The legend of the gaming industry reported losses for the first time in 30 years. Will the manufacturer of set-top boxes and consoles survive a new round of technological progress? Japanese Nintendo reported losses for the first time in 30 years . In the last financial year, the company went into the red by half a billion dollars. Additionally, all of Nintendo's projections for device sales are seriously underfulfilled. Nintendo's top management has an excuse for these disasters.

At the last meeting with the Human Rights Council, the President criticized the HRC for paying attention to “promoted cases” and not caring enough about “other prisoners.” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday held the last meeting of the head of state council for the development of civil society and human rights (HRC) during his four-year reign.

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The identified violations of election legislation did not affect the results of the December elections to the State Duma, according to the report of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, dedicated to the state of law and order in Russia in 2011. The report was received by the Federation Council on Saturday. Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika will speak with him, RIA Novosti reports , at a meeting of the chamber on May 30.

Russian authorities have secured the seizure of property and accounts abroad of several persons involved in high-profile criminal cases. In particular, Boris Berezovsky's property worth €13 million was seized in France. Interfax reports this with reference to the report of the Prosecutor General's Office for the Federation Council.

The Board of Directors of Bashneft, based on the results of a preliminary investigation into the causes of the accident at the field named after. Trebs in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) dismissed a number of senior company employees from their positions and brought disciplinary action against them. The names of managers who will lose their jobs due to the emergency will become known upon completion of the legal formalization of personnel decisions.

photo by Jude Edgintion/Redux for Forbes Will 16-year-old Nick D'Alosio create a better search engine than Google? Nick D'Alosio takes a taxi from the airport and replays the fantastic events of the week in his head: a meeting with venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher in Los Angeles, a visit to the legendary studio of Apple designer Jonny Eve, a conversation with analyst Mary Meeker and a flight to Munich, where Nick spoke at Digital Life Design conference.

The mineral extraction tax rate on gas for independent producers by 2015 may be 97-99% of the rate for Gazprom, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Shatalov. According to the official, “the numbers may be updated.” The mineral extraction tax for Gazprom, noted the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance, in 2015 will be 1,060 rubles per 1,000 cubic meters.

photo ITAR-TASS The rhetoric of the outgoing president: from verbosity through ingratiation to the audience and painful aggression - to the most common banality Read previous columns from the “Political Text” series about Putin , Prokhorov , Alexei Navalny Dmitry Medvedev has always been characterized by a zero degree of rhetoric, and, perhaps, he will remain in Russian history as an orator whose speech was individualized only by shortcomings.

Excise taxes on alcohol products with a share of ethyl alcohol over 9% in 2015 will be increased to 600 rubles per liter from 300 rubles in 2012 and 500 rubles in 2014. Such data are presented in the draft main directions of tax policy for 2013-2015, published on the website of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

photo legion-media.ru In order for entrepreneurs to agree to open up and pay taxes, it is necessary not to fight offshore companies, but to change the environment. Then investors themselves will be willing to pay extra for business transparency Recently, much attention has been paid to the fight against offshore companies at the state level. This has long been talked about in the USA and a number of European countries, and now more and more in Russia.

photo legion-media.ru While working as a model, Katie continued to come up with side business projects. One of them shot - furniture An internal meeting is starting for the biggest retail brand you've never heard of. At Kathy Ireland Worldwide, it takes the form of a walk up the hill to the founder's mission-style mansion outside Santa Barbara. A coastal wind softens the heat of the California sun as 15 employees in dark casual clothes lounge on velvet sofas or sit cross-legged on the floor.

The net profit of the largest Russian oil company, Rosneft, fell in the first quarter of 2012 by 4% compared to last year’s figure for the same period and amounted to 81.6 billion rubles, RIA Novosti reports, citing the company’s report.

VTB has completed settlements with shareholders participating in the buyback of shares of the “people's IPO” in 2007, according to a statement from VTB 24, which acted as an agent for accepting applications for the buyback. “The funds have been credited to the accounts of all participants in the ransom. The payments were made by VTB Pension Administrator, the bank recalls.

From 150,000 rubles per year for a Porsche Cayenne to 300,000 rubles for a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Forbes selected cars from the declarations of officials, the tax on which will increase when (and if) the Ministry of Finance project is implemented. The declarations do not indicate the specific modification of the car - in cases where different engines and different power are possible, we indicate the option that falls under the new rules.