The founder and head of the world's largest social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg blocked the account of US President Donald Trump. He will not be able to post anything on Facebook until at least the end of his presidential term on January 20.

Tesla founder Elon Musk has become the richest person on the planet by estimated net worth. He removed from the first place the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos. The fact that today's 5% rise in Tesla shares raised the estimate of Musk's fortune above $185 billion is reported by several business media. In the real-time ratings of Forbes and Bloomberg , Musk is still second, but according to Bloomberg, Musk is separated from Bezos by only $ 3 billion.

The markets reacted very moderately to the capture of the American Capitol by supporters of the incumbent President Donald Trump, who lost the election. No matter how bright and tragic the picture may be, nothing bad has happened for the economy, say . Nasdaq analysts Despite the beginning of violent protests in the US, the Dow Jones index managed to close at a historical high on January 6.

The founder of Tinkoff Bank, Oleg Tinkov, has reduced his voting stake in TCS Group, which owns the bank, from 84% to 35%, according to the company's disclosure , and thus no longer controls it. The reduction in voting share was due to the conversion of all class B shares (with 10 votes per share) held by trusts associated with Tinkov into class A shares (one vote per share). Consequently, the voting share of the founder was equal to the share in the capital of TCS Group - 35%.

Why are poor countries poor? If you think about it, an obvious answer (someone has more diverse resources, someone less) ceases to seem exhaustive. Not all, but some (for example, human and technological) resources can be replenished. Why does anyone succeed, others do not? The author of the book “Economist under the Batchpiece” (the new edition is published at the publishing house “Mann, Ivanov and Ferber”) Tim Harford found an explanation in Africa's armpit.

After the events in Washington, two weeks before the end of Donald Trump's term, several members of his administration resigned, and several more thought about leaving. The resignation was announced by the chief of staff of the first lady of the United States, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Statements were also filed by Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews and Secretary of Protocol Ricky Niseta.

Joe Biden is finally declared the winner of the US presidential election after the dramatic events of January 6 with the storming of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. There have already been calls to remove Trump from power immediately. What happened On the eve of January 6, in Washington, both houses of the US Congress were to begin the process of certifying Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election based on the results of the electoral vote.