ALEXEY NECHAYEV, co-owner of Faberlic, thanks to the 1998 crisis, created a company with revenue of $200 million. What does he expect from the current economic downturn? The economic situation today is different from what it was ten years ago. When my partner Alexander Davankov and I started a business in 1997, the country still had remnants of the Soviet infrastructure necessary for the production of cosmetics.

Practical tips for expanding consciousness Having gone from deputy to minister, deputy speaker and, finally, presidential candidate, in 2006 I decided to leave politics. This step presented me with a Big Choice: stay in my favorite profession without loving what you will be forced to do, or go nowhere. Scary… It’s scary not only to make such a choice, but also to fix it by setting a margin call for yourself. I so want to break down and extend my hand to Someone, and not to Nowhere.

Yegor Appolonov went to Singapore to see the world's largest collection of Soviet watches All rarities are stored in the country house of international marketing specialist Mark Gordon. One of the rooms (also known as a study) has been converted into storage. In huge, wall-length cabinets, velvet boxes are stacked. Each contains a dozen models, classified by subject, year of manufacture, and manufacturing plant. There are wristwatches and pocket watches. Personalized and jewelry.

The best time for business meetings and informal communication I am writing this column early on a dark morning in a Moscow coffee shop as if it were my own cappuccino - shamelessly delicious and immorally expensive. Coming here in the morning is like going to a prostitute.

Why did the owner of Nizhny Novgorod boutiques hang himself? On January 2, Sergei Polyakov and his wife Elmira flew to the Italian Alps for a week's vacation. “We’ll go skiing in the morning - everything seems to be fine,” my wife will tell me later.

The Chinese copy any product, and Vladislav Mirchev managed to improve the Chinese printer A popular souvenir at the Novosibirsk airport is wooden icons. Few people know that the faces of the saints are printed on an LED printer produced by the local company Sun. The owner of the company, Vladislav Mirchev, is helped to earn money not only by the powers of heaven, but also by the regional administration.

The ruble fell, imports fell? It's time to increase production in Russia. Forbes found several entrepreneurs who did just that. On the territory of the Voronezh Plant for the production of heavy mechanical presses (TMP), the cheerful song of the Italians Al Bano and Romina Power is heard from the speakers. The repertoire was selected for the visit of clients from Italy, who came to receive a press with a capacity of 8,000 tons and negotiate new supplies.

1923, February Health of the nation “When discussing the topic of the material well-being of Americans, let's think not only about the benefits of each individual, but also about the nation as a whole. Immigration provides America with an influx of fresh blood. The country needs new citizens, not temporary workers.” 1988, August Private matter “Marc Vienot, the 59-year-old head of Societe Generale, is selling the bank. France's fourth largest bank was privatized in mid-1987.

Trade Food is becoming more expensive, and the government is looking for someone to blame. In February, Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeev warned retailers that a 30–40% markup on milk, kefir, sour cream, and fermented baked milk was too much. The Association of Retail Trade Companies (AKORT) responded by stating that the retail markup on traditional dairy products is minimal, and the cream is skimmed off by processors who mark up more than 80% of the price of raw materials.

Liberals landed in a depressed region. Who will win? The heavily built man in a dress tie with polka dots is visibly nervous. Another minute, and Nikita Belykh, the new governor of the Kirov region, will have to go to the hall of the local drama theater to take the oath.

Suzanne Paul has found a way to make cell phones smarter, cheaper and more reliable Suzanne Paul doesn't fit into the stereotypes. A mother of three children, she is also a respected specialist in the male-dominated world of electronics. This fragile woman does not hesitate to get into the gearbox with a wrench and spends 80 hours a week developing silicon chips.

Why the Snap fitness chain is growing when competitors go bankrupt Weekday evening. A dozen men in their 30s and 40s pedal exercise bikes and lift weights at Snap Fitness on a busy thoroughfare in Pine Brook, New Jersey. Club members come here in tracksuits, and after training, without taking a shower, they go straight home. “There are no lines here and everything is cheap,” says Richard Prokhov, one of the club members.

Having visited Tanzania, Alexey Dmitriev almost lost his arm and experienced remorse after watching predators hunt Africa is not safe, so every traveler inevitably listens to the rules of behavior around animals. “First, unzip the zipper halfway, stick out your hand with a flashlight and shine it around,” guide Moses phlegmatically instructs me. I grin: as if I don’t even feel sorry for my hands anymore?

Electricity tariffs increased by 20% in 2009. Pretty cool for a crisis. Don't you want 50%? Alexey Petrov is responsible for the operation of a small business center not far from the Government House. Together with other electricity consumers, Petrov was preparing for a tariff increase of 20% - such an increase was approved by the government at the end of 2008. But the payment from Mosenergosbyt, which arrived in February, exceeded the darkest expectations.

When people ask me what Forbes magazine writes about and for whom, I answer with one phrase: “We give ideas to business.” It's not just about how to manage a company or what else you can make money from, but also about how to invest this money and spend it with pleasure. In fact, this is not entirely accurate either. The founder of the magazine, B. C.