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Kazakhstan’s QazTech Ventures JSC (QTV) is to have participation worth $10 million in Quest Ventures Asia Fund II venture fund, a representative of QazTech Ventures JSC told Trend.

The First Kazakh-Italian business forum was held in Nur Sultan. The event, organized as part of the working visit of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic Manlio Di Stefano to Kazakhstan, was attended by over 200 representatives of business communities, national companies, government bodies of the two countries.

The delegation of the Turkestan region, headed by the region’s mayor Umirzak Shukeyev, took part in the Kazakh-Turkish business forum in Istanbul.

Today’s sitting of the Kazakh Cabinet discussed the national budget utilization issues.

Gold and currency reserves of the National Bank of Kazakhstan have risen almost by $705mn.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc. held its annual "Singles' Day" shopping event Monday, raking in a record-breaking $30.7 billion in sales within the first 18 hours.

The first batch of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Fold sold out on online stores shortly after its launch in China on Friday, according to industry officials.

Unemployment rate in the European Union stood at 6.3% in September, marking the lowest rate since 2000, the block's statistical office said on Thursday.

US Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates by 25 basis points amid a further slowdown in US economic growth, the central bank's third rate cut this year.

As part of his official trip to The Hague, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin held talks with his counterpart, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.