What We’re Reading
Date: 18 December 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Vanessa Friedman, Steven Erlanger and others.
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17th of December 2015 News
Ziņas, kas parādījās New York Times pirmajā lapā 2015. gada 17. decembris
Morning Agenda: Shkreli Indictment Portrays His Small-Time Fraud
Date: 18 December 2015
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
Bill to End Tax-Free Real Estate Spinoffs Approved | Avon to Split Off North American Business
Poll Watch: Americans Fear More Terrorist Attacks but Have Mixed Views on Gun Control
Date: 17 December 2015
By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Giovanni RUSSONELLO
Most people in the United States describe themselves as very concerned about the threat of terrorism, but considerably fewer worry about a mass shooting taking place where they live, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
Morning Agenda: Janet Yellen’s New Risk Manager Role
Date: 17 December 2015
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
Third Avenue Reaches Deal With S.E.C. | Argentina Set to Devalue Its Currency
A Campaigning Marco Rubio Misses a Chance to Object to a Spending Bill
Date: 17 December 2015
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Jeremy PETERS
Marco Rubio could have slowed down the $1.1 trillion spending bill that’s making its way through Congress, but he did not — he was campaigning in Iowa instead.
At Republican Debate, Straying Into Mideast, and Getting Lost
Date: 17 December 2015
By DAVID E. SANGER
David SANGER
Republican presidential candidates criticize Pres Obama's foreign policy efforts in Middle East, but fall short of showing understanding of history and politics in region during debate in Las Vegas; majority of candidates focus on bombing Middle East rather than diplomacy.
Calm Acceptance as Fed Enacts Its First Interest Increase in Seven Years
Date: 18 December 2015
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Binyamin APPELBAUM
News Analysis; Federal Reserve's much-anticipated first increase of interest rates since financial crisis is met with calm acceptance; major questions about economy remain unresolved, however.
Obama Reaches Out to New Audience for News
Date: 17 December 2015
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
When the president convened an interview session this week to defend his strategy against the Islamic State and terrorism, he included younger journalists with new media audiences.
Martin Shkreli’s Arrest Gives Drug Makers Cover
Date: 18 December 2015
By ANDREW POLLACK
Andrew POLLACK
News Analysis; arrest of Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli on securities fraud charges in some ways has taken heat off of other drug firms; most of them will redouble efforts to distance themselves from greedy executive, who is blamed for sparking outrage over drug prices.