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'Call of Duty' blasts past $10 bn in sales Blockbuster military shooter video game "Call of Duty" has blasted past $10 billion in lifetime sales.

21 November 2014

Twitter boss launches global cash register service Twitter's co-founder outlined plans to make cash registers a thing of the past.

21 November 2014

Brazil leader vows no interference in Petrobras probe Brazil's President vowed not to interfere with investigators probing a scandal at the state-owned oil company Petrobras involving political payoffs.

21 November 2014

Kazakh businessman buys into major cable TV operator Zhomart Yertayev, a Kazakh businessman and consultant of Bank RBK Directors Board is purchasing a 50 percent stake in Alma TV company.

20 November 2014

Samsung scraps unit merger on shareholder opposition South Korea's Samsung scrapped a merger between two major units, citing the spiralling cost of buying back stock from shareholders opposed to the deal.

19 November 2014

IMF, World Bank policies may share blame in Ebola crisis Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, had just called for an increase in the country's budget deficit so that it could battle Ebola.

19 November 2014

More Russian banks to enter Kazakh market: Eurasian Economic Commission Minister of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Timur Suleimenov spoke about the mutual Kazakh-Russian financial market and the possibility of increasing the number of Russian banks in Kazakhstan, as well as the prospects of Kazakh banks entering the Russian market.

17 November 2014

Money from National Fund to help out Kazakh economy Experts talk about tasks set by Nazarbayev in his State-of-the-Nation Address and allocation of additional $3bln in the next three years.

17 November 2014

China to double Iran energy investment: official China will double its investment in Iran's energy projects, ahead of a deadline for a deal with world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme.

17 November 2014

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Kazakhstan should join BRICs? - The Banker The Banker's chief editor Brian Caplen says it makes sense for BRICs to invite Kazakhstan to join the alliance.

14 November 2014

Hachette, Amazon end nasty feud with deal on book sales Publisher Hachette and Amazon ended an acrimonious feud over online book sales.

14 November 2014

S&P gives Twitter debt 'junk' rating Standard & Poor's gave Twitter's recent $1.8 billion debt issue a "speculative" rating of BB-.

14 November 2014

Sony launching cable-style television service Japanese entertainment colossus Sony said it will debut a cable-style television service delivered through its popular PlayStation video game consoles.

14 November 2014

IMF: low oil prices to boost growth The fall in oil prices to their lowest levels in more than three years should give a boost to the sagging world economy, the International Monetary Fund said.

13 November 2014

Kazakhstan developing new payment system: Central Bank Governor “We want to come up with a payment system compatible with leading global payment systems”, he elaborated.

13 November 2014

Kazakhstan to see first McDonald's in 2015 I treat McDonald's brand with a great respect; it is one of the most recognizable in the world. It’s a privilege to be a partner of the brand in my home country. We are looking forward to starting works to launch the first McDonald's in Kazakhstan: Kairat Boranbayev.

13 November 2014

Yahoo buys video ad platform BrightRoll for $640 mn Yahoo announced it is buying video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million to bolster its ability to make money from marketing on desktop computers.

13 November 2014

Google takes over NASA airport in Silicon Valley Ever-growing Google now has an airport to its name: the Internet giant has signed a 60-year lease to run a NASA airbase that comes with massive hangars for dirigibles.

12 November 2014

Spotify defends payout norms after Taylor Swift withdraws music Spotify's chief executive said his company was on the side of musicians after popular US artist Taylor Swift withdrew her music from the online music service.

12 November 2014