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Largest pretrial bail of $250 million secured by family stock. Sam Bankman-Fried will await trial at his parents' home.
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The Android Trojan Godfather
The Android Trojan Godfather is active: 16 countries, 400 different banks, cryptocurrencies, and e-wallets have already become victims. The first activity was detected in June 2021, a year later the virus subsided, and now it has started to manifest itself again with updated functionality. The problem is that it spreads
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The Ministry of Finance plans to change the funded part of the pension
The Ministry of Finance should submit a draft law on the new voluntary funded pension system to the government by December 30 this year. The document provides the principle of voluntariness and tax benefits, as well as the transfer of pension savings frozen since 2014 to citizens. According to Aksakov,
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Russians have stopped buying laptops: sales fell by 50% in Q3
What is interesting: the average bill for a laptop in the third quarter increased by 5% year-on-year, MTS said. Russians began to prefer powerful gaming laptops. The fall in sales is due to a lack of products due to sanctions and the renewal of the fleet of laptops during the
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U.S. officials forced to roll back plan to limit Russian oil prices - Bloomberg
India and China - Russia's most important trading partners - will not participate, Bloomberg sources said. The price cap plan is still alive after all. However, the price cap will be higher than previously thought. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen said the price ceiling could be in
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Experiments are on the air: Burger King will start selling wine
According to RBC, in 2023 the Burger King chain will start selling still and sparkling wines at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport as an experiment. The fast-food restaurant has already received all the necessary licenses.
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Tesla shares should be perceived as Chinese, Morgan Stanley believes - RBC
According to MS analysts, as Tesla receives about half of its income in China, it can be called a derivative of Chinese technology companies. And such dependence will remain until 2030. This makes Tesla dependent on the performance of the Chinese market as a whole. The growth of China'
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Exports are falling and imports are growing. The Central Bank of Russia has calculated the balance of payments for Q3
The value of exports of goods and services rose 5% y/y in Q3 2022 - a lower growth rate than in Q2. The decline in the value of imports slowed to 14% y/y in Q3 2022. The growth rate of exports fell due to the shutdown of Nord
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Oil is still needed. BlackRock and Vanguard will continue to invest in fossil fuels
Two of the world's largest asset managers have responded to Britain's environmental goals by saying they will continue to invest in oil, coal and gas. BlackRock, Vanguard and several other investment firms believe that fighting climate change now is impossible. This is understandable: the energy crisis
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Elon Musk is under investigation by U.S. federal authorities for his behavior in the Twitter acquisition deal - Bloomberg
Twitter is convinced that Musk "bluffed all along by claiming to be out of the deal. Musk's fraudulent and illegal actions collapsed the social network's stock, hurting the company's investors while improving the American billionaire's bargaining position."
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WSJ seeks reasons for OPEC's oil production cuts, but they are obvious: Saudi Arabia needs money to develop its own economy
According to WSJ sources, U.S. officials called Saudi Arabia a few days before the OPEC meeting. They asked to postpone production cuts and also warned that a drastic reduction would mean an acceptance by Russia. Next year, Saudi Arabia will only be able to provide money for the budget
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From dirt to riches. Production of unclaimed gas in the U.S. is rising at a rapid pace
The energy crisis in the EU caused gas prices to skyrocket tenfold. This has prompted oil and gas companies, which previously sold gas at cost or burned it off, to sell it in the EU. U.S. oil and gas giants are ramping up LNG production, taking advantage of high