The American bank Wells Fargo fired 5,300 employees for fraud. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), they opened more than 1.5 million accounts and about 500,000 credit cards without customers' consent. Employees did this in order to fulfill the sales plan and receive bonuses. The CFPB said Wells Fargo will be fined $185 million and will have to return $5 million in account servicing fees to customers.

ranking of the richest people in the world The leader of the Forbes is the founder of the Zara clothing brand, Amancio Ortega. Previously, the first place belonged to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Ortega’s fortune as of 10:46 p.m. Moscow time is estimated at approximately $78 billion, Gates’ fortune at $77.6 billion. The rating is updated in real time and takes into account exchange trading data.

The Chinese China Baoli, which bought 30% of Yota Devices from the Telconet fund (see inset), is creating a joint venture with the large Chinese smartphone manufacturer Coolpad to jointly develop a mobile device with two screens. This is stated in the reports of China Baoli, published on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where the company's shares are traded. China Baoli will own 51% of the joint venture, Coolpad – 49%.

In September 2008, the then mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and the then president of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin signed an agreement on the reconstruction of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway (renamed the MCC). Traffic along the MCC was supposed to begin in 2015. But it will be opened a year later by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov and even President Vladimir Putin (his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said).

09 September 2016, 15:34 / Business The court upheld VTB's major claim against TGK-2 and the Sintez group Vedomosti The Moscow Arbitration Court decided to satisfy the claim of VTB Bank for 10.9 billion rubles. to the energy company TGK-2 and its guarantor for the loan, the Sintez group, Interfax reported from the courtroom on Friday. VTB filed a claim against TGC-2 for 9.8 billion rubles. in February.

More than 1,800 buses, trolleybuses and trams will operate for passengers of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), according to a statement from the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans. "MCC passengers will be able to use 176 routes of ground-based urban passenger transport of the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans, which run near MCC stations. Of these, 105 are bus routes, 40 are trolleybus routes, and 31 are tram routes," the department specifies.

The Bank of Russia suspended the insurance licenses of the Orbita insurance company. “This decision was made due to the insurer’s failure to comply with the instructions of the Bank of Russia properly, namely, failure to comply with the requirements of financial stability and solvency in terms of the formation of insurance reserves, the procedure and conditions for investing own funds and funds of insurance reserves,” the Central Bank said in a press release.

The restaurant market is one of the few that not only did not fall during the crisis, but even continued to grow: new establishments continued to open throughout the year in all segments. But if at the end of 2015 - beginning of 2016 most cafes and restaurants were designed for an average bill of up to 2,500 rubles, now premium has also picked up. The biggest opening of the year is expected in October, when the Ovo restaurant of the famous Italian chef Carlo Cracco opens at the Lotte Hotel.

Negotiations with Russia on Syria have reached a critical moment, Washington is even ready to abandon dialogue, The Washington Post writes on Thursday, citing a senior official in the Obama administration. On the eve of the G20 summit in China, Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Bloomberg that he does not rule out reaching a breakthrough agreement on Syria with the United States in the near future.

09 September 2016, 13:36 / Economics Topilin: The Ministry of Labor is preparing proposals to increase the minimum wage Vedomosti Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said that work to increase the minimum wage (minimum wage) will continue. “I want to remind you that this year we made a breakthrough and increased the minimum wage by 26%.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that the previous pension indexation system will be returned at the beginning of 2017, Interfax reports. “Yes, we will return to the previous indexation system,” he said. At the end of 2016, pensions will be indexed taking into account real price increases, “that is, real inflation, and we will do this at the beginning of 2017,” he said.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on September 9 in connection with the latest nuclear tests by the DPRK, the South Korean agency Renhap reports. Earlier, it was reported that South Korea, Japan and the United States had made a joint request to the UN to organize a meeting of the Security Council. Earlier, the DPRK officially confirmed the nuclear tests. The launch took place today at about 9:30 local time (3:30 Moscow time).

The Bank of Russia increased the official dollar exchange rate for the weekend and Monday, September 12, by 18.87 kopecks. up to 64.1617 rub. The official euro exchange rate was increased by 28.95 kopecks. up to 72.3359 rub. The cost of the bi-currency basket ($0.55 and 0.45 euros), calculated at official rates, increased by 23.41 kopecks. up to 67.8401 rub.

The new presidential commissioner for children's rights, Anna Kuznetsova, intends in her work to primarily defend the right of minors to live and be raised in a family. “The most important problems arise from the violation of the first and most important right of a child - to live and be raised in a family,” said Kuznetsova, answering a question about priority tasks.

09 September 2016, 16:56 / Economics Rosstat confirmed the preliminary estimate of a 0.6% decline in Russia's GDP in the second quarter. Vedomosti Rosstat confirmed the preliminary estimate of the decline in Russian GDP in the second quarter of 2016 by 0.6%. Rosstat released the final assessment on Friday. Rosstat's preliminary assessment was published on August 11.