International Chess Academy to open its branch in Astana (International Chess Academy to open its branch in Astana. See on kazakh-tv.kz

Scientists of Shymkent invent unique water-saving powder (Scientists of Shymkent invent unique water-saving powder. See on kazakh-tv.kz

Albeu.comEBRD interested in more funding of KazakhstanTrend.azBy Elena Kosolapova – Trend: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is interested in more funding of Kazakhstan, the bank’s head Suma Chakrabarti said on Jan. See on en.trend.az

Defense ministers from Israel and Kazakhstan signed a historic security cooperation accord that formalized the military and defense industries between the two countries. (For once, Kazakhstan is not in the news because of Borat! See on http://www.breakingisraelnews.com

News. Bombardier, a Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, plans to expand into the Kazakhstan market. See on en.tengrinews.kz

Apple Preparing For Push Into Mobile Payments For Physical Goods, WSJ Reports TechCrunch It introduced Touch ID with the iPhone 5s, for instance, which provides a secondary authentication tech to help verify the identity of a user (Touch ID is……

Apple’s decision to add fingerprint biometrics to the new iPhone delivers focus to the mass market for biometrics, and that focus is convenience, not security, (The focus on biometrics in the mass market http://t.co/cXUQqADLNU)… See on tomorrowstransactions.com

Financial ExpressAnalysis: Emerging markets rout a reality check for Davos eliteReutersThe prospect of the U.S. See on http://www.reuters.com

US Markets Tumble as Fear SpreadsWall Street Journal“We’re looking at how U.S. See on online.wsj.com

Fed in focus after emerging market mauling Reuters “Either the Fed will manage to re-establish some credibility on that front, and global emerging markets will probably find some respite in the future, or we are going into a full-blown meltdown,”……