The minimum capital requirements for banks could be increased to 1 billion rubles after 2015. This opinion is shared by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. During his speech at the All-Russian Banking Conference on Wednesday, the head of the Ministry of Finance recalled that today it is planned to increase the level of capital of banks from 2015 to 300 million rubles. “We in the government are discussing (what increase may be next), there are various proposals.

One of the leading computer equipment manufacturers Hewlett-Packard intends to combine its divisions for the production of personal computers and printers. This was reported by Reuters , citing sources familiar with the situation.

Yulia Yakovleva Author Speed ​​racing on tarantasses, sailing on ships made of beer bottles, steampunk rallies and other competitions that stimulate the imagination “The bears were riding a bicycle. And behind them is a cat backwards... And behind them are crayfish on a lame dog” - in this case, this is not children’s poetry, but, one might say, a direct report from the scene. The tone in racing is set by England, a country that has long adored eccentrics, eccentrics and unusual hobbies.

photo by Evgeny Dudin for Forbes The President of Sberbank talks about the future of banking retail, mortgages and deposits, inflation and loans, new technologies and the individual psychotype of an employee The banking services market is changing before our eyes. You can now open a deposit without coming to a bank office; the share of using remote service channels is growing rapidly. Even Sberbank began to better serve its clients, completely changing the appearance of its branches.

Applications for participation in the additional issue of shares of the state-owned United Grain Company OJSC, in addition to the Summa group of Ziyavudin Magomedov, were submitted by Vadim Moshkovich's Rusagro and Oleg Deripaska's Agroholding Kuban. newspaper reported this on Wednesday The Vedomosti , citing its own sources. Dmitry Medvedev launched the first stage of the privatization of the UGC on November 7.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won a fairly easy victory in the Republican primaries in Illinois on Tuesday, March 20. This was reported by The New York Times . Romney, after processing 99% of the vote, received 46.7%. His main competitor, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, received 35%. Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and Congressman Ron Paul received 9.3% and 8%, respectively.

photo by Roman Shelomentsev for Forbes Yuri Milner and Alisher Usmanov will contribute part of their Facebook shares to the fund. Investors will invest in companies with a valuation of more than $500 million Digital Sky Technologies (DST), controlled by billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Yuri Milner , intends to raise $1 billion for its next technology fund, DST Global III. reported this on Wednesday Bloomberg .

The management of Russian Space Systems OJSC (RSS) called on the head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, to resign. The author of the open letter posted on the official website of RKS was the first deputy general director of the company, Ivan Golub. His appeal to Popovkin was a response to the accusations of the head of Roscosmos against RKS, voiced in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper .

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation allowed Mechel-Trans LLC to acquire 100% of the shares of Vanino Sea Commercial Port OJSC, the largest stevedoring company in the Khabarovsk Territory. reported this on Wednesday The regulator's press service . The story of the privatization of Vanino has been going on since May 2011 – then the little-known Seltekhstroy LLC, owned by Anastas Mikoyan’s grandson Ivan, won the auction for the sale of 55% of the port’s authorized capital.

The alleged killer of children and military personnel, Mohammed Merah, was detained in Toulouse, Reuters reports citing the French television channel BFM TV. So far, the police have not clarified how the suspect was arrested - as a result of the storming of his house or his personal decision to surrender. The building where Mera lives has been blocked by special forces since the night. All this time, negotiations were held with the suspect about voluntary surrender.

drawing by Diomedia The founder of the GetTaxi service for taxi drivers and clients about how his business began in Israel and why he is confident of success in Russia Shachar Vaiser (Smirin) is a serial entrepreneur, in whose projects Leonard Blavatnik, in particular, invests.

The international credit agency Standard & Poor's assessed the prospects for the expected change of a number of governors in 2012. According to S&P experts, personnel reform of the corps of heads of constituent entities of the Russian Federation will not affect the creditworthiness of the regions. Analysts suggest that about a quarter of the 83 current governors may leave their posts this year.

photo by Dmitry Ternovoy for Forbes “Project Siberia” - development of highly productive agricultural production aimed at the markets of China and East Asia For at least six or seven years now, I have been amazed by Russia’s inability and unwillingness to rely on what has grown right next to it. I mean there is a huge opportunity in Asia. Here a great civilization is rising around China and India. No less than European.

photo Itar-TASS State-owned companies will chip in for an endowment for a life-size model of a research university. The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is acquiring its own capital. The institute's endowment will be formed mainly with the same funds that finance all major undertakings in Russia: through not entirely voluntary contributions from state companies. Money, as before, is not a problem - everything is a problem except money.

Photo by Fotobank/Getty Images Rising oil prices allow trends in life expectancy to temporarily reverse, but the country's inability to successfully modernize leads to stagnation The authors of the new version of “Strategy 2020” deceived my expectations regarding the future of the pension system. Therefore, I had to pay attention to life expectancy in Russia. Having opened a page in the Rosstat collection, I discovered that the problem is much more interesting than is commonly thought.