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04.07.2008 19:19 Hyundai singled out Russia
Hyundai singled out Russia into a group of priority markets along with the USA and China. The new head of Russian subsiduary of Hyundai will have to struggle for sales and market share increase and brand image.
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04.07.2008 18:30 Double bonus for Esmark
Buying American Esmark Steel for $1,285 bln, "Severstal" will have to pay compensation to American company's management.
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04.07.2008 16:49 Buying up auditors
 International law firm Baker & McKenzie purchased about 50% of law practice in Russia of largest auditor company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This purchase became the largest on the Russian law service market.
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04.07.2008 15:53 The sixth level
 Former head of VEB Vladimir Chernukhin plans to open in London a "six star" hotel. For this purpose he will invest 100 million pounds in reconstruction of one of the most beautiful London buildings at Poultry.
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04.07.2008 15:45 Government is authorized
 The law on access of foreigners to strategic industries, adopted two months ago, will be able to operate soon. Vladimir Putin is to sign regulations on government commission which will regulate foreigners' access to strategic industries.
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04.07.2008 15:43 "Sistema" chose "Sitroniks"
 "Sitroniks" and ZTE joint venture of companies will issue a half of equipment for Indian Shyam Telenik operator, which belongs to "Sistema" JSFC. Using of Chinese technique may reduce the investments into a network at 30-40%.
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04.07.2008 14:15 Chemical shareholder
In June owner of mineral and chemical company EuroChem Andrey Melnichenko increased his stake in Germany's potassium producer K+S Group to 10,43 percent. He has become major shareholder of German company.
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03.07.2008 20:38 Russian venture
American Cisco and Russian UFG Asset Management invest $60 mln in ventured Almaz Capital Russia Fund I of Alexandr Galizkii, a famous IT-investor, Paul Montford.
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03.07.2008 20:00 Russian headhunters in Paris
Russian headhunting company Ward Howell International opens an office in Paris. The Paris office will operate under new brand Howell Zest and serve the whole Western Europe.
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03.07.2008 19:41 Western employees in Russia
Investment company Troika Dialogue invited offered job to ex-head of European department of shares JP Morgan, Luis Vaz-Pinto. Troika Dialogue is not the only Russian investment company which attracts foreign specialists...
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03.07.2008 18:53 Serbian partner for Boiko
Finstar invest holding, which is managing the Oleg Boiko's assets, and Serbian Delta Holding will open 180 stores on Ukraine and in Byelorussia by creating the two joint ventures.
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03.07.2008 17:53 Chess house
International chess federation (FIDE) intends to build a chess centre in Nizhny Novgorod and is currently choosing a lot. There are no analogues in Russia yet.
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03.07.2008 15:33 Independent Ferrari
Ferrari decided to import its cars to Russia independently. Its own subsidiary importer should be established in the next 15 months. Ferrari cars are officially sold in 52 countries. Usually Ferrari controls companies-importers while dealers are independent companies.
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02.07.2008 21:26 FB-leasing cum laude
FB-leasing (subsidiary of German VR Leasing) promises to offer Nizhny Novgorod clients leasing of special technical equipment at least by 3% cheaper than local competitors.
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02.07.2008 20:36 Auchan is waiting for resolution
Most large-scale project of French Auchan in Russia - shopping center Troyka with area of 160 thousand sq. meters at the Third Transport Ring in Moscow was completed in November last year, but by now it could not be opened because of absence of resolutions.
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02.07.2008 20:06 To speak Russian and to work like Russians
 Majority of Russian employers start demanding from foreign top-managers an understanding of the local peculiarities of doing business. Now there are only 10% of expatriots may impress with some kind of knowledge of Russian language.
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02.07.2008 17:09 Nucor came to an agreement with "Severstal"
 Nucor corporation, SeverCorr ("Severstal"'s subsidiary) and John Bell, a SeverCorr's vice-president peacefully squared up a judicial contest which was lasting since 2006.
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01.07.2008 22:04 In search of European partner
Rosneft is interested in participation in processing and sale of oil in Eastern Europe. It is intended to establish together with foreign partners an enterprise with full production cycle from extraction to processing.
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01.07.2008 17:39 Debutant in Hollywood
For the first weekend Timur Bekmambetov's film "Wanted" gathered $84,1 million in receipts. For Russian debutant in Hollywood this is a considerable amount. The film was released in 22 countries (exclusively of Russia) and in 16 out of them it had the largest box office sales.
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01.07.2008 16:18 Government investments for USA
 Washington welcomes investments from the Russian government, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. Russia is ready to invest in the U.S. but for this purpose it should establish a designated sovereign wealth fund.
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