Chronographs and other “watches for life” at Baselworld. The Baselworld 2014 watch exhibition confirmed that chronographs and models with a second time zone indicator in a sporty style remain one of the most popular mechanical watches. This style, informal clothing and other “casualization” occupy more and more space in modern life. What is a chronograph? This is a watch that can measure short periods of time.

How to pretend to be a very rich person if you don't have your own yacht? There are many offers on the floating rental market. Igor Popov has selected 10 megayachts that can be rented. 1 Yacht Serene Length: 133.9 m Weekly rental price: €3,750,000 The seven-deck Serene from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri was built for Russian vodka magnate Yuri Shefler and launched in the summer of 2011. It is now the largest yacht in the world that can be rented.

photo by Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes How the children of the Soviet nomenklatura trusted trading robots. In 1991, Samit Yakovlev was once looking through the newspaper “From Hand to Hand”. Flipping through the pages, he came across an advertisement for the purchase of a carriage of tea, and in the next section he noticed the same offer for sale.

Banks that do not want to refuse to attract funds from citizens at risky high interest rates may face severe restrictions: the Central Bank has proposed canceling insurance for deposits with radically high rates, writes on Wednesday, July 2. Kommersant A new idea on how to limit the risks of citizens from placing funds in banks offering highly inflated rates on deposits and at the same time leading a risky lending policy was announced at the International Banking Congress taking place in St.

Karen Ghazaryan exposes those who flirt with age Consumption is proof of vitality. But over time, the consumption curve changes, and the first metamorphoses coincide with the notorious “middle age.” It starts either at 35 or at a little over 40.

photo by Maria Pleshkova for Forbes As a family of financiers, the Gavrilenkos took leading roles in the non-state pension fund market. A Rolls-Royce with number 911 drove up to the Baltschug Kempinski hotel, which is located on the Moskva River embankment almost opposite the Kremlin. In May 2014, a forum of financiers was held here. A cheerful man came out of the car; the ring finger of his left hand was adorned with a massive ring with a large black stone.

How the business of the heroes of publications of past years is developing. Russian Forbes has been writing about successful entrepreneurs in every issue for 10 years now. And about those whose business is usually classified as small and medium-sized, and about billionaires. Sometimes their destinies intersect.

The Central Bank urged not to reject Bitcoin and promised to eventually develop regulation for the circulation of electronic currencies in Russia, the ITAR-TASS agency reported on Wednesday. First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Georgy Luntovsky said during the International Banking Congress that the Central Bank is a supporter of a careful approach to bitcoin. “We cannot reject this tool; perhaps it is the future,” the agency quotes him as saying.

The main owner of B&N Bank, Mikail Shishkhanov, plans to increase his share in the capital of the PIK development group to 20% and become the largest shareholder of the group, the Vedomosti newspaper writes on Wednesday, citing a representative of the businessman. According to Shishkhanov, PIK is a portfolio investment for him, the company is developing well and is of interest to him more as a banker than as a developer.

How a businessman turns into a marathon runner. Personal experience Dmitry Yurchenko General Director of the “Life Button” project > For two years now I have been running more than 100 km every month. I participated in several marathons, lost 10 kg, and read every available book on developing endurance. Trained with the current Russian marathon record holder Alexei Sokolov. Now - the current record holder of the legendary Comrades marathon, Leonid Shvetsov.

The State Duma postponed until the fall of 2014 the consideration in the second reading of a bill establishing criminal liability for repeated driving while drunk or under the influence of drugs and for repeated refusal of a medical examination for the presence of alcohol in the blood, the reported on Wednesday. ITAR-TASS agency The bill was adopted in the first reading on March 13, 2013. The profile committee of the State Duma then recommended adopting the bill in the second reading on July 2.

Franchise rating 1 Positronics Franchise launched: 2006 Own/franchise points: 35/145 Opened/closed points in 2013: 21/41 Investments: 5.8 million rubles. Revenue/profit: 60 million rubles/6 million rubles. “Positronika” is a project of the distributor of computer and digital equipment Merlion, the largest franchise network of household appliances and electronics stores in Russia.

Do you need a business loan, but have no hope from financial institutions? Look for money on the Internet. Microloans are the most seemingly accessible type of business lending. Last year, the portfolio of microloans in Russia grew by 42%, to 68 billion rubles. At the same time, half of all money in the MFO market is loans to small businesses, 96% of which are issued to individual entrepreneurs. The average microloan amount is 300,000 rubles.

photo by Corbis/All Over Press Why Catalan Miguel Torres could head the world's wine ministry. If there was a secret world government, Miguel Torres would be in charge of winemaking issues. Well, if, citing extreme busyness, Torres had recused himself, he would have had to be awarded the title of honorary Catalan cosmopolitan as compensation for his services to the world behind the scenes.

Internet giant Google is buying a startup called Songza Media Inc., which is developing a music service that selects tunes for the user based on his activity and time of day, Bloomberg reported . Google said it has no plans to make changes to the service, but will consider integrating Songza into its services, including Google Play and YouTube. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A source for The New York Times said that the deal amount exceeded $39 million.