes.

Recalls of Cars Abroad Prompt No Urgency in U.S.

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:08 PM PST

A Times examination of actions by major United States automakers found different standards for recalls of substantially similar vehicles.

Imprint: Seeking Inspiration in Jane Austen’s World

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:34 PM PST

A novelist explores the two quiet villages in Hampshire, where the author spent the most creative periods of her short life.

Stephen Colbert Prepares Final 'Colbert Report'

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:19 PM PST

After nine years nurturing his TV persona of a conservative talk show host, Stephen Colbert will bid farewell to the other Stephen Colbert on Thursday.

Vatican Report Cites Achievements and Challenges of U.S. Nuns

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:56 PM PST

The report's relatively warm tone was welcomed by many — a far cry from six years ago, when fear, anger and mistrust greeted the announcement of the investigation of American nuns.






U.S. Tries to Calm Latest Israeli and Palestinian Strife

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:29 PM PST

Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States had made "no determinations" about efforts toward Security Council resolutions on the Middle East.

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