Trade and services

MTS bought a 13.7% stake in Youdo Web Technologies, which owns the online service Youdo, for $12 million, the operator said.

Donald Trump announced the introduction of ten percent duties on goods from China in the amount of $ 200 billion. The decision will come into force on September, 24 and will be valid until the end of the year.

Trump administration has scheduled a new round of trade talks with the Chinese delegation in Washington on September 27-28.

According to the Federal tourism Agency, the demand for tourist trips in Russia is associated with the political situation, improvement of infrastructure and service, active promotion of tourism products, the appearance of package tours since 2015.

Russian Post and VTB agreed to build a nearly 40 logistics centers on the territory of the Russian Federation. This information was reported on Wednesday by the press service of the postal operator.

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to instruct the government to develop a National Program for the Development of the Far East until 2025. He said this at the plenary session of the IV Eastern economic forum.

The head of the Ministry of Economic development inks the fall in US GDP growth with increased uncertainty and increased volatility in the financial markets.

The Memorandum of cooperation was signed today between Mail.ru, Alibaba, MegaFon and the Russian direct investment Fund (RDIF) at the Eastern economic forum.

Trade between Russia and South Korea for the seven months of 2018 increased by 30%, to $15 billion. This information was reported at the Eastern Economic Forum by the trade representative of Russia in South Korea Mikhail Bondarenko.

The state Commission on mineral reserves approved the hydrocarbon reserves of the Neptune field, located on the continental shelf in the sea of Okhotsk, told reporters the head of Gazprom Neft (MOEX: SIBN) Alexander Dyukov.

Jack Mа  - the head and founder of the Chinese Corporation Alibaba announced that he will retire in  September 10, 2019. His place will be occupied by a member of the Board of Directors Daniel Zhang, the press service of Alibaba.

Minsk and Damascus are preparing to sign an agreement on the supply of heavy construction equipment and dump trucks to Syria. This information reported Alexander Ponomarev - Belarus ' Ambassador to Syria.

In August 2018, sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia increased by 11%, according to the "Association of European Business" (AEB).

Amazon overcame the bar of $ 1 trillion capitalization at the auction on September, 4. Internet giant became the second company from the United States, which obeyed a record mark. The first trillion-dollar level reached Apple.

In the next few years, the company plans to increase its part in the Russian market to 10%