Historically, September is the worst month of the year in the stock market. What to do investors? American stock indices - in historical maximums: the S&P 500 index has grown by 22%, NASDAQ - by 20%. But September is waiting ahead of investors - a historically worst month for stock markets. We tell you what can affect the markets in the next month and what it is worth betting on investors. "Effect of September" September is historically the most unsuccessful month for American markets.

Google top manager Andrei Doronichev, who gained fame after the film by Yuri Dud, announced his resignation from the corporation. He did not name the reasons. On his Instagram, the entrepreneur wrote that today was his last working day at Google. He worked in an IT company for 14 years. “I managed to grow a whole new version of myself. Learned to build products for the whole world. And I almost forgot how it is “not to be on Google,” Doronichev wrote.

The Ministry of Finance is discussing the introduction of floating rates of mineral extraction tax (MET) linked to prices on world markets, told reporters about this. Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance, the main idea is that when world prices for products sold by Russian metallurgists change, the tax burden for them changes proportionally.

70% of the adult population in the European Union have completed a full course of vaccination against coronavirus. This was announced by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. “70% of adults in the EU [over 250 million people] are fully vaccinated,” .

Apple is going to introduce a satellite function in the new iPhones - it will help users send messages to rescue services and ask for help even where regular cellular communication does not catch, learned . Bloomberg According to sources, the publication, the company is developing at least two "emergency features" for the user, which will appear in future iPhones. The ability to send a message asking for help will appear in the standard iMessage messaging app.

Often advertising by star bloggers is perceived as a panacea from all business diseases, but this is wrong. You can throw millions of rubles into the pipe, not only not having achieved the desired result, but also irrevocably spoiling the reputation of the brand.

Svyaznoy has appointed Maxim Onishchenko, a former top manager at Procter & Gamble and the Magnit retail chain, as its new president. Svyaznoy CEO Evgeny Davydovich announced his resignation from the company the night before. The fact that Maxim Onishchenko became the new head of Svyaznoy is reported by Forbes. The publication recalls that since 2003 Onishchenko worked at Procter & Gamble and reached the regional manager.

The advertising market in Russia, excluding VAT, grew to 255 billion rubles in the first half of 2021, Kommersant reports , citing the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia (ACAR). This is 25% more than in the corona-crisis 2020, and 13% more than in the pre-pandemic 2019. ACAR does not provide data separately for the second quarter.

August inflation in France in annual terms rose to 2.4%, the highest since the end of 2018, notes . Bloomberg Prices in the second largest economy in Europe in August grew faster than the target 2% of the European Central Bank and expected by economists 2.1%. The current acceleration in inflation is temporary and mainly reflects one-off effects, Bloomberg quotes politicians as saying. But the worsening supply cuts are forcing more companies to raise prices, which could have longer-term effects.

Yandex will fully buy out Uber's shares in Yandex.Food, Lavka, Delivery, and in the self-driving car business. The total amount of the transaction will be $1 billion. Yandex expects to accelerate the pace of business development in the e-commerce and food technology markets through closer integration of services and simplification of management processes, said .

Experts from Sberbank's subsidiary BI.ZONE recorded a tenfold increase in the number of fraudulent theater domains this summer, reports RBC . If in June they found 32 links to such resources, then in August there were already 351 of them. Although deceived viewers are the first to suffer from the actions of fraudsters, the theaters themselves suffer significant reputational damage.

Video conferencing service Zoom reported its first-ever quarter with revenues of more than $1 billion thanks to huge demand for tools for organizing remote work during a pandemic. But the gradual lifting of COVID restrictions could dampen the company's growth, writes The Wall Street Journal. Revenue growth of nearly 54% in the second quarter beat Wall Street's expectations, though it fell short of the colossal pace of development in the same period last year.

The Americans completed the evacuation from Afghanistan A minute before midnight, on August 31, the last US aircraft flew out of Kabul, having completed the evacuation of the American contingent in the term promised by President Biden. Thus, the longest war of the United States, which included in Afghanistan, was coming to the end shortly after the attacks on September 1, 2001.

The Supervisory Board of VEB.RF approved a new strategy for the development of the state corporation until the end of 2024, under which the group became the curator of 12 development institutions. The total cost of projects supported over four years will amount to 17 trillion rubles. The meeting of the Supervisory Board of VEB.RF, which approved the new strategy, was held on Monday, August 30th.