The Japanese corporation Panasonic will halve the number of employees employed in semiconductor production by 2014 - from 14,000 to 7,000, Reuters reports . The company may also put several foreign factories up for sale. As the agency notes, the cuts will mainly affect foreign factories located in Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Singapore, and will not affect the company's factories in Japan.

The Accounts Chamber of Russia summed up the audit results for the previous three years and found a lack of internal departmental control over budget expenditures in the Ministry of Defense, according to the department's report presented on Thursday. “The results of the audit indicate a lack of internal departmental control over the expenditure of federal budget funds,” the document says.

The board of directors of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines OJSC approved the re-election of Vitaly Savelyev as the company's general director for a new term, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday with reference to the company's press service. The contract with Solovyov was extended until 2018. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in September decided to nominate Savelyev for approval for the post of general director for a new term.

Authors of street art whose works are sold at auctions for prices starting from $50,000 Since the beginning of October, British street artist Banksy has been “attacking” the streets of New York. His project “Better Out Than In” is a street exhibition: every day new Banksy works appear in different areas of the city. In addition, under the guise of an unknown artist, he organized a sale of copies of his graffiti in Central Park.

photo Fotodom/Rex Features Six misconceptions about migrants that seem to be undeniable truths There is, perhaps, no more mythologized topic in Russian politics than immigration. This is understandable: the fight against “strangers” unites liberals, security guards, and simply rednecks who don’t like and are afraid of strangers. Therefore, no one argues with common myths - they simply operate with them without thinking.

In Lytkarino, near Moscow, the system integrator Technoserv, commissioned by the Avantage company, begins construction of a data processing center (DPC), which has every chance of becoming the largest in Russia, the wrote on Thursday. Vedomosti newspaper As the head of the press service of Technoserv, Ekaterina Andreeva, told the newspaper and was confirmed by Avantage representative Anna Karakulova, the first stage of the data center should be put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Rosneftegaz will soon have to transfer $4.9 billion to the budget from the sale of 5.66% of Rosneft to BP, writes Kommersant . At the same time, the company itself would prefer to spend money on the privatization of RusHydro, but the White House, in view of the budget deficit, decided to oblige the payment of interim dividends now. As sources close to the White House told the newspaper, a decision on this could be signed as early as next week.

At its meeting on Thursday, the Ukrainian Parliament is going to consider a bill that would allow former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a prison sentence, to be sent abroad for treatment, RIA Novosti reports, citing Verkhovna Rada Speaker Vladimir Rybak. “The committee was unable to consider two bills yesterday (Wednesday).

YouTube is working on launching a streaming music service, whose subscribers will have access to audio and video content of the portal. Thus, a powerful competitor to Spotify may appear on the market, the Financial Times reported on Thursday . Google-owned video hosting, according to the publication's sources, will launch a paid service with the involvement of advertisers. It is unclear how YouTube's product will compare to its counterpart from Google itself.

photo by Diomedia Just three years ago, even the most successful Russian investor had nothing to show for “exits” In mid-September 2013, a delegation of Russian entrepreneurs, business angels and venture investors went to the United States to participate in a three-day internship with the loud title “Secrets of Silicon Valley: Theory and Practice of Investing in Tech Startups.” When asked what the main lesson of this internship was, one of the participants honestly answered: “We don’t know how

Stroygazmontazh (SGM), controlled by Arkady Rotenberg (No. 31 on the list of the richest businessmen in Russia, worth $3.3 billion), won contracts for the construction of three sections of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline, the company’s press service reported on Thursday. This became clear after Gazprom’s corporate cost management department reviewed proposals for construction and installation work on the South European Gas Pipeline facilities.

The head of the land reclamation department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Pavel Stolbov, fully admitted to exceeding his powers, the Investigative Committee reported on Thursday. “Stolbov is currently detained and interrogated by investigators regarding the circumstances of the crime. He fully admitted his guilt. The issue of choosing a preventive measure for him is being decided,” says a message on the website of the Investigative Committee.

Three deputies from the United Russia party submitted to the State Duma a bill proposing to lift the lifelong ban on participation in elections for citizens convicted of serious crimes, according to the website of the automated system for ensuring legislative activity.

The leader of the opposition party “UDAR” and world boxing champion Vitaliy Klitschko announced on Thursday his intention to run for president of Ukraine in the 2015 elections, Interfax reported . During the evening meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on October 24, Klitschko Sr. said that he will not be intimidated or stopped by what is happening today in the Ukrainian parliament with the texts of laws to which pro-government deputies are directly related.

The US Ambassador has been summoned to the German Foreign Ministry due to reports of wiretapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, Reuters reports . “The American ambassador was summoned in the afternoon to meet with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, where the position of the German government will be clearly explained to him,” said a representative of the German Foreign Ministry.