Oil prices should have fallen a long time ago. But they are approaching $130 per barrel. What's the matter? Oil is costing the global economy more and more. At $120 per barrel, consumer spending on fuel will reach 8% of global GDP. But contrary to the forecasts of economists, business and ordinary citizens are behaving as if nothing had happened. And there are several simple explanations for this. No savings in the US...

Evgeny Kaspersky sells his antiviruses abroad better than in Russia. Now he wants to change things In Japan they recognize him on the streets, in Europe they joyfully greet him at hotel receptions, in Russia, just by looking at his passport they say: “Kaspersky caught the virus!” - referring either to himself or to the program of the same name.

Grain production in Russia can be increased fourfold. The devastation in the heads interferes If you want to attract the attention of an entrepreneur who is seriously involved in agribusiness, refer to the opinion of Valery Kiryushin in a conversation with him. Academician of the Russian Academy of Agriculture Kiryushin is one of the last Mohicans of Soviet agricultural science.

Actions The sale of shares of Russian developers, which brought down their quotes at the beginning of the year, has come to an end. While the capitalization of companies in this sector was declining under the influence of the mortgage crisis in the United States, the leader of the real estate market, PIK, was increasing its assets. The net increase in the company's construction space in 2007 amounted to 5.4 million square meters. m.

Turns October 1922 “Go into politics!” - this is the new slogan. It is addressed to young businessmen and professionals, scions of wealthy families, as well as middle-aged people who, having made a fortune, are faced with the prospect of spending the rest of their lives on the golf course, driving balls.

Actions A couple of months ago, MTS shareholders had serious reason to be upset. On April 16, the company published results for the fourth quarter of 2007. Due to rising costs, including administrative expenses, operating profit fell by 20% compared to the third quarter, and net profit by 30%. During the day, MTS ADRs on the NYSE fell in price by almost 10%.

The former owners of PIT do not want to leave the beer market. This summer they are launching a new large plant Why, having sold the business, take on the same thing again? Ask Alexander Lifshits and Evgeniy Kashper. The main owners of the Detroit Investments group sold the Ivan Taranov Breweries to the Heineken concern three years ago. And now they are completing the construction of a new brewery near Moscow (near Mytishchi) worth $180 million.

The famous phrase “Buy land, they've stopped making it,” which is attributed to Mark Twain, is good because its relevance is growing every year. Who even a few years ago believed that Central Russian fields with abandoned collective farm barracks and roads washed out by mud would become a hot commodity? It turns out that such people existed - and, oddly enough, they were foreigners.

How to choose an online broker? In terms of service, they differ little from each other, the decisive factor is the price of service Private trader Andrey has been making a living by playing the stock market via the Internet for several years now. “I always keep in mind that you can’t make trades that will return less than 0.1%,” he says. It's all about the commission that the broker takes. Andrey trades through Alfa Bank using the Alfa Direct system.

Having lost gas contracts, the main owner of Itera, Igor Makarov, is building a coal company. The pace is impressive It’s good to have friends at Gazprom. It's bad when friends find themselves in disgrace. Igor Makarov, the main owner of the Itera group of companies, knows this firsthand. Once upon a time, Itera acted as an agent of the Russian monopolist in the vast expanses of the former USSR, comfortably ensconced in gas supplies from Turkmenistan.

In some cities there is a lot of highly educated labor force, in others the local administration lures business by promising preferences and support, in others - good roads and cheap electricity. Here is the first rating of Russian cities compiled by Forbes taking into account the conditions for business development There are two stereotypical opinions about where it is better to do business in Russia: in rich Moscow and where the son-in-law is a prosecutor. there is some truth in both.

Actions “It’s time to return to the Russian market,” Troika Dialog analysts warned in early May in their review on stock market strategy. How they looked into the water. In the first half of May, the RTS index grew by 16%. Thanks to news about tax cuts in the oil industry and good statistics from the United States, by May 16, the RTS index came close to the 2,500 point mark. According to Troika, the best prospects lie with oil and metallurgical companies and banks.

The Kaliningrad elite and banks easily lent tens of millions of dollars to the popular doctor in the city. In vain There were no signs of trouble. “An excellent credit history, contracts with government agencies... Bank managers say: according to the documents, there were no problems,” Kaliningrad Mayor Alexander Yaroshuk throws up his hands in surprise.

Two previous owners of the Mountain Madness travel company died in the mountains. The third hopes to restore order in business Mark Gunlogson, owner of Seattle-based adventure tour company Mountain Madness, is sad. He recently learned that Chinese authorities have closed access to Everest, thereby putting an end to the current climbing season on the world's highest mountain. The Chinese cite too many climbers and pressure from environmental groups.

Competition Imports to Russia from China grew by 80% last year. Is it impossible to compete with the Chinese? Gennady Vazhnichin doesn’t think so: he manages to make household appliances under the EVGO brand in Khabarovsk and sell them throughout Russia, bypassing large retail chains. Vazhnichin has more than just a screwdriver assembly (the entrepreneur was engaged in this in the 1990s).