"Norilsk Nickel" - in the treasury of state-owned companies The owner of the Nafta-Moscow investment company, State Duma deputy Suleiman Kerimov, seems to be discovering a new gold mine. In the figurative sense of the word, of course. It is only believed that it is mainly oil magnates and metallurgists who become billionaires in our country - Kerimov refutes this opinion.

A fundamentally new electronic device can now be invented and brought to market in just a few months. But the faster inventors work, the more mistakes they make. Ten years ago, Dell spent more than 18 months developing the Latitude C series laptops. These models stayed in Dell's catalogs for exactly the same 18 months. Last year, Dell presented the Inspiron 700M laptop. It took nine months to create. Nokia introduced the 5100 series mobile phones to the market in 1998.

The company VALERY KUSTOV is perceived differently. Some consider it a model of an ideal society, others - a totalitarian sect One story has always struck me. in a certain rest home, men played preference. And one of them felt awkward if he left before the others, especially when he was winning. Then he suggested: anyone has the right to leave the game, but he must announce this three games before leaving.

More and more people doubt that supermarket products are real A few years ago I went on a road trip along the Neapolitan coast. In the Sorrento area, I stayed at a hotel in the courtyard of which there were lemon and orange trees, exuding an incredibly fresh and at the same time intoxicatingly tart aroma. Sitting at a table, you could reach out, pick a lemon from a branch and squeeze it, for example, into tea.

KIRILL PETROV and his two partners are conquering the markets for mobile pictures and music in India and Mexico. How? They learn to draw Hindu gods and follow the plot of Mexican TV series Last year, the St. Petersburg company i-Free, which sells mobile content, set out to explore the vast Indian market. The search for local partners began, a joint project was hotly discussed for several weeks... And then the Indians disappeared. Lost interest? Not at all.

A simple way to place money stored in foreign bank accounts in Russia Let's say your money is kept in an account in a foreign bank. Let’s also assume that you believe in the stability of the Russian banking system (why not, given the current economic performance?). Then why don’t you transfer part of the money to a deposit in a Russian bank?

Why be second? Having studied the marketing mistakes of a competitor with ten years of experience, Frozeks became a leader in just a couple of years. May 2005. A cozy courtyard in the center of Moscow. Shirtless workers from the company "Frozex" unload boxes onto the warm asphalt in clouds of steam. The contents are edible frappe ice, which is usually thrown into mojitos or margaritas.

A trusted person can fool you, even if you are a well-known lawyer throughout America who has won a bunch of cases worth billions of dollars. In fact, there was no reason for John O'Quinn's Ferrari 575M to be sitting in a workshop where it was supposedly being repaired after a minor accident. John himself didn’t drive it, much less write a check for $192,000 to fix the consequences of someone else’s car accident.

The main factor in the growth of this country’s economy is not cognac, not cement or foreign investment, but the Armenians themselves Going on a business trip to Yerevan, I asked myself a question that was offensive to our allies in Transcaucasia: “Is there life in Armenia?” And there was no great-power chauvinism in this.

photo by Dmitry Ternovoy for Forbes Andrei Kuleshov is selling off “national treasure” in the West. Why? It’s just that in Russia they don’t value their souvenirs One of the main attractions of the Golden Ring is the Goretsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky. On the trays near the tourist bus parking lot there is a standard set: Gzhel figurines, embroidered napkins, wooden whistles. Only clay teapots are sold for original local products at $40 apiece.

How to protect your wealth from treacherous partners, a greedy state and greedy relatives? There are several surefire remedies Dmitry, co-owner of a business center under construction in Moscow, is well aware of what unreliable partners are. Two years ago he was one of the shareholders of a transport company.

Night Watch batteries and Turkish Gambit ketchup “The main concept of the film is the struggle between good and evil, light and darkness. Our lamps, flashlights, batteries continue the main idea of ​​the film in the product...” - this is how the Topservice company explains, a little awkwardly, but clearly, what is the meaning of household electrical goods under the Night Watch brand.

How a banker might surprise you How to stand out among thousands of identical products? Nokia produces devices in platinum cases, Mercedes-Benz produces tiny Smart cars, and the fashion house Prada produces a set of tools, including pliers. Sellers of financial services for Russians are now also trying to attract attention with some exotic product. Many banks, for example, will offer you to use the original tax scheme that exists in the UK.

Are you starting to lose your teeth? New technology allows you to painlessly replace them with new ones - if, of course, you have enough money By age fifty, Americans lose an average of twelve teeth, most often from gum disease or tooth decay. Live another fifteen years and there's a 30% chance you'll have no teeth left, according to the US Department of Health. There are no Russian statistics on this matter, but even the state of affairs in prosperous America is terrifying.

KRISTINA ANTONOVA opened the first fitness center for dogs in Russia. Looks ugly, but brings money The basement of the Festival cinema on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. The American Staffordshire Terrier with the strange name of Rush has been running along a mechanical treadmill for three kilometers. Nearby, the labrador Georges is eager for the sausage, which the trainer is waving in front of him.