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Steve Jobs once refused to attend a meeting with the US President because the attendee list was too long. Anna Yoshitsugu, Senior Strategy and Development Manager at Uber, explains how business gurus prevent meetings from "stealing" their time.Let's say you hold one meeting each week, it lasts two hours, and there are ten people in attendance, each with an average salary of 1......

Apple has closed access to the corporate application creation platform for Russian developers. Applications developed on it have stopped working, and businesses have not yet found a direct alternative to this toolSeveral sources in the IT market told RBC that Apple closed access to the Apple Developer Enterprise Program (ADEP) for Russian developers on February 12. This program allows companies to...

Shares of the US AI chipmaker fell 17.8%. The collapse came as the popularity of a new AI model from China's DeepSeek, a competitor to ChatGPT, grew.American company Nvidia has fallen by more than $600 billion in a day amid the success of its Chinese competitor ChatGPT, DeepSeek, writes the Financial Times. Shares of the AI ​​chipmaker fell 17.8%, their worst daily performance since March 2.........

Alfa Bank's alternative to Apple Pay will be available only to Mir cardholders. The bank has gained access to the iPhone's NFC chip to restore contactless payments and plans to introduce the solution to the market in 2025Alfa-Bank's solution for contactless payment for iPhones using NFC chips will only work with cards from the Mir payment system. A representative of the credit organization told RB...

The country joined the restrictions against RT, the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, and its HEAD, Dmitry Kiselev, "in order to ensure the security" of the republic. The US imposed sanctions against them in September. Dmitry KiselevMoldova has joined US sanctions against journalist Dmitry Kiselev, the Rossiya Segodnya news agency he heads, and the RT media group, according to the Official Monitor, wh...

In Hong Kong, 45 opposition figures received prison sentences for organizing and participating in an anti-government "conspiracy" that involved organizing primaries. The situation outside the COURT in Hong KongOn November 19, the High Court of Hong Kong, a highly autonomous special administrative region of CHINA, sentenced 45 of 47 defendants in a case of "conspiracy to subvert state power." All o...

Polish company Hansa, whose net profit in RUSSIA in 2022 was approximately 500 million rubles, has completed the transfer of its business to distributor Hyper LLC, Kommersant has learned. According to the newspaper, this was partly due to pressure from the EU. At the end of the first quarter of this year, the Hansa home appliance brand (owned by the Polish Amica group) transferred the management o...

Polish company Hansa, whose net profit in RUSSIA in 2022 was approximately 500 million rubles, has completed the transfer of its business to distributor Hyper LLC, Kommersant has learned. According to the newspaper, this was partly due to pressure from the EU. At the end of the first quarter of this year, the Hansa home appliance brand (owned by the Polish Amica group) transferred management of it...

Following the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Western countries froze approximately $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, the Finance Ministry reported. Putin issued a decree allowing the use of American assets in RUSSIA to compensate for damages. Russian courts have been granted the right to use American property in Russia to compensate for damages from the seizure of Russian a...

American entrepreneur Elon Musk reacted to the large selection of foreign goods in RUSSIA, despite the imposed sanctions . “Interesting,” Musk replied in X to a user’s video filmed in a Russian shopping center. it shows stores selling Western brands, including Apple appliances , Lego toys, Nike and Levi's clothing. After the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine , many countries imposed ...

Now the United States purchases 92% of advanced chips from the Taiwanese company TSMC, explained Gina Raimondo. Taking over a manufacturer in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be a disaster for the American economy.The takeover of chip manufacturer TSMC in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would result in a disaster for the US economy, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said...

Сейчас США закупают 92% передовых чипов у тайваньской компании TSMC, пояснила Джина Раймондо. Захват производителя в случае вторжения Китая на Тайвань обернется катастрофой для американской экономики Захват производителя чипов TSMC в случае вторжения Китая на Тайвань обернется катастрофой для экономики США, заявила американский министр торговли Джина Раймондо в ходе выступления в палате представит...

Patients in Moscow hospitals can now view the results of their tests, diagnostics and information about treatment in general online , right during treatment . Thus, not only the traditional discharge summary after hospitalization became available to them - now the treatment process can be monitored over time. This data is stored in an electronic medical record (EMR), to which Muscovites have had a...

Western sanctions against RUSSIA will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” said Maria Zakharova . The EU is now preparing the 14th package of anti-Russian sanctions Maria ZakharovaWestern sanctions against Russia will always remain as long as the country pursues an “independent course,” but the search for ways to minimize their consequences will continue. The offic...

Moscow's Khoroshevsky District COURT sentenced Alexey Zmanovsky, accused of murdering scientist Andrey Botikov, one of the creators of the Sputnik V vaccine, to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony. The press service of Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction reported this on their TELEGRAM channel. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 1......

Enforcement of the embargo on diamonds from RUSSIA is underway in a test mode, and an electronic certification system for the stones will be launched in a few months, the European Commission told RIA Novosti. As of January 1, 2024 , a ban on direct imports of Russian diamonds has been in effect in the European Union , and indirect supplies from Russia have also been banned since March. In Septembe...

AirBridgeCargo, once Russia's largest cargo airline, returned a Boeing 747 to its Chinese lessor after a two-year layover at Sheremetyevo. The carrier has completely stopped flights in 2022 AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747 aircraftThe cargo airline AirBridgeCargo (owned by the founder of the Volga-Dnepr airline group, Alexey Isaikin) returned the first Boeing 747 to its Chinese owner, the lessor BOCA (Ba...

The Ministry of Justice has declared the Lev Kopelev Forum, which has awarded the Kopelev Prize for Peace and Human Rights since 2001, undesirable. The forum is named after the Soviet writer and dissident who spent the last years of his life in Germany.The Ministry of Justice has added the German Lev Kopelev Forum to the list of foreign and international non-governmental organizations whose activi...

«Газпром» приостановил поставки газа PGNiG на фоне отказа польского правительства платить в рублях. Варшава, в свою очередь, решила национализировать СП «Газпрома» и PGNiG. Теперь «Газпром» подал иск о банкротстве PGNiG Инспекция № 36 Федеральной налоговой службы по Москве подала в арбитражный суд столицы заявление о признании банкротом АО «Польская нефтяная и газовая промышленность» (PGNiG). Карт...

Pharmacies have run out of the antiviral drug favipiravir, which the Ministry of HEALTH used for treatmentCOVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. The drug was deemed ineffective abroad, and demand for it has recently declined.The antiviral drug with the international nonproprietary name (INN) favipiravir is not available in Russian pharmacies. Specifically, as of March 13, the corresponding me...

The fact that the Yamagata influenza B virus is almost nonexistent doesn't necessarily mean it's completely gone, virologists believe. This could be due to measures taken against the CORONAVIRUS, but this strain is generally less contagious than type A.The fact that the B/Yamagata influenza virus strain is virtually nonexistent may be a consequence of anti-coronavirus measures, but it is possible ...

Anti-Covid measures introduced around the world have led to the disappearance of the once popular Yamagata B flu strain, reportsBLOOMBERG . Scientists believe that other flu strains could be completely eradicated in the same way.Self-isolation, wearing masks and other measures aimed at containing the spreadCOVID-19 has led to the disappearance of one of the most common strains of the influenza vir...

The country's main political event, the Two Sessions, is taking place in CHINA. How Beijing imagines the future of relations with the United States and RUSSIA, what awaits Taiwan and why the Chinese Prime Minister refused a press conference - in the RBC materialWhat the Chinese leadership said about relations with Russia and the United States From March 4 to 11, China hosts the “Two Sessions” - me...

The Central Bank decided to extend for another six months the ban introduced in March 2022 to withdraw more than 10 thousand in dollars or euros from foreign currency accounts. The regulator also extended the ban on banks charging citizens a commission when issuing currency from accounts. Building of the Central Bank of RussiaThe Bank of RUSSIA has extended restrictions on the withdrawal of foreig...

Gabriel TeminA COURT in Finland has sentenced French citizen Gabriel Temin, who was accused of exporting “thousands of drones” to RUSSIA, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper writes, noting that this is the first sentence in the country for violating new sanctions against Russia. Temin is the CEO of the Finnish companies Luminor and Siberica, which are engaged in international cargo transportation and ...

The European People's Party has officially named Ursula von der Leyen as its candidate for the post of HEAD of the European Commission. What are her chances of re-election and how did she become one of the key European politicians - in the RBC material Ursula von der LeyenThe European People's Party (EPP) has nominated Ursula von der Leyen as its candidate for the European elections. The decision ...

The GTS terminal manager has already warned customers about the decision. The company called the restriction an “additional measure” to the sanctions in force against RUSSIA.The Dortyol oil terminal, located in Hatay province in southern Turkey, will no longer accept Russianoil against the backdrop of Western sanctions against Russia. This was reported by REUTERS with reference to a statement by G...

Russian tourists are becoming increasingly interested in Saudi Arabia: in 2023, the flow there has doubled. The country, which recently opened to tourism, is promoting resorts on the Red Sea and could eventually become a competitor to the UAE and Egypt. Tourists in a cave in Al-Agra Mountain near the city of Al-Hasa in Saudi Arabia.In 2......

Taiwan called on CHINA to accept the objective fact that the island does not belong to the mainland and take the path of negotiations. Earlier, the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China spoke about the importance of reunification with the Republic of China, but omitted the word "peaceful" Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang speaks at the opening of the National People's CongressTaiwan calle...

In the first month after the resumption of direct flights from Moscow to Ho Chi Minh City, the flow of Russian tourists to Vietnam increased by 50%. However, tour operators aren't expecting a massive influx of vacationers until charter flights to the resorts become available.In February 2024 , Russians made approximately 19,1......