Causes of the fire in the WB warehouse, staff shortages in the tourism sector, fall in Tesla shares: the main thing on January 14

Wildberries warehouse fire

• The Ministry of Emergency Situations is considering three versions of the causes of the fire at the Wildberries warehouse in Shushary: the introduction of the fire source from the outside by unknown persons, the emergency operation of the power grid and the negligent handling of the fire (RBC).
• Wildberries will begin paying compensation to sellers whose products were damaged by the January 15 fire.
• In addition, within two weeks the market will open a new warehouse in St. Petersburg, “so that sellers can quickly return to their usual work.”
• The head of the Investigative Committee, Bastrykin, ordered the opening of a criminal case into the fire at the Wildberries warehouse.

World

• For the first time, Russia entered the top five exporters of goods to Brazil. Imports of Russian products to the country at the end of 2023 increased by 27%, up to 10 billion dollars (RIA).
• India has blocked access to the websites of major crypto exchanges: Binance, Kucoin, OKX, etc.

Russia

• The president of Cosmos Hotel Group spoke about the problem of staff shortages in the hotel sector. He pointed out that salaries in the tourism sector are lower than those of Ozon couriers.
• The share of Russians with incomes over 100,000 rubles per month reached a record level of 7.4% in 2023 (RIA).

Business

• Tesla lost $94 billion in capitalization in the first two weeks of 2024. The company’s shares fell 12%.

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