December 2nd. IFX-News - “It is obvious that bullish sentiment in the market still remains decisive; moreover, the very indicative situation around the Dubai World fund moderated the “risk appetite” of investors for only a couple of days. It is appropriate to recall here again that the latest information about The fact that Dubai World has agreed to restructure 26 billion of debt out of 59 billion does not remove the whole complex of problems.

December 2nd. IFX-News - The administration (government) of the Republic of Karelia makes a partial (20% of the face value) repayment of the face value of bonds issued RU34009KAR0. The repayment amount for all bonds is RUB 100.00 million. or 200.00 rub. per bond. Far Eastern Telecommunications Company OJSC makes a partial (15% of the nominal) repayment of the nominal value of bonds issued 4-10-30166-F. The repayment amount for all bonds is RUB 300.00 million. or 150.00 rub. per bond.

Millions of Facebook users spend time playing games created by Mark Pincus. What is the secret of his success? At the end of September, online game developer Zynga released a game that allows members of the social network Facebook to create virtual restaurants on their pages. Within a week, 4 million “cooks” were frying and steaming virtual dishes daily in Zynga’s Cafe World establishments. By the end of October, 21 million culinary experts had already played Cafe World.

A journey to the ends of the world through the eyes of a writer Easter Island is located... Let's put it this way: its closest neighbor is Pitcairn Island. The same Pitcairn Island from the film Mutiny on the Bounty. In general, you understand: the path to Easter Island is not at all close. You can get to this island - the natives call it Rapa Nui - through Tahiti or Santiago, the capital of Chile.

December 2nd. IFX-News - VTB Bank has restructured loans to Mechel group enterprises totaling 15 billion rubles, VTB said in a statement. At the end of 2008, the bank provided financing to OJSC Yakutugol Holding Company, OJSC Southern Kuzbass and OJSC Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant for the purpose of financing operating activities. Initially, the loan term was one year; as a result of restructuring, the financing period was increased to 4 years.

December 2nd. IFX-News - Financial Corporation (FC) Uralsib has increased the forecast prices of shares and depositary receipts of the analyzed Russian companies in the steel sector and the pipe production sector, according to the FC's review.

December 2nd. IFX-News - The Department of External and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia reports that the balances of credit institutions with the Bank of Russia at the beginning of the operating day on December 2 amounted to 655.7 billion rubles in the Russian Federation, including 499.5 billion rubles in the Moscow region. The cash balances of credit institutions on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia on November 2 amounted to 298.2 billion rubles.

December 2nd. IFX-News - The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has established the following discount prices for precious metals since December 3, 2009: for gold - 1131.75 (+12.17) rubles/gram; for silver - 17.49 (+0.47) rub./gram; for platinum - 1393.78 (+16.7) rubles/gram; for palladium - 362.46 (+5.06) rubles/gram.

December 2nd. IFX-News - The volume of Russian oil refining at the end of this year will be lower than in 2008 by 2.7 million tons, said Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, speaking on Wednesday at the “government hour” in the State Duma. “This is certainly due to a decrease in consumer demand for petroleum products, both in the domestic and foreign markets due to the crisis in the global economy,” he noted.

December 2nd. IFX-News - Stock indices of countries with developing economies (emerging markets) may grow by 34% by the end of next year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts, whose opinion is cited by Bloomberg. According to JPMorgan expert Andrew Mowat, low interest rates of central banks in emerging markets, as well as the recovery of the global economy as a whole, will contribute to the fact that companies in developing countries will receive higher profits.

ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) - The world's largest automobile concern General Motors has begun periodic shutdowns of the assembly line at its plant in St. Petersburg due to a decline in demand, company spokeswoman Yulia Bocharova told Reuters. “Today we have a non-production day, due to the fact that production is falling, we have set production and non-production days,” she said. The shutdowns will occur throughout December.

Transatlantic helicopter flights are not for the faint of heart Three dots appeared in the rainy October sky above the Istra flying club, gradually turned into helicopters and landed in an even line. Three crews of amateur pilots completed the world's first transatlantic flight in light single-engine Robinson R44 helicopters.

December 2nd. IFX-News - “On Tuesday, trading on the Russian market took place in a positive manner. A favorable external background associated with strong data on industrial production in China and an increase in commodity markets contributed to the growth of securities in the oil and gas sector,” comments Vestiga Investment Company analyst Dmitry Kontorshchikov . Bank shares were not deprived of demand on Monday; yesterday purchases in them continued.

December 2nd. IFX-News - “In our morning commentary, we noted that today should be confirmation that the bears have been disappointed in their expectations of a deeper correction in the Russian stock market,” writes VTB 24 analyst Stanislav Kleshchev today.

Features of national PR The newspapers write that Russia is going to spend about a hundred million euros on its own PR abroad in the near future. The newspapers cited the whitewashing of the Soviet past as the conceptual idea of ​​the campaign, which, in general, is counterproductive from a PR point of view.