Considering the region’s economic and strategic importance, it is somewhat surprising that no one from western Kazakhstan seems to be interested in running for president. Source: http://www.rferl.org

President Nursultan Nazarbayev will extend his nearly 26-year rule of Kazakhstan in an election on Sunday that investors hope will maintain stability in the Central Asian state despite criticism of his rights record. Source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com

HP and cybersecurity company FireEye are partnering to beef up HP’s security consulting business and give FireEye more global reach, the companies announced on Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The separation of two large corporations such as PayPal and eBay is no straightforward task, but the companies are beginning to iron out the details of what Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Alibaba wants retailers to stop investing in personal computers and instead run operations entirely on the smartphone. That’s the conclusion experts gave Source: http://www.pymnts.com

During Discover’s first-quarter earnings call with analysts yesterday (April 21), CEO David Nelms offered something of a reality check on the coming EMV Source: http://www.pymnts.com

When the Portland (Oregon) Seed Fund got its start four years ago, the concept of “going to City Hall for seed funding” was a bit of an eyebrow-raising idea. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Amazon officially confirmed all of the rumors and speculation that it was going to enter the travel business and did it yesterday. Amazon Destinations is a Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Nearly two years ago, mobile transactions made up about 4 percent of Brazilian eCommerce. But by January of this year, they were approaching 10 percent, says Source: http://www.pymnts.com

by James Quinn  The Chinese real estate bubble has been imploding for the last year. The Chinese economy is barely growing at 1.6% after decades of 10% growth. There are millions of unoccupied condos. Source: investmentwatchblog.com