Walmart, the largest supermarket chain in the United States, has abandoned the sale of electronic cigarettes, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing a company message. This decision was explained by the uncertainty with the legislative regulation of the market. Earlier, CNBC reported on Donald Trump's plans to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes due to the discovery of hundreds of cases of lung disease in people who smoke vapes, including schoolchildren. Closing sales.

Chairman of the Board of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais sold the founder of Troika Dialog Ruben Vardanyan a stake in the Romanov Dvor business center near the Kremlin, Vedomosti writes . The transaction amount could be 2.5 billion rubles. Details. Chubais sold 90% of the Ingeo company, which owns the third phase of the Romanov Dvor business center. Through Ingeo he owned 7.1 thousand square meters. m, writes Vedomosti with reference to a representative of Chubais.

Trader Petro-Diamond Singapore from Mitsubishi Holding suffered a loss of $320 million due to the manipulation of its employee when trading oil in the Chinese market, according to the company's website. The trader did not coordinate transactions with management, and the losses became known when he stopped showing up at work. What did the trader do?

More than 30 businessmen on the Russian Forbes list have a second passport: Switzerland, Cyprus and the UK have become the best countries for the life of wealthy Russians, follows from the rating of UFG Wealth Management and Confideri Family Office companies, which the publication refers to. Details Switzerland has become the most popular place for Russian businessmen to obtain a second passport.

NASA published a Google report on the creation of the world's most powerful quantum computer, writes the Financial Times, citing a document that was soon removed from the agency's website. It said that the new quantum processor calculated in 3 minutes 20 seconds, which is 1.6 billion times faster than the Summit supercomputer manufactured by the American company IBM (it would take 10 thousand years for this). Summit has been the most powerful computer so far. Supercomputer.

During a phone call in late July, Donald Trump demanded that Volodymyr Zelensky investigate possible corruption in the work of former US Vice President Joseph Biden's son, Hunter Biden, on the board of directors of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings from 2014 to 2019, The Washington Post writes , citing sources in the US presidential administration. Otherwise, Trump promised to deny Ukraine financial support. What needs to be investigated.

In August, the liquid assets of Russian banks abroad, which act as a "safety cushion" of the Russian foreign exchange market, decreased by 35%, writes Finanz, citing a recent review of the market sector by Raiffeisenbank. Bank analyst Denis Poryvay explains the reduction by the exit of foreign investors from the Russian currency. August results. For the first time since the beginning of 2019, the Russian banking system is losing currency reserves.

The panic in the global oil market due to the drone attack on Saudi Arabia turned out to be bright, but short-lived - by the end of September, Saudi Aramco will fully restore production, oil prices have stabilized at below $65, and the ruble returned to normal life by Tuesday evening. But in the long term, the consequences of the biggest disruption in oil supply in history may be more serious than it seems now - we talk about them in The Bell's final weekly newsletter.