Microsoft claims it was hacked by Russian hackers, Danish companies remain in Russian Federation despite taxes, Russian Railways plans to launch unmanned train, US regulators are watching OpenAI and Microsoft closely, wondering if they should stop activities of this alliance. And RB continues to follow interesting economic and commercial developments.
- Microsoft says the leak of the company’s executive accounts was caused by an attack by hackers from the Midnight Blizzard group, “sponsored by Russian authorities.”
- S&P 500 shares rose to 4,839.81, hitting an all-time high for the first time since January 2022.
- The trading volume on the foreign exchange market of the Moscow Stock Exchange at the end of 2023 reached 328 trillion rubles, 22% more than in 2022 and even 8 trillion more than in 2021 before sanctions.
- Russia became the largest oil exporter to China in 2023, increasing supplies to 107 million tons, up 24%, and earning $60.6 billion, up 3.5% from 2022.
- The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation has included in the regulatory legal acts a project on the reimbursement of monetary compensation for work on weekends and holidays in the event of dismissal of an employee, if these funds have not been paid previously (presumably, the law should come into force on September 1, 2024).
- Denmark’s ambassador to the Russian Federation said that despite the end of the double taxation treaty between Russia and Denmark on January 1, 2024, Danish companies that still remain in the Russian Federation will continue to operate.
- Representatives of Russian Railways announced the launch of a fully unmanned and import-substituting train in 2026, and in the summer of 2024 they will test a “partially unmanned train” at the MCC.
- The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have launched a preliminary antitrust investigation into the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership, which results in “less competition in the field of artificial intelligence.”
- The wristwatch for which Arnold Schwarzenegger was arrested at Munich airport on January 17 sold at auction in Australia for $294,000, but the famous tutu skirt of Carrie Bradshaw’s character in Sex and the City was sold at Julien’s , in California, for “only” $52,000.
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Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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