The main topic of release is the criminal case of the owners of the Merlion group, which includes Citilink The criminal case of shareholders of the Merlion group shocked the market. Even in the 1990s, this was not the case. The owners of one of the largest IT companies were arrested-the former employee claims that they wanted to burn him alive. The arrested people have their own truth. None of the versions look very slender. Understanding them, we restored the almost 30-year history of Merlion.

Luxembourg has ratified a protocol to amend the double taxation treaty with Russia, the Finance Ministry said . The new rules will come into effect on January 1, 2022. The protocol to amend the agreement was signed in Moscow on November 6, 2020, but Luxembourg needed time for domestic ratification procedures, the Finance Ministry explained. The updated agreement provides for an increase in the tax rate on dividends and interest to 15%.

The emissions of the main greenhouse gas - carbon dioxide CO₂ - decreased by 5.8%over the past year, the International Energy Agency said this week. This is even less than the forecast (8% were expected ), but still the maximum since the Second World War. This is a lot for the economy, but there is not enough for the ecosystem of the planet. In order to restrain global warming, to arrange a large -scale Lockdown at least every two years.

The shares of ivi and Okko, the largest online cinemas in the Russian market, fell for the first time last year, RBC reports citing Telecom Daily data. They were replaced by new players. But this did not greatly affect the revenue - for these two services, it almost doubled. The share of the leader, ivi online cinema, in the total revenues of all Runet video services decreased from 25% to 22.5% over the year. The closest competitor, Okko, now occupies 13.6% instead of 15% in 2019.

The Nasdaq 100 index ended the fall for the third week in a row. This is the longest period of decline in the past six months, during which the market value of high-tech companies fell by $1.6 trillion, calculated . Bloomberg By Friday's close, the decline slowed, but the Nasdaq 100 ended trading down 1.9%. The reason was the sale of technology stocks amid rising US Treasury yields and people's concern about rising inflation.

The week under the sign of sanctions forced the Russian market to recall about 2018 - for the first time in three years on the agenda, sanctions against large businesses and serious restrictions on the purchase of Russian government bonds reappeared on the agenda.

Considered the happiest country on Earth, Finland has the largest proportion of women among all private investors, according to Bloomberg. The number of Finnish women trading on the stock exchange has doubled in the past two years. The proportion of female investors in Finland has already reached 36%, Nordnet calculated. It is also high in other Scandinavian countries - 33% in Sweden, 28% in Denmark, 20% in Norway.