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Market Cap Underbelly: How Lukoil, Coca-Cola, and Tesla Deceive You

Market capitalization is not just a mirror of investor sentiment but also a convenient tool for manipulation, when top managers turn a company's valuation into their personal bonus plan. Tellingly, real business performance suffers in the chase for bigger numbers, while shareholders are often left holding badly overvalued paper.

Bonuses as the Engine of Fraud

Алиев обиделся на Москву, но забыл посчитать, чем рискует сам

Aliyev Is Offended at Moscow but Forgot to Calculate His Own Risk

Baku has sharply shifted its tone toward the Kremlin, and the reason behind this change sounds far more mundane than loud statements about sovereignty. What actually stung the Azerbaijani leader was not geopolitical rivalry but a thoroughly earthly question: who gets access to profitable energy transit routes through Ukrainian territory, and who ends up left holding wrecked infrastructure.

The Grievance Is About Money, Not Politics

С 1 сентября бизнес будет платить за право просто передать бумажку

As of September 1, Business Will Pay for the Right to Simply Hand Over a Piece of Paper

Starting September 1, 2026, it will no longer be possible to exchange a waybill directly - the document must pass through an accredited electronic document management operator, for a fee, with an electronic signature and connection to the state system. Previously, two people could simply exchange a sheet of paper. Now a paid intermediary stands between them, without whom the transaction does not legally exist.

How It Will Work in Practice

Правосудия в Мексике, vigiljournal.com

Mexico is worst in Latin America on impunity index

Mexico is the worst country in Latin America for impunity, according to a study by the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (University of the Americas in Puebla, or UDLAP).

 Mexico topped the Global Impunity Index for Latin America and was the fourth worst country among the 69 that were analyzed worldwide.

 The index measures systems of security, justice and the protection of human rights and structural capacity to come up with its numbers.

 Mexico placed fourth behind first-place Philippines, India and Cameroon.

Мексиканские ученые в США, vigiljournal.com

Barriers in Mexico send scientists abroad - lack of resources, corruption prevent them from advancing in their work

Mexican scientists and researchers are forced to seek employment and career development abroad due to a lack of infrastructure and resources as well as government corruption that prevent them from advancing in their work, say Mexican academics based in the United States.

Отношения США и Венесуэлы

Current financial and economic relations between USA and Venezuela

    US and Venezuela have a very consensual relationship between each other because such relation is traditionally been characterized by trade, investment, and cooperation from both of the sides. But as the good and bad days are sides by side, the relations between these two countries plunged into worst level when the USA imposed economic sanctions on Venezuela because of the abuses against protestors during 2014-15 protests. The combative relations between the U.S.

Время перемен, vigiljournal.com

Towards a reversal of the situation in the Near East

The days of the « Arab Spring » are almost over. As of now, the White House and the Kremlin are redesigning the contours of the « Greater Middle East ». However, their agreement, which was concluded before the Russian military intervention in Syria, could still be modified by the changes in the balance of power. There is no proof that Moscow will accept the stabilisation of Syria or ignore the partition of Turkey and Saudi Arabia which are soon to begin. In any event, the coming upheaval will modify the status quo which has been in place for the last five years.

Brazil, vigiljournal.com

Dilma Rousseff recognizes that there's an economic problem in Brazil

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, acknowledged today that there is an "economic problem" in the country, although she hopes that the recovery will come later this year thanks to fiscal adjustments, made by the government.
"Without a shadow of doubt, there is an economic problem in the country. We had a very difficult economic situation," said Rousseff during a meeting with bloggers and journalists from several Brazilian news portals.