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Amazon's Bezos buys Washington Post for $250 mn The Washington Post, the legendary newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal, is being sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as it seeks to survive the onslaught of the Internet.

06 August 2013

We have stricken oil: Oil and Gas Minister The Minister briefed President Nazarbayev on drilling works at Zhambyl block in the Caspian offshore.

05 August 2013

National Bank suspends licenses of three banks for currency exchange services The three banks “had violated the country’s legislation on counteraction to laundering illicitly obtained income and interaction to financing of terrorism”.

05 August 2013

Kazakhstan to harvest over 16 million tons of grain Kazakhstan expects to harvest around 16.3 million tons of grain (net weight) by the end of the agricultural year.

05 August 2013

Virgin Australia expects loss of $98 mln for year Virgin Australia said Monday it was expecting a full-year loss of Aus$95-$110 million (US$84-98 million).

05 August 2013

New York Times sells Boston Globe to baseball team owner The New York Times Company announced Saturday that it has agreed to sell The Boston Globe newspaper for $70 million cash to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

05 August 2013

US antitrust regulators bid to rein in iTunes The US Department of Justice on Friday launched a bid to more tightly regulate Apple's wildly lucrative iTunes storefront, after the tech giant lost a price-fixing case.

03 August 2013

US stocks see modest gains after busy week A jam-packed week of economic data and corporate earnings amounted to only modest movement in US equities, as stocks closed out a hectic week of news Friday only somewhat higher.

03 August 2013

Bank of America may face civil charges over financial crisis Bank of America may face civil charges over its actions during the financial crisis related to its mortgage products.

03 August 2013

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Huawei lashes out at ex-CIA chief over spying claims Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at allegations by a former CIA chief that the company spies for Beijing, labelling them "defamatory" and "baseless".

02 August 2013

Central Bank Governor Marchenko on the rumors of currency devaluation The spring time was quiet, with no such rumors around. Perhaps people have got bored. Unfortunately, in our country such rumors is a way to entertain oneself: Gregory Marchenko.

02 August 2013

Old newspaper era is over, Obama says via Kindle President Barack Obama acknowledged the problems facing the US newspaper industry, ironically in an interview that was distributed via online retail giant Amazon's Kindle e-reader.

02 August 2013

Energy drink makers on defensive at US Senate hearing The multi-billion-dollar global energy drink industry joined forces on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to fight off growing claims that their caffeine-rich products are hazardous to young people's health.

01 August 2013

Kazakhstan’s AsiaCredit Bank discloses reasons why the National Bank suspends its license for taking in deposits Up to October 30 individuals won’t be able to open deposits or accounts with the Bank, with all the contracts signed with individuals before July 30 being fully valid.

31 July 2013

Kazakhstan National Bank suspends license of AsiaCredit Bank AsiaCredit Bank's license to accept deposits and open bank accounts for individuals has been suspended.

31 July 2013

Almaty tagged most expensive post soviet city Almaty is the most expensive city for tourism in the post soviet space.

31 July 2013

Hunger costs Swaziland three percent of GDP Around three in 10 young children in Swaziland are stunted by hunger, and 270,000 workers are also physically affected.

31 July 2013

Liechtenstein bank pays millions to settle US tax dispute Liechtenstein's oldest bank said Tuesday it would pay nearly $25 million to settle a dispute with US tax authorities over its suspected role in helping clients dodge US taxes.

31 July 2013

US fines Wyeth $490.9 mn for illegal drug marketing Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty to misbranding a drug that prevents the rejection of organ transplants and agreed to pay $490.9 million.

31 July 2013