Moscow on the map for European corporate expansion
Friday, 14 October 2011 12:50
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TSVETNOY CENTRAL MARKET shopping center, Moscow. (RIA Novosti / Ekaterina Chesnokova)

A survey by property consultants Cushman and Wakefield has placed Moscow as the most desirable city for European companies to expand to for the second year running.

The European Cities Monitor report is based on interviews with board directors at 501 of the...

 
USA to Russia: We don't care what you want. We just do what we want
Friday, 14 October 2011 12:20
It is obvious that the Americans intend to build the missile defense system and they are not going to ask Russia's opinion about it. Russian defense officials acknowledged the failure of the negotiations with the US at the end of September. The Russian officials said that Washington simply ignores Russia's concerns and continues to build the...
 
Unilever unveils purchase of 82% of Kalina for €390 million
Friday, 14 October 2011 09:52
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Concern "Kalina", Russia's biggest producer of perfumery, cosmetics and household chemicals. (RIA Novosti / Pavel Lysizin)

Global consumer giant Unilever has announced it will pay €390 million for an 82% stake in Russian personal care products producer, Kalina.

The move, which is subject to regulatory approval from Russian competition authorities,...

 
Kalina shares soar on Unilever takeover reports
Friday, 14 October 2011 08:52

A report in the Wall Street Journal that it is set to be taken over by global consumer giant Unilever, has seen the share price of Russian skin care products producer Kalina jump more than 35% on Friday morning.

The Wall Street Journal report said that Unilever was set to announce an $850 million dollar buyout, pending last minute snags, as early...

 
Russia's banks: Liquidity problems or not?
Thursday, 13 October 2011 18:37
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Business RT asks experts whether Russian banking is facing real problems

Amidst conflicting data about the liquidity state of the Russian banking system Business RT spoke with Aleksey Terekhov, Vice President at FBK and Dmitry Vinogradov, Head of strategy and banking at UBS, about the risks in the system.

Aleksey Terekhov, banking analyst at FBK

RT:...

 
Merged RTS-Micex key part of global exchange alliance
Thursday, 13 October 2011 13:02
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An employee in the RTS Stock Exchange office. (RIA Novosti / Iliya Pitalev)

The World Federation of Exchanges has announced that the stock exchanges of the BRICS nations plan to form alliance to provide greater investor exposure to major emerging economies.

­In a move which will see cross listing of financial derivatives on benchmark equity indices ...

 
Kuril Islands to become Russia's fortress in Far East
Thursday, 13 October 2011 10:52
Russian troops on the Kuril Islands received anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk-M1", a battalion of tanks T-80 and modern means of communication. Earlier the Russian Defense Ministry said that within a few years it was planned to create a powerful defensive complex on the Kuril Islands...
 
Yeti hunters must be more scientific | Brian Regal
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 14:30

Russian cryptozoologists claiming to have evidence of the yeti will never be taken seriously without a more academic approach

A common complaint among cryptozoologists – those who pursue unknown or folkloric monsters – is that mainstream science does not take their work seriously and inappropriately labels it as pseudoscience. The shenanigans...

 
Russia does not need biased European observers
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:46
It would be good if we have many observers coming to Russia for the elections. However, the ODIHR sent only 13 observers to the parliamentary elections in Turkey and that was just fine. As for the countries of the second group, the Office usually sends there up to 300 observers. This is not fair towards Russia...
 
Pass notes No 3,059: the yeti
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:30

Everything you need to know about the abominable snowperson

Age: Oh ancient, probably.

Appearance: Well that's the thing. Some say it's very shy. In Nepal, they believe it only comes out at night time. It has been glimpsed fleetingly when …

No. I mean, what does it look like? Hairy. Flipping hairy.

This would be the Abominable Snowman, I...

 
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