December 17, 2019, 12:21 / Economy / News The Bank of England estimates the outflow of investment from Hong Kong due to the protests at $5 billion undefined Vedomosti Protests and unrest have caused an outflow of capital from Hong Kong investment funds totaling up to $5 billion, Reuters reports citing the Bank of England's financial stability report.

The Japanese company Fujifilm Holdings is considering the possibility of buying a division of Hitachi Ltd., which specializes in the production of medical equipment. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a Fujifilm representative. The company will disclose the deal when a decision is made, the spokesman said. According to the agency's source, the transaction amount will be $1.5 billion.

December 18, 2019, 00:15 / Politics / Interviews and profiles Pavel Shinsky: “French banks do not give investors money for Russia” General Director of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - about what bankers are afraid of, the Baring Vostok case and hopes for Macron Alexander Gubsky Natalia Zhukova Pavel Shinsky, General Director of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti French companies did not leave Russia when sanctions began and are

5 hours ago / Business Kommersant: the founder of Pyaterochka wants to sell three Moscow markets Vedomosti The M1 company, owned by Andrey Rogachev, co-founder of the Pyaterochka retail chain, has put three Moscow markets up for sale - Kashirsky, Koptevsky and Severny, writes . the Kommersant newspaper Advertisements for the sale of assets are posted on the CIAN portal.

The Board of Directors appointed Mikhail Netesov as General Director of Transneft - Port of Primorsk LLC, the press service of the organization reports. Maxim Kudinov, who previously held this post, left the company. Netesov graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications with a degree in economics and enterprise management, as well as the Northern Federal University. M.V. Lomonosov in the field of “oil and gas engineering”.

December 17, 2019, 23:45 / Finance Small businesses are increasingly going to the stock exchange for money It becomes easier for him to attract money on the stock exchange than to take out a loan Anna Mikheeva From January to November 2018, 19 small and medium-sized enterprises placed bonds worth 6 billion rubles on the Moscow Exchange (pictured) / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Bonds of small and medium-sized businesses attract private investors with high returns - 14–15% per annum.

One of the versions of the reform of control and supervisory activities assumed the division of some functions of the Bank of Russia. In this formulation, the topic did not receive serious support for obvious reasons. There is no practical organizational alternative to the Central Bank, and artificial structures are hardly appropriate.

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December 17, 2019, 23:55 / Management Why business is a poor solution to humanity's problems And how to involve him in the fight against poverty, hunger, unemployment and social inequality Mark Kramer Rishi Agarwal Aditi Srinivas Leading players in various sectors of the economy have come to the understanding that good profits can be made by helping to fight poverty and hunger / Varvara Grankova for Vedomosti The most pressing problems of humanity - the fight against hunger, poverty,

Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Consumer loans, credit cards and mortgages could be cheaper for Russians, but many borrowers risk paying the maximum. This is the conclusion reached by the "secret shoppers" of the International Confederation of Consumer Societies (ConfOP). In November 2019, ConfOP completed a large-scale study of the banking products market in 16 regions (conducted by order of the Ministry of Finance).

47% of Russian citizens have a positive attitude towards the United States, and 52% towards the European Union, according to a poll conducted by the Levada Center in November. According to the results of a sociological study, the proportion of Russians who have a positive attitude towards the United States has more than doubled compared to May 2018 – from 20 to 47% of respondents, and by 5% compared to August 2019.

Andrey Dmitriev has been appointed General Director of Gazprom Gazomotornoe Toplivo LLC, as follows from data from the SPARK-Interfax system. Previously, this post was held by Oleg Melekhin. Andrey Dmitriev graduated from the Volga State Academy of Water Transport and the Stockholm School of Economics. He began his career as an accounting technician at the Volgotransgaz subsidiary of RAO Gazprom . Then he worked as chief accountant at Termokor CJSC and Dialogue NIK Audit CJSC.

US President Donald Trump said the United States would look into possible new nuclear weapons developments by North Korea, he told reporters at the White House on Monday. Read also: US President May Move Towards More Peaceful Foreign Policy "I would be disappointed if there is something in the works. If there is, we will deal with it. But we are watching it very closely," Trump said ( quoted by Reuters).

The National Payment Card System (NPC) is discussing with banks the introduction of NFC contactless payment technology into the Central Bank Fast Payment System, writes RBC , citing four sources in the payment market. This technology is used when making payments from a smartphone using the Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay applications, as well as for contactless payment with bank cards. According to sources, banks are exploring the possibility of introducing a contactless payment method.

Among the banned products is corn starch / Depositphotos / PhotoXPress The Russian government has expanded the list of goods that are prohibited from being imported from Ukraine. It includes corn starch, glucose, fructose, medical tubes, hot water bottles, radiators and central heating boilers. In addition, the government expanded the list of Ukrainian citizens for whom special economic measures are being introduced.