On January 16, 2025, Blue Origin Corporation, owned by Amazon founder, multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos, carried out its first test launch of the New Glenn rocket.
In Nizhny Novgorod, the state expert examination issued a positive opinion on the project of the main educational building of the information technology campus.
Andrey Shimkiv visited two rural educational institutions on the Day of Knowledge. He visited a school in the village of Stepnoy and an educational institution in the village of Preobrazhenka.
SDEK logistics company has announced the launch of a service for the delivery of goods to the warehouses of the Amazon marketplace. Now retailers from Russia have the opportunity to send orders to an international platform.
The Auchan chain of stores has sent a request to supplier companies to reduce product prices. The retailer attributed this requirement to the strengthening of the ruble and pressure on its margins due to constantly rising prices from suppliers.
According to S&P Global, the volume of Russian oil imports to India decreased after the introduction of US sanctions. In January, it amounted to 1.67 million barrels per day, and in February it decreased to 1.46 million.
US President Donald Trump has renewed efforts to cut taxes, highlighting the successes of his economic policies. He proposed tax breaks to boost economic growth, including the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime pay, and called for bipartisan support.
In February 2024, the PMI index, reflecting business activity in the Russian service sector, dropped to 50.5 points, becoming the lowest value in the last six months. In January, this indicator was 54.6 points.
The average cost of car maintenance increased by 14%, reaching 3,767 rubles. At the same time, the total number of calls to car services increased by 11%.
The Russian government has taken the initiative to increase the maximum amount of purchases through installment payment services (BNPL) to 50 thousand rubles.
The Russian Ministry of Finance has stated that the geolocation data of bank customers will not be directly used to automatically determine their tax residency. However, such information will be the basis for a request to update customer data.