Apple stores are the most productive in the US, according to a study that analyzes the most efficient use of retail space when selling luxury products to wealthy consumers, reports the FT . In particular, according to the study, Apple store sales per square foot were $6,050 per year. Apple is followed by jewelry chain Tiffany & Co and Lululemon Athletica (a chain of stores selling yoga clothing). Moreover, Apple stores are far ahead of their main competitors.

Strategic enterprises in Russia will have to coordinate their steps in the foreign market with the controlling federal agencies. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant with reference to government decree No. 107 of October 5. We are talking about 53 companies, including the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern, Uralvagonzavod, United Aircraft Corporation, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Channel One, Aeroflot, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russian Railways, Sovcomflot, ALROSA, Gazprom.

Roskomnadzor deleted the pages of the largest torrent tracker in Russia, Rutracker.org, and the electronic library Librusek from the register of sites with prohibited information. The results of queries on the website of the unified register of Internet resources prohibited in Russia show that the addresses of the pages of the sites “Librusek” and “RuTracker”, which were previously included in the list of prohibited ones, do not appear in the register.

The police of the state of Belize, which is located in Central America on the Caribbean Sea, are looking for the founder of the world's largest antivirus company McAfee, John McAfee, suspected of murder. McAfee lived in the city of San Pedro. According to investigators, he shot and killed his neighbor and compatriot Gregory Faul. This happened on the night of Sunday, November 11. Neighbors say Faul complained that McAfee's dogs were bothering him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation”. It establishes, in particular, a simplified procedure for the restoration of Russian citizenship. And the legalization of Russian passports, information about the issue of which is not in the database of the Federal Migration Service.

Greece on Tuesday placed short-term treasury bills totaling €4.06 billion to pay off maturing bonds, the country's government debt management agency said. Securities worth €2.76 billion were placed with a maturity of 4 weeks. The weighted average yield on placement was 3.95%.

The Moscow government approved fares for surface public transport and the metro in 2013, according to which the cost of the train will not change next year. “I believe that next year we should maintain the cost of travel in public transport, ground and metro,” Interfax quotes Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin as saying at a meeting of the capital’s government. Thus, the cost of one trip on the metro next year will remain at 28 rubles, on land transport - 25 rubles.

Defense Ministry officials sold real estate near Odintsovo at a price reduced by 1 billion rubles. On Tuesday, the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation handed over to the investigative authorities materials about the sale of real estate by officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense at a price reduced by a billion rubles. “We are talking about a whole property complex of 70 permanent buildings and structures with an area of ​​36,000 square meters.

US President Barack Obama, re-elected for a second term, confirmed his readiness to visit Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said press secretary of the Russian head of state Dmitry Peskov. According to Peskov, Obama expressed this intention during a telephone conversation with Putin, during which the Russian leader once again congratulated him on his victory in the presidential election on November 6, RIA Novosti reports .

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British BP paid the Russian consortium Alfa Access Renova $325 million to settle a legal dispute in the Stockholm Arbitration Court, Interfax reported, citing several sources familiar with the situation. A source close to TNK-BP shareholders confirmed to Forbes that AAR will receive this amount. We are talking about cash payments, he clarified. BP and AAR do not comment on this information.

Russia's largest independent gas producer, NOVATEK, is not abandoning plans to repurchase its shares and does not intend to change the buy back parameters, but has not yet implemented these plans, company head Leonid Mikhelson said during a telephone conference.

The state will have to contribute an additional 40 billion rubles to the capital of Rosselkhozbank by the end of the year. newspaper reported this on Tuesday The Vedomosti , citing informed sources. According to one of the publication’s government sources, the position of the Russian Agricultural Bank is being actively discussed in the government. The results of such discussions are clear: the bank needs help.

The police want to oblige pedestrians to wear reflective stickers on their clothes at night. This was stated by Vladimir Kuzin, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. According to Kuzin, changes to the traffic rules are now being prepared. “I’ll name one of them.

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