The upper chamber of Russia’s parliament approved the resignation of Alexei Kudrin as head of the Audit Chamber on Wednesday, paving the way for him to take up a potential role at Russian technology giant Yandex. Kudrin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin throughout his career, becomes the highest profile government official to leave a post since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Kudrin to Leave Audit Chamber, Opening Door to Yandex Move – Latest Tweet by Reuters
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Read More »UPDATE 1-Russia’s Kudrin to leave Audit Chamber, opening door to Yandex move
* This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine (Adds Kudrin comment, details, context) MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Former Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday he would step down as head of the Audit Chamber to focus on private initiatives, with sources expecting him to take up a role at Russian technology giant Yandex. Kudrin, who has been seen as both a pro-Western economic liberal and close ally of President… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Kudrin to leave Audit Chamber, opening door to Yandex move
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday he would step down as head of the Audit Chamber to focus on private initiatives, with sources expecting him to take up a role at Russian technology giant Yandex. Kudrin, who has been seen as both a pro-Western economic liberal and close ally of President Vladimir Putin throughout his career, would become the highest profile government official to leave a post since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Kudrin to leave Audit Chamber, opening door to Yandex move
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday he would step down as head of the Audit Chamber to focus on private initiatives, with sources expecting him to take up a role at Russian technology giant Yandex. Kudrin, who has been seen as both a pro-Western economic liberal and close ally of President Vladimir Putin throughout his career, would become the highest profile government official to leave a post since Russia sent tens of… Source link
Read More »Smartphone chip firm MediaTek CEO sees ‘incremental’ move away from Taiwan
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Tensions between China and the United States are pushing some manufacturer companies to talk about moving some of their supply chain away from Taiwan as well, although it’s “incremental,” the head of Taiwan’s most important smartphone chip design firm told Reuters over the weekend. Some of the “very large (equipment manufacturers) will require their chip suppliers to have multiple sources, like from Taiwan and from U.S., or from Germany or from Europe,”… Source link
Read More »Biden’s desperate move on gas prices
Could he be any more blatant? Just days before the midterm elections on Nov. 8, President Biden has called for a baldly political windfall tax on “excess” profits of oil and gas companies. There’s no chance it will happen, which Biden knows. Only Congress can impose new taxes, and Congress isn’t in session right now. When it was in session earlier this year, Democrats who control both houses kicked around the idea of an oil-company windfall tax, and it got nowhere. Biden says he’ll… Source link
Read More »Yahoo retrenches editorial staff members in Singapore in restructuring move
SINGAPORE — Yahoo has retrenched several editorial staff based in Singapore, following a restructuring of its editorial team in Southeast Asia and the cessation of publication of localised content in the Philippines and Indonesia. TODAY understands from sources that seven employees based in Singapore were laid off, all of them journalists. They were from the Singapore/Malaysia, the Philippines and the finance teams. In response to TODAY’s queries, a spokesperson of the international… Source link
Read More »Google’s Move to Include Truth Social in App Store Buoys Investor Confidence
The shares of the cash-rich special purpose acquisition company that seeks to merge with former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company surged on Thursday after Google said it would allow Trump Media & Technology Group’s flagship product to appear in its app store. The stock of that SPAC, Digital World Acquisition Corp., initially rose roughly 20 percent to just over $19 a share — the highest in nearly a month. Shares of Digital World have come under pressure because of… Source link
Read More »Ornstein: Tottenham and Google in talks over stadium naming rights, Leeds’ Gakpo move in doubt
It is now three and a half years since Tottenham Hotspur moved into their new home, a £1billion state-of-the-art stadium built on top of the old White Hart Lane. But despite chairman Daniel Levy confirming back in 2019 that the club would be interested in securing a “naming-rights deal” with the “right brand, on the right money”, no such agreement has been struck. That could be about to change. Because The Athletic has learned that Tottenham are in meaningful talks with Google over… Source link
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