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PIK-specialized developer

PIK will build an industrial park in the industrial area of the Center of Informatics and Electronics in Zelenograd. A plot of 8.7 hectares has been allocated from the total territory of the industrial zone on which the applicant plans to build an industrial park with a total floor area of 46 thousand square meters.

Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook's total compensation in 2023 will be $49 million, CNBC writes, citing the company's materials. Cook earned just under $83 million in 2022 in stock bonuses, $12 million in incentives and $3 million in salary. Apple's compensation committee said it made the changes in response to last year's pay vote, in which Cook's compensation was approve...

Sberbank

Sber signed a cooperation agreement with Rosatom. The companies will implement joint projects in the sphere of artificial intelligence, information security, smart metering devices and other areas. In particular, it is planned to jointly develop product offerings for Sberbank and Atomenergosbyt clients, and to carry out partner sales of Sber smart devices an...

Positive Technologies Group

Positive Technologies is developing its own next-generation firewall, a firewall that controls traffic entering the computer. The Positive team is building it from scratch with their own resources and money. The investment in the project is estimated to be at least ₽750 million. Denis Korablev, the company's director of products, noted that "three companies...

VK

VK plans to fire all departing employees if they refuse to return, RBC reported, citing the "Can We Explain" telegraph channel. VK's press service neither confirmed nor denied the news. They only explained that VK employees work in a hybrid format, but some specialists are required to spend most of their time in the office due to "access to certain resources...

Ozon Holdings

Ozon has launched its first sorting center in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and also opened an office there. Thus, the online retailer expects to increase the range of textile products and household goods on the site and make it easier for local sellers to enter the Russian market, the company reports. This is the third CIS country where the company lo...

Magnit

In 2022, Magnit opened 11 darkstores — warehouse stores for assembling online orders. The total number of darkstars by the end of the year has grown to 31 points, of which 29 are in Moscow, two more are in St. Petersburg. Objects of this format are primarily focused on their own online service "Magnet Delivery". Expanding the infrastructure for its own deliv...

Microsoft

Microsoft is introducing discretionary leave for employees in the United States. This will allow the company's employees to take vacation for any period they want, they will no longer be limited to a fixed number of days per year. Even new employees will be able to take leave without having to wait for a certain amount of time worked.

Nebius Group

Yandex. Market has launched sales of power tools under its own Nocord brand. Now on sale are cordless drills, screwdrivers and angle grinders - "bolgarki", in the next month there will also be perforators. The company plans to expand the range of this category. At the end of December, Yandex. Market launched sales of electronics and home appliances under its...

Alrosa

VTB and Alfa Bank started selling investment diamonds to wealthy clients. Since October 1, diamond transactions are included in the list of transactions permitted for credit institutions, and buyers are exempt from VAT. In September, Alrosa estimated the potential demand for investment diamonds in 2023 at $200 million.