U.S. VF Corporation will buy streetwear brand Supreme for $2.1 billion, according to Bloomberg. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2020 and will be the largest for VF since it bought Timberland in 2011 for $2.3 billion. Supreme is now owned by private equity firm Carlyle Group and a number of other investors, including Goode Partners. In 2017, Carlyle paid $500 million for about 50% of Supreme, and it could sell its stake for twice as much, Bloomberg notes.

US stock indices on Monday are growing by 1-5%, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes have updated their historical highs. Almost all stocks go up, except for Zoom and Netflix. Zoom quotes on the news about the coronavirus vaccine fell by 20% at the moment, Netflix papers fell by 7%. Markets continue to win back the results of the US presidential election and react with optimism to news of successful trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the American companies Pfizer and German BioNTech.

Vitaly Savelyev led Aeroflot for 11 years - we talk about the secret of his longevity Monday began with the generally expected shake in the government. The truly large castling is only one: Vitaly Savelyev, who led Aeroflot for almost 12 years, goes to the chair of the Minister of Transport. For him, it looks like a decrease. We tell how Savelyev distinguished himself at the head of the largest Russian airline and why he managed to hold out for so long.

Vitaly Savelyev, who led Aeroflot for 11 years, goes to the chair of the Minister of Transport. For him, it looks like a decrease. We tell how Savelyev distinguished himself at the head of the largest Russian airline and why he lasted for so long. What happened On Monday, November 9, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin introduced to the State Duma the candidacy of the general director of Aeroflot Vitaly Savelyev for approval to the post of Minister of Transport.

McDonald's has unveiled a new growth strategy to investors, including everything from a long-awaited loyalty program to a crispy chicken sandwich, according to Bloomberg. The company expects that this strategy will bring sales growth in the middle of next year, and in 2022 it will reach 1.5-2%. "In restaurants around the world, we've seen customer behavior change at an unprecedented pace over the past few months," McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczynski said.

A Russian Mi-24 helicopter was hit by a missile attack and crashed in Armenia, said the Russian Defense Ministry . According to preliminary data, two people died. Baku admitted that the helicopter was accidentally shot down by Azerbaijani forces and is ready to pay compensation. On November 9, the Mi-24 was escorting a convoy of the 102nd Russian military base through the territory of Armenia, at about 17:30 Moscow time it was attacked from the ground, the ministry said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that he has contracted the coronavirus. According to him, he feels well and will continue to work remotely as usual. The head of the presidential office and two of his deputies also fell ill with COVID-19. “There are no lucky people in the world for whom COVID-19 does not pose a threat. Despite all the quarantine measures, I also got a positive result,” Zelensky wrote on Facebook.

The Russian stock market by Monday evening accelerated growth following oil prices and world markets. The euro for the first time since the end of September fell below 90 rubles, the dollar - cheaper than 76 rubles, also for the first time in more than a month. Brent and WTI rose by 9-10% on news of a successful coronavirus vaccine trial. Global markets continued to grow on Monday morning on optimism after the US presidential election, and in the afternoon they sharply accelerated growth.

German biotech company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have announced the successful completion of Phase 3 clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine. It may be registered as early as November. The third phase of the trial started on July 27, with 43,538 participants participating in the study. The vaccine was effective in more than 90% of cases. BioNTech and Pfizer expect to produce 50 million doses of their vaccine as early as 2020 and up to 1.3 billion in 2021.

Oil prices soared after the news of the successful trials of the German-American coronavirus vaccine. Brent and WTI rose in price by more than 9%. Following oil, the ruble also strengthened. At 15:20 Moscow time, Brent for January delivery cost $42.81 per barrel, up 8.5%. December WTI futures traded at $40.56 a barrel, up 9.2%.

VTB became the owner of a 15% stake in the Igora Drive company, which is developing a racing complex of the same name in the Leningrad Region. The deal amounted to 2.8 billion rubles, follows from the reporting of VTB. Based on this, the entire company can be valued at almost 18.7 billion rubles. The Igora Drive complex is located on an area of ​​100 hectares, 54 km from St. Petersburg in the village of Novozhilovo.

The court commuted the sentence of two more defendants in the Moscow case, Yegor Lesnykh and Maxim Martintsov, who were accused of assaulting a National Guard officer. Now they will serve their sentences not in prison, but in a colony-settlement. The sentence to the defendants was changed by the second cassation court of general jurisdiction. “The judicial board changed the type of correctional institution for Martintsov and Lesnykh from a general regime colony to a colony-settlement,” said .

The Moscow region, following Moscow, is going to block pensioners' social transport cards, said the region's governor Andrey Vorobyov. Another restrictive measure will appear in the region - students from universities and colleges near Moscow have been transferred to remote work. Vorobyov on the TV channel "Russia 24" said that the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 in the region remains tense.

The first bill describing the status of “federal territory” was submitted to the State Duma - this term appeared in the Constitution after amendments were made. The first federal territory will be the village of Sirius, created on the basis of the Olympic infrastructure, where there is an educational center established by the foundation of Vladimir Putin’s friend Sergei Roldugin.

After China's regulators suddenly suspended Ant Group's record IPO, the value of Alibaba's financial subsidiary could drop by $140 billion, Bloomberg writes citing experts. If forecasts come true, Ant will cost even less than in 2018, when it raised funds from the largest investment funds, including Warburg Pincus, Silver Lake, Temasek Holdings.