As Central Asia’s regional economic crisis deepens, the Kazakh economy has started to crack and it’s led the Astana government to take a series of steps designed to mitigate the effects of the crisis. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.rferl.org

Car sales in Kazakhstan slower than last year Sourced through Scoop.it from: kazakh-tv.kz

E-commerce gains momentum in Kazakhstan Sourced through Scoop.it from: kazakh-tv.kz

RT @Rjrasva: 145-men fight between Chinese and Kazakh miners in Kazakhstan, 65 injured 10 july, 22:30 http://t.co/zlMZV0B4fN Sourced through Scoop.it from: m.tengrinews.kz

Apple surprised us all and launched just about a week early in the U.K. Now to see how much traction it gets Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Facebook is squaring off with Siri, Cortana and Google Now with Moneypenny. It’s a digital assistant — with a twist. It’s people-powered. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Signifyd, the California-based company that provides fraud protection to businesses in the eCommerce space, said Monday (July 13) that it had raised $7 million Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Japan’s largest online retailer, Rakuten, announced the acquisition of fit preference specialist Fits.me yesterday (July 13). Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced the completion of a $100 million Series C funding round yesterday (July 13), led by Google Capital. Rackspace also Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Amazon’s Prime Day (July 15) has primed retailers to compete by creating their own July sales events. Walmart announced online sales and free shipping deals. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com