July 31, 2019, 19:45 / Finance VEB achieved a ban on the sale of a subsidiary bank in Ukraine undefined Vedomosti The Pechersky District Court of Kiev, at the request of VEB .RF, ordered the suspension of the sale of shares of its subsidiary, Prominvestbank, the Russian state corporation said in a statement. At the same time , VEB .RF admits that the executive service of Ukraine will refuse to execute the court decision and will use administrative resources to cancel it.

The Central Election Commission received nine complaints from independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma elections about the refusal to register, said Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Central Election Commission. She promised that the commission would consider these complaints as quickly and openly as possible. The first meeting of the working group is scheduled for August 1. Read on vedomosti.ru Candidates who are under arrest can be represented by their proxies, Pamfilova clarified.

August 01, 2019, 00:44 / Personal account Mortgage rates have dropped sharply In June they fell by 0.25% per annum, as did the key rate Emma Terchenko Large mortgage loans are sensitive to rate changes even by a fraction of a percent / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The weighted average mortgage rate issued during the month in June was 10.28% per annum, the Central Bank reported.

Sberbank's net profit for the second quarter amounted to 250.3 billion rubles, as follows from its reporting according to international standards. This is 16.3% more than a year earlier and 10.5% higher than analysts' consensus forecast. Renaissance Capital predicted 227 billion rubles, VTB Capital - 233 billion rubles. This is a quarter of the trillion that the bank plans to receive at the end of 2019; net profit for the first half of the year is 476.9 billion rubles.

The Manhattan District Court in New York has dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee that accused members of current US President Donald Trump's campaign, WikiLeaks and the Russian government of conspiring and interfering in the 2026 presidential election, according to court papers. Read on vedomosti.ru Having considered all the arguments, the court came to the conclusion that they “are of no value,” the materials note.

Varvara Grankova Research conducted by IESE Business School in collaboration with chief innovation officers in the US, Asia and Europe shows that approximately three-quarters of corporate ventures fail to achieve their desired goals. We interviewed more than 120 chief innovation officers from 22 industries. They shared the challenges that derailed (or threatened to derail) their projects and described the methods they used to overcome them. 1.

On Tuesday, July 30, Apple reported results for the third quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, which ended in June. During these three months, for the first time since 2012, iPhone sales brought the company less than half of its revenue: they decreased year-on-year by 12% to $25.99 billion. This amounted to 48.3% of the total quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion, according to the reports. . The company's net profit decreased by almost 9% to $10 billion.

Market players do not agree with any of the discussed bills on introducing mandatory pre-installation of applications from domestic developers on smartphones sold in Russia, said Deputy Minister of Communications Mikhail Mamonov. Read on vedomosti.ru According to him, on Wednesday, July 31, the ministry discussed with representatives of equipment manufacturing companies and developers different options for approaching this problem at a meeting at the Analytical Center of the Russian Government.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow decided to arrest for 30 days a member of the federal committee of the Libertarian Party, Mikhail Svetov, who was detained at the exit from the Moscow City Hall after negotiations with officials about holding an opposition rally on August 3. this . reports Mediazona Read on vedomosti.ru A protocol was drawn up against Svetov for repeated violation of the rules of holding a rally for participating in the rally on Trubnaya Square on July 16.

August 01, 2019, 00:50 / Business / Interviews and profiles Alrosa CEO: “Demand for diamonds will begin to recover in the fall” Sergei Ivanov - about a possible shortage of diamonds, the fate of the Mir mine and competition between natural and synthetic stones Polina Trifonova Sergei Ivanov headed the world's largest diamond mining company Alrosa in March 2017.

The tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising that broke out 75 years ago, on August 1, 1944, is a classic example of the short-sightedness and cynicism of statesmen and military leaders who sacrificed the lives of hundreds of thousands of insurgents, soldiers and civilians of the Polish capital to implement their political plans for the post-war structure of Poland.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) lowered its key rate for the first time since 2008 – by 0.25 percentage points (pp) from 2.25–2.5% to 2–2.25%. The Fed attributed the decision to “uncertainty” due to a weak global economy and simmering trade conflicts. Read on vedomosti.ru Over the past 25 years, this is the fifth time that the central bank has moved from raising to lowering interest rates, while previously it was not limited to one reduction, notes The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Russian internet holding Mail.ru Group and Chinese video game publisher iDreamSky Technology Holdings have agreed to promote each other on international markets, Reuters reports , citing two informed sources. The agreement is planned to be announced on the eve of the Chinese digital entertainment exhibition ChinaJoy, which will be held in Shanghai from August 2 to 5. According to sources, the partnership agreement involves publishing games and investing in the European and Asian markets.

Moscow municipal deputies, members of the Association of Independent Deputies, submitted applications to the prefecture of the Central District of the capital to hold 12 pickets on the Boulevard Ring on August 3, Elena Rusakova reported on their Facebook the head of the Yakimanka municipal district Andrei Morev and unregistered candidate for deputy page . “We are planning pickets to show that Moscow citizens want to see fair and competitive elections,” Morev wrote.

In the first half of 2019, Airbus increased its net profit by 141% compared to the same period last year - to 1.197 billion euros, the company reports . The company's revenue for this period increased by 24% to 30.87 billion euros. Diluted earnings per share amounted to EUR 1.54.