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Stable infrastructure companies to be the first to float shares as part of People’s IPOs
Common people are not professional investors. Offering high-risk-involving assets would be not correct: Vice Chairman of the Board at Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund.
16 August 2011
Kukushkin and Voskoboeva got into main tournament of US Open
Mikhail Kukushkin and Galina Voskoboeva will represent Kazakhstan in the last tennis tournament of US Open series this season.
16 August 2011
Expedition to K2 divided into 2 groups because of bad weather
Participants of expedition to K2 have divided into two groups and are waiting for a better weather in Italian and Chinese camps.
15 August 2011
PHOTO: Women of Kazakhstan army temporarily allowed to cover faces
Journalist of Tengrinews.kz personally checked on preparation for a military parade timed to Constitution Day in Astana.
15 August 2011
National Bank forecasing food prices raise
Kazakhstan National Bank is forecasting an increase of prices for fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk and meat products, clothes, shoes and some of public utilities in Q4 2011.
15 August 2011
Kazakhstan boxers won 2 golden medals at Asian Boxing Championship
Kazakhstan boxers won 5 medals at Asian Boxing Championship in South Korea, two of them are golden.
15 August 2011
Kazakhstan band became a prizewinner of international contest
Kazakhstan vocal band called Art-Vocal won the second prize in Solevoci international contest in Varese, Italy.
15 August 2011
Kazakhs are better beer drinkers than Kyrgyzs
Kazakhstan residents drink 4 times more beer than Kyrgyzs. Kyrgyzstan residents drank 49.8 million liters of beer in 2010, which is 47 percent of the total volume of alcohol consumption.
15 August 2011
Voskoboeva is 48 lines up in WTA ranking in one week
Kazakhstan professional tennis player Galina Voskoboeva has moved 48 lines up in the updated Women Tennis Association ranking.
15 August 2011
UN Secretary General invited Nazarbayev for nuclear security summit in New York
Ban Ki-moon invited Nursultan Nazarbayev to the nuclear security summit to be held on September 22 in New York.
15 August 2011
Five An-12 planes written off in Kazakhstan
Five of eleven An-12 planes have been excluded from Kazakhstan State Register.
15 August 2011
Almaty ahead of Astana in the battle for Paul McCartney's concert
Almaty and Astana are in an online battle for the right to host Paul McCartney's concert.
15 August 2011
Massimov advised to read Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money
I have read "The Ascent of Money" by Niall Ferguson. It is worth reading: Massimov.
15 August 2011
"Talking" Quran will be shown at Iranian exhibition in Almaty
“Talking” Quran will be shown at the exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Almaty on August 25.
14 August 2011
Managers of Almaty shopping centers asked to install parking lots for bicycles
Almaty cycling community is asking managers of shopping centers to install special parking lots for bicycles.
14 August 2011
Four Kazakhstan boxers got into finals of Asian Boxing Championship
Four Kazakhstan boxers gained passes into the finals of the Asian Confederation Boxing Championship held in Inchon, South Korea.
14 August 2011
Kazakhstan's Wikibilim tagged Global Wikipedian-2011
Kazakhstan foundation Wikibilim was tagged Global Wikipedian-2011 and won a grant of Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia.
13 August 2011
Brazilian club signed a contract with Kazakhstan football player
For the first time Brazilian football club signed a contract with a Kazkahstan national.
13 August 2011
Chemist from Petropavlovsk invented birch make-up
Creams, shampoos and even anti-cellulite remedies are made from birch in Petropavlovsk.
13 August 2011
Expedition to K2 will start the final ascent not earlier than August 16
The alpinists will spend the next few days in the Chinese base camp at 3,800 meters because of a strong wind.
13 August 2011