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Over 1 million sq m of housing commissioned in Astana this year
Over 1 million square meters of housing has been commissioned in Astana this year.
19 December 2013
Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to storm global grain market together
Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine are intending to coordinate their actions at the global grain market: Vladimir Putin.
18 December 2013
Seven heritages of Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstanis have gained seven precious heritages as a gift, said President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the meeting dedicated to the celebration of the Independence of Kazakhstan.
18 December 2013
Eurozone ministers make progress on Banking Union
Eurozone finance ministers said early Wednesday they had made progress on a new bank regulatory system, especially on the funding of a mechanism to close failing banks before they damage the economy.
18 December 2013
Kazakhstan to establish green economy investment fund
An investment fund for development of the green economy will be established in Kazakhstan.
17 December 2013
Kazakhstan to retain level of state support to agriculture after entering WTO
Kazakhstan’s accession into the WTO is not going to affect the level of state support to agriculture: Vice-Minister of Agriculture.
16 December 2013
Kazakhstan companies can find niches at African market
Kazakhstan businesses can find niches at African markets: Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov.
13 December 2013
Cheap money party over, analysts warn as fears rise of asset bubbles
Cash is so cheap these days that investors have been borrowing and ploughing them in assets from artwork to wine to bitcoins, betting that prices would rise.
13 December 2013
Netherlands poised to become Kazakhstan's food security partner
The Netherlands is planning to become Kazakhstan's partner in ensuring food security: Netherlands Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
11 December 2013
Bitcoin may threaten Kazakhstan's financial stability: Dalenov
Bitcoin currency may be a threat to the financial system of Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister of Finance Ruslan Dalenov.
10 December 2013
US jobless rate drops to five-year low
The US jobless rate fell sharply to 7.0 percent in November, a five-year low, raising the odds Friday that the Federal Reserve could soon cut its huge stimulus program.
07 December 2013
No fear of 'Mandela crash' for Africa's largest economy
Economists slapped down speculation that Nelson Mandela's death could prompt an economic and financial slump in South Africa, but warned the gains he inspired remain fragile.
07 December 2013
Science-driven economy is impossible without an effective education system: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan is going to focus on hard sciences to further enhance the country's growing economy.
06 December 2013
Tokyo to launch $53.8 bn stimulus package
Tokyo will announce a spending package worth almost $54 billion on Thursday, media reports said, in a bid to offset a tax hike that comes into effect next year and which critics fear will derail Japan's economic recovery.
05 December 2013
Average salary to reach $1000 in five years in Kazakhstan
Average salary will make 150 thousand tenge ($980) in five years in Kazakhstan: Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of Kazakhstan.
05 December 2013
With $65 bn in debt, is Puerto Rico America's Greece?
Laden with debt, its economy in recession: Is the US territory of Puerto Rico poised to become another Greece?
04 December 2013
Great Britain suppots Kazakhstan’s accession into WTO, America hinders it
Great Britain is interested in Kazakhstan’s early accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
04 December 2013
Benefit of bees even bigger than thought: food study
Bees have a much greater economic value than is widely known, according to a scientific probe into strawberry-growing published on Wednesday.
04 December 2013
Japan's top drugmaker appoints first foreign boss
Japan's top drugmaker said Saturday it had picked a GlaxoSmithKline executive as its next president in a rare example of overseas head-hunting by a major Japanese firm.
01 December 2013
Kazakhstan needs to quintuple GDP to join developed nations
Kazakhstan will enter the list of competitive countries if the per capita GDP reaches $60 thousand.
01 December 2013