2020 brought terrible results for most companies, but at the same time, those who gained the most during the coronavirus crisis were determined, writes FT. The publication compiled the top 100 companies by capitalization growth since the beginning of 2020, and it turned out that the top 10 companies on the list have risen in price by $ 1.45 trillion, and the main growth occurred in four industries: IT, consumer goods (mainly online trading), healthcare and telecoms.

The main news about the spread of coronavirus in Russia and in the world is June 20. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! The main thing in the world The epicenter of the pandemic moved to Brazil, confidently overcoming the threshold of 1 million infected with coronavirus and became the first in growth. She and the United States now account for more than a third of the accumulated 8.7 million cases in the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged to crush the coronavirus in the regions, using the experience of Moscow. “As we know, everything is seriously declining in Moscow, and in some regions the problems still persist and persist in a rather acute phase. Therefore, we need to crush, crush this infection there in the regions.

The countries of the OPEC+ agreement are “fairly accurate” in complying with the restrictions on oil production, so there is no need for additional reduction in quotas now, told the Handelsblatt newspaper. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak “This is currently not necessary. But we agreed to discuss the situation every month,” the minister told a German newspaper. According to Novak, oil demand will not recover until 2021, but rather in two to three years.

The headquarters of Viktor Babariko, who was detained the day before, submitted a package of documents to the CEC for registration as a candidate for the presidency of Belarus. According to the headquarters, Babariko won at least four times the 100,000 votes required for registration.

Another American company decided to dump a brand with racist tendencies, however, in this case, indirect ones. Johnson & Johnson announced that it is phasing out its line of Neutrogena Fine Fairness and Clear Fairness spot lighteners, which consumers often use for general skin lightening. Characteristically, these products are not sold in the US, but are focused on the countries of the Middle East and Asia.

In Russia, 7,889 new cases of coronavirus were recorded per day by June 20, a total of 576,952 cases since the beginning of the epidemic, the Moscow headquarters said. Less than 8,000 people have been diagnosed with the virus for the fourth day in a row. The number of deaths from coronavirus has reached 8002 people (161 deaths per day). The threshold of 7,000 deaths was crossed on Monday, June 15, and 6,000 on June 9.

Before the voting on amendments to the Constitution, only a week remains. The propaganda machine and the administrative resource earned at full power: bloggers with a total audience of at least 45 million people campaigned for amendments to the Constitution, and observers report an unprecedented scale of coercive voters to vote. Finally, the Kremlin reserves the opportunity to use a secret weapon - the idea of ​​reducing personal income tax for the poor due to the middle class.

How the CEC and the authorities are trying to provide the desired result on voting on amendments to the Constitution Before the voting on amendments to the Constitution, only a week remains. The propaganda machine and the administrative resource earned at full power: bloggers with a total audience of at least 45 million people campaigned for amendments to the Constitution, and observers report an unprecedented scale of coercive voters to vote.