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Nazarbayev discusses south-eastern Ukraine and sanctions against Russia with Obama President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has discussed the situation in Ukraine as well ask sanctions against Russia during a phone call initiated by the American President Barak Obama.

22 January 2015

eBay to slash 2,400 jobs in bid to 'compete and win' E-commerce giant eBay will slash 2,400 jobs in the current quarter as it restructures and prepares to spin off its PayPal finance unit.

22 January 2015

Russia unveils $21 bn anti-crisis plan The Russian government unveiled a $21 billion anti-crisis plan to tackle the country's stalled economy.

22 January 2015

Jews, Muslims, Christians tackle 'Charlie', religious violence at Davos What do a rabbi, an archbishop, a top Islamic academic and former British prime minister Tony Blair have in common?

22 January 2015

EBRD on Kazakhstan’s 2015 economic prospects Back in September 2014 the Bank had estimated the country’s 2015 growth rate at 5.1%.

21 January 2015

World Bank trims estimate of Ebola economic cost The World Bank trimmed its estimates of the economic damage of the Ebola epidemic.

21 January 2015

Bolstered by economy, Obama faces hostile Congress Barack Obama faces the massed ranks of Congress for the first time since his party lost control there, but don't expect him to cut a humbler figure.

20 January 2015

IMF chief warns Greece: 'A debt is a debt' IMF chief Christine Lagard warned of "consequences" if European countries try to renegotiate their debts, ahead of Greek elections.

20 January 2015

Russian government takes flak as it fails to stem economic crisis Russian authorities are coming in for growing criticism from economic insiders concerned over a lack of clear policies to deal with the crisis.

19 January 2015

Tunisia wants to join Customs Union Tunisia has sent a request for joining the Customs Union.

18 January 2015

Moody's cuts Russia debt rating one notch Moody's cut Russia's credit rating to one step above junk level Friday and warned the country was under review for a further downgrade.

17 January 2015

Barclays loses tens of millions over Swiss franc move British bank Barclays has lost "tens of millions" of dollars after Switzerland's central bank scrapped its currency ceiling against the euro.

17 January 2015

Ikea recalls 169,000 baby mattresses in US The Swedish furniture company Ikea has recalled 169,000 crib mattresses after reports that two children became trapped.

15 January 2015

EEU to develop 22 regulations for products and services The Eurasian Economic Union has began its with from developing regulations concerning various products and services.

09 January 2015

Coca-Cola to cut 1,600-1,800 jobs US soda giant Coca-Cola plans to cut 1,600-1,800 jobs in a cost-saving move.

09 January 2015

Key events in Kazakhstan 2014: Overview Overview of 2014 and the key events in Kazakhstan.

06 January 2015

Kazakh Vice-Minister of Finance sums up results of 2014, shares plans for 2015 Vice-Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov speaks about the year 2014 and shares plans for the upcoming year.

06 January 2015

Morgan Stanley fires employee for stealing client data US investment bank Morgan Stanley said it had fired an employee for stealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of wealth management customers.

06 January 2015

National Entrepreneurs Chamber suggests introducing trade barriers in Kazakhstan amid Russian ruble crisis Strengthening of tenge against Russian ruble negatively affects industrial sectors of Kazakh economy, therefore National Chamber believes it is necessary to introduce trade barriers.

03 January 2015

Experts talk about Kazakhstan's car market amid Russian ruble depreciation The year 2014 was a special one for the Kazakh car market given the recent depreciation of the ruble. Experts told Tengrinews about its effect on Kazakhstan's car market in 2015.

02 January 2015

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