In Russia, the number of trade inspections is decreasing, demand for the services of private cosmetologists is growing, used cars are increasingly bought on credit, Tesla is investing in the development of a “supercomputer”, Spotify and Mozilla They accuse Apple of “extortion,” and RB continues to follow the news of businessmen around the world.
- In 2023, authorities carried out 350,000 business inspections (up from 1.5 million in 2019 and 339,000 in 2022). Of them, half came from the private sector (building control – 23%, social facilities – 20%, state-owned companies – 7%).
- Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government, Dmitry Grigorenko, also stated that in 2024 the priorities of the concept of state supervision of companies will be “digitization, simplification of the pre-trial appeal system and a complete transition to a system based in the risk.” approach when controlling businessmen.”
- Angola is calling on Alrosa, which owns a 41% stake in diamond mine developer Catoca, to withdraw from the project due to sanctions.
- Demand for the services of private cosmetologists is growing faster than demand for their services in beauty salons: in January +34% and +8% year-on-year, respectively.
- The share of auto loans in total used car sales reached 15% by the end of 2023 (i.e. it has almost doubled since 2022)
- Tesla will spend $500 million to build the Dojo “supercomputer” at its Buffalo plant, despite Elon Musk’s claims that the project is “risky.”
- X has partnered with BetMGM to display sports betting statistics on Elon Musk’s own social network (Fortune).
- Spotify and Mozilla accuse Apple of “extortion,” which the company disguises as a desire to comply with EU antitrust requirements.
- Fossil Corporation has decided to stop producing smart watches: Gen 6 will be the last generation of devices from the group of companies.
- Online retailer Wildberries announced the second stage of payments to sellers after the fire in Shushary: partial compensation will be issued next week, the amounts are not yet final.
- The court will force the pharmaceutical companies of the spouses Spiegel and businessman Anton Koloskov (Biotek, Pharmacia, Biosamarpharm and Intermedpharm), controlled by the former governor of the Penza region, Ivan Belozertsev, to pay more than 8 billion rubles obtained through corruption.
- Rosneft filed a countersuit against Transneft for damages exceeding 6 billion rubles (previously, Transneft demanded a debt of 4.8 billion rubles from Rosneft for pumping oil).
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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