The TOEFL organizer has revised its rules, wines from Argentina and Chile in 2023 can increase in price by 30%. RB.RU continues to follow the main business events in the context of a special operation in Ukraine.
World
- Nancy Pelosi, who arrived in Taiwan last night, visited the parliament of the partially recognized state and met with the head of the island’s administration. She said that Washington would like to intensify the inter-parliamentary dialogue with Taipei. In the context of the visit, China promises the island an “accelerated collapse” and a “great catastrophe”.
- Wines from Argentina and Chile may increase in price by 30% in 2023 due to additional logistical difficulties.
- The TOEFL organizer has revised its rules, starting August 4, Russians and Belarusians will be able to take the English test remotely again. The day before it became known that it is impossible to register for the exam with Russian citizenship.
Russia
- Russia is going to sign an agreement to avoid double taxation with Oman. The document, in particular, establishes a tax rate on dividend income of 10%, subject to ownership of 20% of the company’s capital for 365 days, in other cases the rate will be 15%, on interest and royalties. – 10% .
- The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to store information on replacement number calls for one year instead of six months. Operators fear additional costs for installing equipment to connect to the system.
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The Federal Air Transport Agency extended flight restrictions to southern airports until August 11. Flights to Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista airports remain limited.
Business
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Online broker Robinhood will lay off 23% of its employees, company CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev has said. The decision was made against the backdrop of a deteriorating macroeconomic environment “with record inflation in 40 years” and “the collapse of the cryptocurrency market”, which caused a reduction in client activity.
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AvtoVAZ offered employees of the plant in Izhevsk 5-7 salaries for voluntary dismissal. Downtime at the plant lasts more than five months.
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MTS complained about the advertising slogan of “MegaFon” “operator number 1” in the Federal Antimonopoly Service. The Advertising Law regulates the use of words with the meaning of “best”, “first”, “number one” – they must be confirmed. In the case of Megafon, it is: the company provides specific comparison criteria, in terms of speed and coverage
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