ALEXANDER PUSHKIN, MARK TWAIN, SERGEY AKSAKOV, ANTON CHEKHOV, JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU and others talk about the earth He [the assessor] gave up all vodka and began to listen to Kiril Petrovich with all possible attention. “I have a neighbor,” said Troekurov, “a small-time rude man; I want to take his estate—what do you think about that?” - “Your Excellency, if there are any documents, or...” - “You’re lying, brother, what kind of documents do you need? There are decrees for that.

Austrians prefer their own wine to beer and sausages. By the way, it's quite good Anyone can turn Vienna into wine - just swap two letters: Wien - Wein. It's just that in the center of the city - where the cabs, the Secession and the Ambassador Hotel are - it is not so striking: here, among the baroque flourishes, the cult of coffee reigns. Young wine is worshiped on the outskirts - lush, green, turning into endless forests.

Can the police help double GDP? At least he's trying Bank employees dealing with large amounts of cash are increasingly encountering law enforcement agencies in their work. Not because attacks on exchange offices and cash-in-transit vehicles have become more frequent. The thing is that departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are conducting massive checks of cash transactions of Russian banks. The goal is to eradicate illegal cash transactions.

Globex is just one of the top ten banks. But why did the Central Bank have so many questions for him? The atrium of the Moscow shopping and office center "Novinsky Passage" has become a popular place for social events: fashion shows, charity evenings, corporate events. Here you can place several dozen tables for guests, a small stage and still have space for an orchestra.

Conflicts over trademarks are not uncommon. Even our magazine had to argue for a name. And, for example, the dealership company Avtomir (turnover $600 million) at one time managed not to register its trademark for the class of car repair and maintenance services. This was short-sighted: the availability of service is a prerequisite for concluding dealer agreements and brings 10% of income to Avtomir.

Purchasing real estate abroad on credit is not so difficult It would be a misconception to think that a mortgage on a house or apartment abroad is for those who cannot immediately pay for the purchase. In fact, most often Russian buyers take out a loan abroad in order not to take money out of their business, which brings them more income than the interest paid on the mortgage.

Veterans earn money by advertising Do you think that the times when the state supported public associations of citizens, providing them with preferences in business, are irrevocably gone? Of course, no one has been importing alcohol and tobacco duty-free for a long time. But the scheme itself is still in use.

The state is increasing the volume of orders to military-industrial complex enterprises. Does it make sense to buy their shares? The defense complex is on the rise: enterprises no longer have enough workers. “We first felt a severe shortage of blue-collar jobs about a year ago,” says Larisa Krylova, deputy general director of NPO Saturn, a manufacturer of engines for civil and military aircraft. With a total staff of 18,500, the NGO was short of 300 workers.

General bank management funds (BMFs) are usually inferior to mutual funds in terms of profitability. And investing in them is more risky Common funds of bank management (FBU) are a tool for free investors. Legally, these funds can do what mutual funds are prohibited from doing: freely buy currencies, precious metals and stones, bills, futures and options, any foreign securities and derivatives, and also use borrowed funds in their activities.

The Inconika company, owned by Joseph Kobzon’s daughter Natalya, has closed its wholesale trade business in Belgian chocolate and is building an underground garage on Turgenevskaya Square. Having trouble with chocolate? Rather, there are great prospects for the garage business. According to the Moscow government, only one in three of the capital’s 2.7 million passenger cars sleeps “in an organized manner” - in a permanent garage, a legally installed “shell” or in a guarded parking lot.

Lists of telephone numbers of officials and businessmen - what is not a commodity? Which businesses are most affected by government changes?

Every year, the American magazine Forbes calculates the so-called taxpayer happiness index - it compares the tax burden in those countries that are of greatest interest to business. The 2005 ranking shows that flat rates are the order of the day. More and more states are reducing marginal tax rates and abandoning the progressive scale. This is the case mainly in Europe (with the exception of such a high-stakes “reserve” as France).

Wired communications will inevitably have to “merge” with mobile communications, and eventually become completely free When was the last time you used your home phone? It is no longer easy for a city person to answer this question - it turns out that it has been for a very long time. Now you always have your mobile phone at hand.

A brief history of communication from the Stone Age to the present day Sometimes, on a bright day, I saw on the edge of the road, on a hillock, these black jointed arms rising upward, like the paws of a huge beetle, and, I assure you, I always looked at them with excitement...

On Lake Garda, townspeople will find solitude, poets will find inspiration, gourmets will find culinary delights, and those tired of the summer heat will find cool waters and shady shores LAKE GARDA: Poets and tyrants The most beautiful Garda, the largest of the lakes in Italy, looks like the head of an elephant on the map: the head is in Lombardy, the ears are in Veneto, and the elephant’s trunk has climbed into Trentino.