This week, Microsoft for the first time since 2002 regained the title of the most expensive company in the world, overtaking Apple's capitalization: $ 851 billion against $ 847 billion. In third place, the week was completed by Amazon ($ 826.44 billion), and the Maternal company Google Alphabet is far behind - $ 769 billion. The loss of Apple leadership in value is largely a consequence of the company's own problems , but the market converges that Microsoft deserved its first place.

At the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed with Vladimir Putin the possibility of releasing Ukrainian sailors detained after a border clash in the Kerch Strait. Putin greeted Donald Trump, but the presidents did not communicate. What they were talking about. Merkel and Putin discussed the Black Sea border conflict , and Putin even drew a diagram of the incident, told Dmitry Peskov reporters.

Silicon Valley may have its own exchange, especially for its many startups, writes WSJ. A new marketplace called the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) promises to encourage long-term investment, the idea being to protect companies from the pressure of investors who are looking for rapid explosive growth. Large funds from the Valley have invested in the project, including the fund of PayPal co-founder and hedge fund manager Peter Thiel. Details.

George Bush Sr. and Mikhail Gorbachev at a meeting in the White House, 1990. Photo from the Library of the 41st President of the United States On Friday, at the age of 94, the 41st US President George Bush Sr. died. His presidency was in the collapse of the Soviet Union, to which he reacted extremely restrained. He was also remembered by collecting a multinational coalition that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invasion. Read more . The family reported that Bush Sr.

Only the Russian market managed to relax a bit after the news that the US tough sanctions would not be until the end of 2018, and even until the spring of 2019, as in the last week of November, Russia was unexpectedly drawn into a new aggravation of relations with the West. So far, the ruble does not respond to it with a sharp fall, but now its weakening in December becomes almost inevitable. This material was first published in the final newsletter of The Bell. You can subscribe to it here .