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>>colone+(OP)
A company makes a smart decision to pause sales in order to ensure they're not selling their products at a loss due to the drop on the value of rubies....

One shouldn't expect otherwise.

>>mikhai+Y1
Putin has an annual press conference coming up soon. Many anticipate a softening of his stance on Ukraine, in a bid for loosening sanctions. I am more fearful of him introducing ham-fisted capital controls. Apple may be similarly cautious.

>>JumpCr+k6
Shouldn't we all be afraid of the opposite, namely war, like with Japan 1941? After all, one of the major reasons for trying to retain control of Ukraine was for the energy resources and pipelines; the rout in oil has shown how important energy is to the Russian economy and I would expect that losing control of Ukrainian energy assets would permanently impair the Russian economy.