WTI oil jumped 4% after the closure of an oil pipeline in the U.S. due to a leak, and Bloomberg estimated the additional costs of tankers stuck off the coast of Turkey at $13 million – these and other important news for the morning of Friday, December 9, in our daily review. WTI crude oil […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday that securities companies will now be required to disclose information about cryptocurrency risks in public documents. Companies will now have to include information about their ownership of crypto assets, as well as the risk associated with the FTX bankruptcy and other market events, in their […]

The United States plans to impose new sanctions on Russia and China on Friday. According to The Wall Street Journal newspaper, citing officials, the restrictive measures are planned because of human rights violations in these countries, as well as Beijing’s support for illegal fishing in the Pacific Ocean. Most of the sanctions, as the newspaper […]

Customers of Tinkoff (LON:TCSq) Investments complain that they cannot enter the app. They also experience difficulties with entering the application of the bank of the same name, RBC writes. “There are difficulties with logging into the application and with operations in part of the clients, we are working on a speedy elimination,” – said in […]

The impact of the European Union’s sanctions against Russia on the EU’s economy remains limited to a few sectors, according to a study by the European Commission, which was requested by EU member states. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to a knowledgeable source. According to the source, EU sanctions have led to difficulties […]

Due to weakening demand in China, Tesla is slowing production and delaying hiring at its Shanghai plant. The company is also having difficulties at its new plant in Texas, which is not ramping up capacity as planned. Meanwhile, Tesla stock, which has lost more than $500 billion this year, has come under pressure again as […]

This winter, Russian companies may pay a record total amount of dividends for this season. The total amount of payments in the period from December 2022 to January 2023 may reach 1.18 trillion rubles, writes RBC with reference to the calculations of analysts SberCIB. At the same time, 93% of this amount are dividends from […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has urged its customers to move assets from USDT to USDC. The platform said in a statement that the events of the past few weeks have put some stablecoins to the test, while USDC is one of the most reliable and reputable digital dollars, fully backed by high-quality reserves. USD Coin (USDC) […]

The Russian Finance Ministry will study the representativeness of the Russian oil indicators proposed by the St. Petersburg Mercantile Exchange. This was announced by Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov, according to the PRIME news agency. According to him, the Ministry is ready to discuss the transition to these indicators for the calculation of taxes and […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not expect Russia to have any losses due to the introduction of an oil price ceiling, Prime news agency reports. “We will have no losses under any circumstances,” Putin said at a press conference following his visit to Kyrgyzstan. Putin also noted that the size of the ceiling roughly corresponds […]

Stock indices of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are declining. Traders are waiting for the meetings of major central banks this week. In the evening on Wednesday the results of the two-day meeting will be summarized by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) of the USA, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) will […]

EU countries failed to agree on the 9th package of sanctions against Russia, and Russian banks recorded growth of deposits in yuan by “hundreds of percent” – these and other important news for Monday morning, December 12, in our daily review. Head of Eurodiplomacy Josep Borrell said that EU countries failed to agree on the […]

Microsoft Corporation announced the decision to acquire 4% of the shares of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the beginning of a 10-year partnership. This is reported on the company’s official website. “This strategic partnership is an important step in LSE’s journey to become a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data business and will […]

Gasoline prices in the U.S., which reached record levels this summer, have fallen to levels lower at the end of the year than in December last year, thanks to lower demand for fuel and falling oil prices, The Wall Street Journal writes. The average cost of Regular gasoline on Monday is about $3.28 a gallon, […]

India will start using the rupee in trade settlements with Russia from next week, the head of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations, Ajay Sahay, said. This is reported by Prime news agency. In early November, the Indian government authorized the use of the national currency in international trade settlements to promote exports within the […]

British grid operators are taking steps to postpone the planned closure of coal-fired power stations so they can serve as a backup in case of problems in Britain’s energy sector this winter, Bloomberg reported Monday. “Britain’s power grid operator is paying coal-fired power stations that were about to be shut down 400 million pounds to […]

Russia’s response after the imposition of an oil price ceiling by the West will be finalized and institutionalized by presidential decree in the coming days, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. His words are reported by the Prime news agency. “I want to recall that in Bishkek, the president said that we will talk about […]

Central banks will meet this week, with the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England expected to raise their key rates by 50 basis points. Markets remain quiet in anticipation. Amgen is the latest bidder in the $26 billion Horizon Therapeutics auction, and Microsoft is set to acquire a stake in […]