The largest net debt (that is, the amount of borrowing minus the amount of cash / free money in the accounts) was Toyota: the largest Japanese automaker has now accumulated $ 186 billion in net debt! And that’s with a market capitalization of $215 billion.
Second place in the ranking was taken by another automaker — Volkswagen — with a net debt of 185 billion (and this with a capitalization of 95 billion!)
Next come three telecom companies (AT&T, Verizon and Deutsche Telekom) and another automaker, Mercedes-Benz
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Google will reduce the number of new employees until the end of the year. The company urged workers to «work at increased speed and greater hunger.» Previously, Tesla, Microsoft and Snap announced cuts or slowdowns in hiring.
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Russia’s external debt amounted to $472.841 billion as of July 1, 2022, follows from the data of the Bank of Russia. Compared to the beginning of the year, it decreased by $9.236 billion. As of January 1, the debt was $482.077 billion.
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Salmon season in 2022 is ahead of schedule: salmon catch in the Far Eastern Fisheries Basin increased by 2.3 times compared to the same period in 2020, to 34.4 thousand tons, the Federal Agency for Fishery reported.
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The Italian automaker Iveco has withdrawn from a joint venture with Russia’s AMT LLC to assemble trucks, the head of the company, Gerrit Marks, said.
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The number of tourists who visited the Crimea in June was 40% less than the same figure last year, said the head of the republic Sergei Aksyonov.
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New Hampshire distillery Tamworth Distilling has released a new whiskey — Crab Trapper («Crab Catcher»). It is made with a bourbon base, distilled shellfish broth flavored with mustard seeds, coriander and cinnamon. So the alcohol industry is fighting the overpopulation of the invasive green crab.
Crab Trapper is a whiskey to be sipped slowly, exploring your senses with your sense of smell. About 450 grams of peeled and cooked green crabs per bottle
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The European Commission allowed Russia to transport sanctioned goods by rail to the Kaliningrad region and from it through the EU, but only for the needs of the region, and not for export.
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Ukraine is breaking off diplomatic relations with the DPRK due to Pyongyang’s decision to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
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Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN agreed on technical issues on grain exports. Among them is ensuring security on the routes of ships, Ankara said. Moscow and Kyiv will meet again to sign documents
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Bill Gates has said he plans to donate his entire fortune to the Gates Foundation. In the coming month, he intends to transfer $ 20 billion to the fund.
“I plan to give the fund almost all of my fortune. I will move down and eventually exit the list of the richest people in the world,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Annual inflation in Russia as of July 8 slowed to 15.62% from 16.19% a week earlier, the Ministry of Economic Development reported.
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The average maximum interest rate on ruble deposits in the ten largest banks of the Russian Federation, attracting the largest volume of deposits, decreased from 7.72% in the third decade of June to 7.65% in the first decade of July.
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The volume of frozen foreign assets of Russian investors in Europe is approximately $30 billion, said Alexei Timofeev, president of the National Association of Stock Market Participants (NAUFOR). Mr. Timofeev estimated the frozen assets of foreign investors in Russian shares and bonds at approximately $312 billion.
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Lithuania supports the updated rules of the European Commission regarding Kaliningrad transit and undertakes to prevent violation of EU sanctions.
On Wednesday, the European Commission, with certain reservations, allowed Russia to transport sanctioned goods by rail to and from the Kaliningrad region through the EU, subject to control. Transportation of sanctioned goods by road is prohibited. The transit of sanctioned military and dual-use goods and technologies is completely prohibited, regardless of the mode of transport, the European Commission noted.
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In China, there were a total of 3.92 million electric vehicle charging stations at the end of June, the industry body said.
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A month ago, ornithologists released eight blue macaws into the forests of Brazil, all of them survived. These parrots were considered extinct in the wild for more than 20 years, only a few dozen individuals remained in private collections. Now the population will recover — the birds will be able to start breeding in their natural environment next spring
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Wales will become the first country in the world to limit speeds to 30 kilometers per hour by default. The solution will reduce the number of accidents and reduce noise levels, as well as encourage citizens to walk or ride bicycles more often. The law will come into force next year, according to the BBC.
Many cities in the UK already have speed limits of up to 30 km/h, but Wales will set this minimum speed for localities by default. At the same time, local authorities will be able to keep the current limit of up to 50 km / h on some roads, if necessary. Scotland plans to adopt a similar law in 2025.
The Welsh Government estimates that changing road signs will cost nearly €40 million. However, over the next 30 years, the new law will save almost 70 million euros by reducing the number of hospitalizations after accidents.
Now in most European countries the speed limit in settlements is 50 km/h.
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Tokayev instructed the government to create conditions for the relocation of foreign companies that have left the Russian market to Kazakhstan.
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The infrastructure for the deployment of the NATO brigade in Lithuania will be prepared by mid-2025, Vilnius said. Previously, this work was planned to be completed by 2027. It was decided at the NATO summit in June to expand the presence of the North Atlantic Alliance in Lithuania to the size of a brigade under the command of the FRG.
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Three ports will be unblocked for grain export in Ukraine. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN agreed on this in Istanbul. According to the WSJ, we can talk about the unblocking of Odessa and the neighboring ports of Chernomorsky and Yuzhny. All ships will be checked by the Turkish Navy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law merging the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund into a single Social Fund. A single rate of insurance contributions to the fund will be introduced: the main rate will be 30% within the taxable base and 15.1% over the base, preferential rates will be 15%, 7.6% and 0%.
It is assumed that the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation (Social Fund) will begin operations on January 1, 2023, while the transition period may take 2 years.
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In Murmansk, on the occasion of the Day of Writing, a sign with their names and the alphabet was placed on the monument to Cyril and Methodius. But instead of the Cyrillic alphabet, the creators of Slavic writing were assigned a “letter letter”. The head of the department of culture of the Murmansk diocese, Timofey Piskunov, told Rise that there had been a “gross mistake” that would be corrected in the near future.
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The State Duma deputy suggested that the Ministry of Transport not fine Russian Railways for violation of the terms of delivery of goods, if it was allowed due to «military operations or other military-technical operations», as well as because of sanctions. Russian Railways supported the proposal, and a Kommersant source among the company’s clients says that the monopoly fines infrastructure users many times more.
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Raiffeisenbank will sharply increase the commission for keeping money in foreign currency accounts: from 0.2% per month to 0.5%. The free threshold will remain the same — 5000 c.u. e. For accounts with an amount of more than 50,000 in foreign currency, the commission will double — from 0.5% per month to 1%. Also, the commission for the purchase of currency to a brokerage account will increase 10 times — it will be 3% instead of 0.3%
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The number of valid permits for the work of taxi carriers from December 2021 to June 2022 decreased by 50,000, from 460,000 to 410,000, Irina Zaripova, chairman of the Public Council for Taxi Development, told Forbes. The cost of cars, spare parts and tires has risen in the country, forcing drivers not to renew their permits for official work in a taxi and become illegal immigrants
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Putin signed a new law on “foreign agents” that allows this status to be granted to persons without foreign funding. The bill introduces a single register of «foreign agents» instead of the existing four, and a register of those who are «affiliated» with foreign agents will also be created.
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