The article considers the booming cloud computing market, surpassing by growth rates, in general, 5 times the field of information technology. It evaluates existing and prospective formation ways of the global cloud services market as a separate segment of the IT, the most relevant, particularly for the financial sector. It also compares statistics of the world’s largest companies. The Russian market is also analyzed with regard to the corresponding estimates from reputable reports of a number of foreign companies.

The article examines changes of the “Economic Strategies” opportunistic index (OIES) for January – August 2013. It estimates the contribution of supply and demand indices into OIES. Industrial production analysis is presented.

Institute of Energy Strategy in cooperation with the Institute for Economic Strategies continues regular publication of the world oil prices forecasts, developed on the basis of a neural model of the Institute of Energy Strategy, taking into account the oil market experience accumulated during the last decades and allowing to estimate the price dynamics volatility (on a monthly basis) in 2013.

Scholars and practitioners of the newly independent states have argued enough about effectiveness of the alcoholism fighting models. Conventionally it is possible to distinguish seven conceptual approaches to alcohol problem in the world. It is evident that each model contains various modifications, but we have no time and space for detailed material presentation, which is worth perhaps not one but several monographs.

The article formulates and discusses in details two fundamental properties of cognitive processes activation methods for solving the IV level complexity problems. Complexity level is determined by some type of cognitive process, which is considered from gnoseological positions.

We can only consciously use the subconsciousness just like once we used a thermometer without knowing the nature and meaning of the term “temperature”. If we have recourse to the image of network (thin cloth), which incorporates all the objects of Being, the subconscious mind of a creative person can be perceived like a spider, sensitive to its slightest “twitches” caused by the influence of information grains. Just as a cell assimilates inorganic nutrition components into its living substance, thinking captures and assimilates previously extraneous, not related to it components.

There is an opinion that there should be no separation between work and leisure, as it all constitutes a single life. One can meet people of stunning capabilities that can realize even the most audacious business idea. The main thing is the desire for success, self-trust and real passion for the chosen business.

Research parks of various types and sizes are more often considered like effective mechanisms of improving returns on investment in research and development. In addition, innovation parks are considered a proven means, promoting formation of new and increasing competitiveness of existing high-tech companies, as well as creation of new jobs and increase of the general welfare and society stability.