At least two people died of hypothermia and 33 more were hospitalized, according to City Hall data.

Rasmussen also said Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of the alliance and that Georgia's territorial integrity needed to be fully respected.

Russia's foreign minister said talks on a new arms deal to replace START I are now moving forward and an agreement could be reached “quite soon.”

Kremlin aide Arkady Dvorkovich said Russia would consider the summit a success if major emitters from both developed and developing countries agreed on their own emissions cuts.

Vadim Zakharov’s unsurprising victory rounded off a thoroughly unspectacular ceremony — as notable for its absence of intrigue as the previous year’s was for a surfeit.

The new measures will require more sophisticated excise stamps on bottles and ban retail sales in certain locations.

BPC’s Chinese contract may be set at a price lower than spot prices in Brazil, the company's sales chief Oleg Petrov said.

Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holdings and the company that owns the Nets created a partnership that would own the NBA team and develop the Atlantic Yards arena in New York City.

BP and the oligarchs have received tens of billions of dollars by channeling almost all of the venture’s profit on dividends since TNK-BP was created in 2003.