Yesterday, President Yanukovych issued decrees appointing new members of the Cabinet of Ministers, which on December 13, by decision of the Verkhovna Rada, was again headed by Dmytro Azarov. The first vice-premiers, the well-known politician Serhiy Tigipko (who took third place in the 2010 presidential elections) and the well-known oligarch Volodymyr Khoroshkovsky (former director of the SBU), lost their posts.

December 25, 2012, 13:07 / Management Careerist Column: Let's agree on the meaning of words Why is it so important that all instructions are simple and understandable Vladimir Smetannikov From personal archive René Descartes remarked back in the 17th century: “People would get rid of half the trouble if they could agree on the meaning of words.” We, consultants, in our practice constantly encounter situations that confirm the relevance of the great saying.

December 25, 2012, 00:28 / Opinions Kirill Kharatyan: Vladimir Putin's jargon “Look me in the eyes: there will be no mischief for anyone! Do you hear?! I'm telling you! Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Kirill Kharatyan It’s very interesting where Vladimir Putin got this terrible word - “beast”? Dictionaries clearly classify “beast” as criminal slang, and the president used this “term” in a way that was uncharacteristically accurate.

The first lawsuit from an Instagram user, unhappy with the service's new rules, has been filed in the Northern California District Court, Reuters reports. These rules were published last week: Instagram announced that it would use photos uploaded to the site by its users without their consent and without paying royalties, and would also transfer information about its users to its shareholder Facebook. The social network will be able to share this data with advertisers.

At the end of 2012, the average salary in Moscow will exceed 50,000 rubles, its growth will reach 5.7% in comparable prices. gave this forecast The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, today at the final meeting of the city government this year. As the mayor explained, growth is observed in both the budgetary and commercial sectors of the economy. According to city authorities, since 2009 the average salary has increased by almost 17,000 rubles. ( from 33,400 rubles to 50,100 rubles).

Olga Golodets / A. Nikolsky / RIA Novosti Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Olga Golodets criticized the "childish" amendment to the "anti-Magnitsky law" in a letter to the president, Forbes reports . The letter was written last week. The deputy prime minister's office declined to comment. In the message, Golodets lists Russian laws and international conventions that this amendment contradicts.

Take Foreign Stocks Away From the US On the article “The dash failed” (No. 241 of 12/19/2012, p. 03) You write that the capitalization of the Russian stock market is only 41% of GDP, while the capitalization of, for example, the American one is 116% of GDP. An inexperienced reader will, of course, immediately conclude from this that Russia is undervalued three times relative to America, but this is not true at all.

Fotolia / PhotoXPress Parents are increasingly giving their children not traditional dolls and cars, but brand new tablets. The most popular are touch-sensitive iPad models or Kindle Fire readers. Experts note that in 2012, even three-year-olds were given tablets in gift packaging "under the Christmas tree." "Major toymakers Mattel and Hasbro are in a panic. And rightly so. But the official line is that they have nothing to fear," says Sean McGowan of investment firm Needham & Company.

December 25, 2012, 04:05 / Auto How domestic automakers are preparing for a potential crisis Domestic car factories and manufacturers of auto components, whose business was crippled by the 2008 crisis, have figured out how to minimize the consequences of the new economic downturn.

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The results of the study did not confirm the regulator’s thesis about the high danger of such operations, which became the reason for increasing contributions to reserves for retail banks Thank you! Your comment has been saved. It will be published after you log into the site using your details or register . To quickly log into the site, you can use your Facebook account information.

Microsoft Rus LLC Microsoft representative office in Russia. Financial indicators (RAS, 2011): revenue – 7.8 billion rubles, net profit – 793.2 million rubles. Engaged in software promotion, partner network development, product implementation, and localization of Microsoft solutions. Although no change in the banking industry is possible without technology, I would like to talk about more than just technology. After all, innovation is not only and not so much about technology.

Large-scale inspections have been carried out in the offices of Mitsubishi Motors in Japan, AFP reports. Transport Ministry employees have visited the company's headquarters, dealerships and quality control points for manufactured products. Last week, the company announced that it was increasing the number of small cars being recalled to 1.76 million, in which an engine defect had been discovered. The recall campaign has become one of the largest in the history of Japan, ITAR-TASS reports.

The outgoing year can be partly considered a positive for the Russian economy – the WTO accession has finally been completed, the financial market infrastructure is being improved by creating a central depository, and a new budget rule has been adopted, which sets a limit on excessive growth in expenses. The overall macroeconomic situation, although not noticeably better than last year, remained within the trend of the relatively successful 2010–2011.

CJSC UniCredit Bank Commercial bank. Shareholders: Unicredit Bank Austria (100%). Financial indicators (as of October 1, 2012, Interfax-CEA data): assets – 758.8 billion rubles (8th place among Russian banks), equity capital – 97.2 billion rubles, retained earnings – 15.1 billion rubles. Summing up the results of 2012, bankers, frankly speaking, have no reason to complain.