The US Federal Reserve kept its key rate at 2.25-2.50% and said it would be patient with further hikes, reported . Reuters Read more . In its statement, the regulator noted that he hopes for continued growth of the US economy and labor market. However, as the agency points out, the phrases that appeared there in December that the risks to the economic outlook are “generally balanced” and a further increase in rates would be appropriate in 2019 disappeared from the statement.

On January 25, the South African Naspers Foundation brought a share in the Avito ads service to 99.6%. For 29.1% of the shares, Naspers paid $ 1.16 billion. The whole company was estimated for a transaction of $ 3.85 billion - this is 1.6 times more than with the last transaction in 2015. Is it a lot or little? Avito office, photo from the company's website AVITO is the second audience website in the world, inferior only to the American Craigslist. Every day it is visited by 10.5 million people.

On Wednesday, Yandex announced it was establishing a prize for Russian scientists named after one of the company's co-founders, Ilya Segalovich, who died in 2013. Segalovich was the first developer of Yandex's search and language programs and later became its director of technology and development. More details.

The Bell found out how the lobbyists hired by Lord Barker achieved sanctions with EN+ How to get a Russian company from sanctions? Since 2014, many Russian businessmen are probably asked by this question since 2014. We give it not an exhaustive but detailed answer: we found out what arguments helped the American lobbyists EN+ for the first time during the conflict to relieve sanctions.

“This has never happened before, to be taken out of the meeting room [of the Federation Council],” this is how an Interfax source commented on the detention on Wednesday of Senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov. To convince the upper chamber of the need for such a step, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika came together with the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. And an hour later, another representative of this influential clan in the republic was detained in St.

The topic of the issue is the business of Russian classifieds On January 25, the South African fund Naspers increased its share in the Avito classifieds service to 99.6% (the remaining shares belong to management). Naspers paid $1.16 billion for a 29.1% stake. Avito is the second largest classifieds site in the world, second only to the American Craigslist. 10.5 million people visit it daily. The deal valued Avito’s business at $3.85 billion, and this is the most interesting thing about it.

The Bell recognized the strategy of American lobbyists from Mercury Public Affairs, who managed to get Oleg Deripaska's business from the sanctions. The US Ministry of Finance convinced the arguments that the Barker Plan would allow “punishing a bad guy”, retaining jobs, and also prevent the transition of the aluminum giant UC Rusal under China's control.

The Vkusvill retail chain intends to enter the Moscow Exchange in the next three years, learned Kommersant . This could be the grocery retailer's first IPO since 2014. More. Now Vkusvill is negotiating with potential investors on the placement of its shares on the Moscow Exchange, sources in investment circles told the publication and confirmed by a source close to the retailer. The press service of Vkusvill did not respond to the publication's request.

The system of fast payments (SBP) of the Central Bank, launched yesterday in test mode, has the first problems, found out Vedomosti . The most obvious way to include people whose phone number is linked to multiple bank accounts would violate bank secrecy laws. What is the problem. The Central Bank system allows you to make transfers from card to card of different banks by phone number.

On January 29, Apple published an expected disappointing results of the first quarter of 2019 of the financial year. Two main news: a drop in revenue for 5% year for the year and iPhone sales - by as much as 15%. The signal, which the few had heard before, sounded at the full volume: the iPhone can no longer be a driver of the corporation sales growth. Apple knew about this a few years ago and therefore prepared several growth opportunities at once.

Sberbank customers have become victims of unusually knowledgeable scammers. They know not only passport data, but also complete information about the client's recent transactions. You can get this data only with the help of an insider in the bank, experts are sure. What's happened. Messages about a new type of fraud appeared on social networks, they were noticed and checked by Kommersant.

On Wednesday, the senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, Raut Arashukov, was detained in the meeting room of the Federation Council. The Investigative Committee said that the senator is accused in the case of the murders committed in 2010. More. The Federation Council agreed to his detention and search. Immediately before the arrest, the meeting was unexpectedly closed, the entrance to the hall was blocked by the FSO officers.

The government consider the tax burden in different sectors, then to “equalize” it later. The smallest, according to officials, pay auto industry and it/telecom Photo: Pixabay Officials are discussing the idea that can lead to a new increase in taxes for business, the Vedomosti found out . The Ministry of Economy has prepared a methodology for evaluating the fiscal load on the business, after which the government can begin to “align” this load.

Officials are discussing an idea that could lead to a new increase in taxes for businesses, found out Vedomosti . The Ministry of Economy has prepared a methodology for assessing the fiscal burden on business, after the approval of which the government can begin to "equalize" this burden. According to preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Economy, the oil industry pays the most taxes, the auto industry and IT/telecom pay the least. What's happened.

Apple announced the results of the first quarter of the 2019 financial year (ends on December 29, 2018). As Tim Cook warned, they were disappointing. The corporation did not achieve its own revenue, and the reason was the low sales of the iPhone. Quarterly revenue amounted to $ 84.3 billion - by 5% less than a year earlier. IPhone sales revenue fell by 15% a year by the year. The revenue from other products and services increased by 19%.