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Kazakh brokerages fail to meet new rules and close
Small Kazakh brokerages are being forced out of business by new rules imposed by Kazakhstan’s authorities on volume size and liquidity (Bloomberg)
Official biography of Nazarbayev is published
Another tribute to Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev is published. Tengrinews reports
Daily News roundup Aug. 9 2012
Grain export quotas not needed despite drought — Reuters (via The Moscow Times) Official biography of Nazarbayev is published — Tengrinews
Kazakhstan has no plans to introduce grain quotas
Despite the poor harvest, a senior Kazakh official confirms that there are no plans to introduce export quotas on grain. Read the Reuters story here
US engineer T.D. Williamson to open in Kazakhstan
US pipeline engineering company T.D. Williamson says it opens its first office in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan modernises its oil refineries, says the Kazakh state news agency Kazinform
Kazakhstan is modernising its three Soviet-era oil refineries, reports the state news agency Kazinform
News roundup, Aug. 9 2012
Kazakhstan updates its oil refineries, says the Kazakh state news agency Kazinform US pipeline engineering company T.D. Williamson says it opens its first office in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s interest rate cut mirrors moves by other large emerging market economies
ALMATY Aug. 3 2012 (The Conway Bulletin) – The Kazakh Central Bank finally came through on a promise made in June and cut interest rates to 5.5% (Aug. 2). The move, which comes into effect on Aug. 6, reduces Kazakhstan’s interest rate to its lowest ever level. In 2008, before the global economic crisis, Kazakhstan’s [...]
New CEO for the Asia Pipeline has been appointed, says KazTransGas — Trend
New CEO for the Asia Pipeline has been appointed, says KazTransGas — Trend
Kazakhstan’s negotiations to join the WTO will be finished this year — Kazinform
Kazakhstan’s negotiations to join the WTO will be finished this year — Kazinform