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Rating of expensive offices made in Kazakhstan
Almaty is number one in the list of the cities with most expensive elite offices.
25 March 2013
Kazakhstan ranked 36th by petrol prices affordability
An average Kazakhstan citizen can buy only 793 liters of petrol for his monthly salary.
24 March 2013
Shymbulak among Forbes' 10 visa-free ski resorts
Russian Forbes made a rating of 10 visa-free ski resorts where the skiing season last for the whole spring.
19 March 2013
Kazakhstan ranked 56th in Ernst & Young Globalization Index
The annual globalization index is based on five criteria: openness to trade, capital flows, exchange of technology and ideas, labor movements and cultural integration.
27 February 2013
Kazakhstan among least emotional countries
Kazakhstan is in the top 3 of the most hard-hearted countries.
18 February 2013
Kazakhstan ranked 74th in where-to-be-born index for 2013
The rating was based on factors like the country's GDP, average life expectancy, political freedom, employment and gender equality.
14 February 2013
Astana - most unprofitable region in Kazakhstan
A Profit Rating of Kazakhstan's regions was made based on budget expenditures per capita and tax deductions per one employed citizen.
05 February 2013
S&P faces US govt suit over mortgage bond ratings
The US government plans to sue Standard & Poor's over its rating of mortgage bonds at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis.
05 February 2013
Standard & Poor’s retains Kazakhstan's credit ratings
Standard & Poor’s has retained Kazakhstan’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at 'BBB+/A-2'.
03 December 2012
S&P upgraded Samruk-Kazyna's credit rating
Standard & Poor’s has upgraded its long- and short-term local and foreign currency credit ratings of Kazakhstan's Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund.
03 December 2012
Tennis: Kazakhstan tennis professionals moved up in ATP ranking
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan tennis professional, moved one line up in the updated Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking.
27 November 2012
Fitch Ratings upgrades KazMunaiGas rating to BBB
Fitch has upgraded the long-term rating of Kazakhstan national oil and gas company KazMunaiGas.
26 November 2012
Moody's cuts top French rating, terms outlook negative
France came under fresh economic pressure as the international ratings agency Moody's cut the French government bond rating by one notch from the highest level to "Aa1".
21 November 2012
Fitch Ratings upgrades Kazakhstan's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating
The upgrade is assigned to further strengthening of the trade balance, relatively low public debt, strong growth prospects, and steps taken to revitalize the country’s banking system.
20 November 2012
Almaty-born Moldazhanova among TOP-25 Russia's most expensive top managers
46-y.o. Kazakhstan-born Moldazhanova was ranked 23rd with an annual income of $4 million.
19 November 2012
Chinese, US, Russian firms to set up ratings agency
Chinese ratings agency Dagong said Tuesday it was tying up with US and Russian partners to form a new "independent" group to rival US-based agencies it claims have "proven inadequate".
23 October 2012
Government reshuffles do not affect Kazakhstan's ratings
Standard & Poor’s have kept Kazakhstan’s ratings and forecasts unchanged (ВВВ+/Stable/А-2) after the resignation of Prime-Minister Karim Massimov.
26 September 2012
Tennis: Kazakhstan's Shvedova ranked 33rd in WTA rating
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has moved to the 33rd line of the Women's Tennis Association rating.
18 September 2012
Marchenko among world's top central bankers
Global Finance magazine made a rating of the managers of Central Banks of 50 countries.
14 September 2012
Kazakhstan gained 15 lines in telecommunications development rating
According to the 2011 global competitiveness report made by the World Economic Forum, Kazakhstan improved its standing in many areas.
10 September 2012