A good season of reports stopped the fall in the USA in the USA After a long January fall, the techno market plays out losses - on the good reports of the largest companies, which was today headed by Alphabet, American indices have shown the best four -day segment since 2020. So far, 80% of companies from S&P500 report better than forecasts. The week of reports with good results of technology companies launched the American market.

Mediascope has been selected as a single counter for the Internet audience, Roskomnadzor reported . Since 2016, the company has been a single television meter. The creation of a unified Internet meter is provided for by a law adopted last year. Authorities need unified data on the Internet audience to monitor online advertising for tax purposes, as well as to understand what content and what platforms shape public opinion. The competitive selection of the meter was entrusted to Roskomnadzor.

Alexander Agapitov, the founder of Xsolla, a unicorn that services transactions in games, fired almost 150 employees six months ago after analyzing their activity in work services, and is leaving the post of CEO. The company announced this today. The CEO will be former CTO Konstantin Golubitsky, who managed "the launch, development and marketing of all the company's products," Xsolla said.

Inflation in Russia in January in annual terms approached 9%, follows from the weekly inflation data of Rosstat. For the week from January 22 to 28, inflation was 0.19% after 0.22% a week earlier. Since the beginning of the month, it has reached 1.07% (for the whole of January 2021 - 0.67%), and in annual terms - 8.82%. Weekly growth in food prices accelerated to 0.31% from 0.21% a week earlier, and in annual terms approached 11% (10.82%).

US President Joe Biden instructed to organize the transfer of military personnel from the United States to Eastern Europe, The Wall Street Journal writes , citing senior administration officials. This is the first action of its kind since the beginning of the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine, the publication points out.

At the remote ministerial conference OPEC +, held on February 2, the participants approved the planned increase in oil production in March by 400,000 barrels per day. The next OPEC+ ministerial meeting will take place on March 2. The meeting lasted about a quarter of an hour and ended with the expected decision: the parties to the agreement monthly increase oil production by the specified amount after the pandemic cuts in quotas.

Quotes of the Russian Internet retailer Ozon on Nasdaq rose by 8% ahead of the opening of trading on Wednesday, February 2 after the release of unaudited financials for 2021. Since the beginning of 2022, the company has fallen in price by more than a quarter. GMV (gross turnover of goods and services), the main indicator for online retail, has more than doubled by 2020 (+125%), slightly exceeding its own forecast (+120%). In absolute terms, it reached 445 billion rubles.

Inflation in the eurozone in January against expectations did not slow down, but accelerated. The pressure on the ECB, still determined to maintain a fairly loose policy, has grown. Prices in January within the 19 eurozone countries rose by 5.1% after rising 5% in December, and this is still more than double the regulator's target of 2.0%. Analysts at Reuters had expected a fairly sharp decline to 4.4%.

Google's parent company, Alphabet holding company, published its financials for the fourth quarter of 2021, which turned out to be noticeably better than forecasts. Each share is already worth about $3,000, and the company is preparing for a split. Alphabet increased quarterly revenue to $75.3 billion, up a third year-on-year. Advertising revenue grew at the same pace ($61.2 billion), ahead of the cloud service revenue ($5.5 billion), which, however, remained unprofitable.

The reasons for the acute concern of the Russian government with the regulation of cryptocurrencies have become a little clearer. As Bloomberg found out , officials estimated the amount of crypto in the hands of the Russians at $ 214 billion, or 16.4 trillion rubles - at least three times more than the boldest previous estimates. If this figure is true, Russians own 12% of all global crypto assets.

The Spanish newspaper El Pais published written responses from the United States and NATO to Russia's proposals for security guarantees. The US stressed that it will continue to adhere to NATO's "open door principle". They expressed their readiness to negotiate, but in the context of de-escalation on the border with Ukraine. The US response says that they agree to consider security arrangements with Russia.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) asked taxi aggregators to explain the increase in prices for trips in Moscow and Kazan, and also answered the question why trips can have different prices depending on the type of mobile device. This is stated in a letter sent by the agency on January 31 to Yandex.Taxi, DiDi, Citymobil and Gett, Forbes reports. According to the letter, the department received a request from Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Boris Chernyshov.

The Russian authorities thought about the regulation of the metavseli - and saw in them the risks of "reducing morality" The Russian authorities are studying the possibility of regulating not only cryptocurrencies, but also metavselnaya. According to Kommersant, the structure of Roskomnadzor-the Scientific and Technical Center (NTC) of the GRCHC-conducted a study in which it listed the risks associated with virtual reality.

The Russian authorities are studying the possibility of regulating the metaverses, writes . The structure of Roskomnadzor - the Scientific and Technical Center (NTC) of the GRCHTs - conducted a study in which it listed the risks associated with virtual reality. Kommersant According to the GRFC, the dominance of digital currencies in the metaverse will contribute to the violation of political boundaries - tax codes and rules cannot regulate the chain of sale.