... results, showcasing the state of its advertising business and mobile gaming segment within its ecosystem. Lyft. Uber's main competitor in the ride-sharing market will also provide quarterly reports, offering additional insights into trends in passenger transport industries. Reports from Russian Companies OGK-2. A major Russian energy generation company (part of the Gazprom group) is expected to reveal its financial results for the first half of 2025 according to international financial reporting standards ...

... businesses significantly exceeds the economy's capacity to produce goods and services, sellers raise prices. Demand increases, while supply is lacking, leading to price growth. Rising production costs. Increases in the prices of raw materials, energy, transportation, or labor create higher production costs. In such conditions, companies pass on the increase in expenses to consumers. Excess monetary supply. If the central bank sharply increases the money supply in the economy, outpacing the growth of ...

... losing market share. Increasing the exchange quota could play an important role in dismantling regional fuel monopolies. Thanks to higher exchange sales, fuel will become more accessible to traders who can supply diesel to agricultural producers and transportation companies at lower prices than dominant regional suppliers. This will help stabilize the small wholesale market, which was especially affected by the fuel crisis in 2023. If raising the quota proves successful, the regulator could abolish ...

... in doubt. In general, the corporate reporting reflects a normalization of conditions following a record 2024. Companies in the technology and consumer sectors largely exceeded profit forecasts, bolstering stock indices. At the same time, commodity, transportation, and industrial corporations expectedly reported declines from last year’s peak levels. Investor attention now shifts to management forecasts for the second half of 2025—expectations regarding demand and margins will influence stock ...

... positive momentum is encouraging other companies to take advantage of the newly opened "window of opportunity" in the public market. A number of tech "unicorns" have already announced plans to go public. For example, the American transportation service Via and the crypto startup BitGo have confidentially filed for stock offerings. There are rumors that even a major player like Figma (a software design developer) is considering an IPO if its acquisition deal does not materialize....