TikTok posted losses in its Russian operations for the first time in three years, Yurent decided to start leasing power banks, Haier is looking for developers for its operating system in Russia and other events on April 16.
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- Pavel Durov said he gave an interview to Tucker Carlson, who interviewed Vladimir Putin in February. The interview will be broadcast in video format.
Finance
- The Moscow Stock Exchange began to calculate and publish a new indicator – the IPO index. The tool is intended for Russian private and institutional investors and will become an indicator of share prices of companies that have recently made an initial public offering.
- In 2023, the losses of the Russian legal entity TikTok amounted to 427 million rubles, compared to 530 million rubles the previous year. The company’s revenue declined for the second year in a row.
Business
- Sber is negotiating the purchase of online schools Netology and Foxford (both part of the TalentTech group, Smart Ranking analysts reported on the deal the day before). This is also known by the RB.RU source about the online education market. According to him, “this is already a fait accompli.”
- FAS filed a lawsuit against Alfa-Bank for advertising mortgages on the radio. The bank did not indicate the essential conditions for consumers and also did not provide evidence that it is “the best mortgage in Russia.”
- Kicksharing service Yurent, part of MTS, decided to start renting portable chargers. The service sees synergy in sharing electric scooters and power banks.
- Rosatom bought 50% of the company Parus Electro, one of the large manufacturers of charging stations for electric vehicles, as well as inverters for renewable energy sources and energy storage systems, Kommersant writes.
- In the cosmetics segment, competition from large chains is intensifying. “Golden Apple” increased its revenue by 1.5 times and almost caught up with the group “L’Etoile” and “Podruzhki,” Vedomosti reports.
- Recruiters shared the strangest interview questions asked by applicants. At the top: “What does your company do?”, “Who are you?”, “Where am I?”, “What will I do?”, “Do I need to carry something heavy around the offices?”
Services and technologies
- Since the start of the electric scooter rental season, the Yurent service has issued more than 10,000 fines for improper parking and co-driving. For two or more people riding a scooter, the fine is 800 rubles, for parking in the wrong place – 500 rubles.
- Yandex has combined search capabilities and large generative models in the new Neuro service. Neuro understands the natural language of communication and its responses contain updated information, since the service does not take data from the model’s memory, but from sources on the network.
- Sber has started selling a new generation of smart TVs, Sber Line S: flagship devices are equipped with miniLED displays and the Salyut TV operating system. In total, the new line includes more than 30 models with screen diagonals from 32 to 75 inches.
- The Chinese company Haier is looking for developers in Russia to develop its own operating system for smart home appliances. Now the company’s televisions run on the Android TV assembly with Google technologies.
- Modulbank launched transfers between companies through the Fast Payment System (FPS). They are available 24 hours a day.
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