Developer of gaming applications for social networks Zynga Inc. is in negotiations with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reports this about organizing an initial public offering of shares and providing a credit line of more than $1 billion. Bloomberg with reference to an informed source. According to him, Goldman Sachs may make a decision today, and Zynga’s IPO may take place at the end of June. the day before Groupon Inc. also announced its intention to conduct an IPO .

The Russian Ministry of Energy plans to extend the validity of technical regulations on the circulation of Euro-3 gasoline until the end of 2014. The head of the department, Sergei Shmatko, announced this on Friday. The Ministry of Energy proposes to extend the circulation of motor gasoline that meets the Euro-4 standard until the end of 2015, and Euro-2 until December 31, 2012. For diesel fuel, officials propose different deadlines, Interfax reports .

The American Groupon Inc., which owns the largest Internet service for receiving discounts, has filed documents for an IPO. During the placement, the company intends to raise up to $750 million. Groupon, which has been in business for less than three years, could be valued at up to $20 billion during the offering, The Wall Street Journal reports .

The creator of the Yellow Lightning taxi service decided to acquire his own fleet of cars and asks Forbes readers for advice A graduate of the Higher School of Economics, Grigory Uspensky, at the age of 23, created the Yellow Lightning taxi service. He attracted his first clients with a video that spread on social networks. Now Molniya employs 60 drivers using their own cars, completing an average of 30 orders per day. The schedule is flexible (for most this is not the main job).

The full question reads like this: I want to make money by issuing microloans to the population. How to create such a business and what are the risks and limitations? This activity is regulated by the Federal Law “On Microfinance Organizations” (hereinafter referred to as the Law).

The net profit of JSC AK Transneft according to IFRS in 2010 increased by 3% – to 125.5 billion rubles, the company’s report says . Revenue amounted to 447.532 billion rubles, which is 27.5% higher than in the previous year. Transneft's operating expenses over the past year increased 1.5 times and reached 280.036 billion rubles. Profit before tax reached 158.081 billion rubles (an increase of 1.2%).

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, Gennady Onishchenko, told Interfax that the ban on the import of fresh vegetables from the European Union into the Russian Federation can be lifted if a number of conditions are met. First, according to Onishchenko, the EU must establish the pathogen and the reasons that caused the outbreak of the disease. Secondly, understand how the disease is transmitted.

newspaper learned As the Kommersant , VTB Capital plc (the London subsidiary of VTB) filed a lawsuit in the High Court of London against Nutritek International Corp, managing partner of the Marshall Capital Partners (MCP) investment fund Konstantin Malofeev and funds managed by MCP. VTB is demanding compensation for damage caused to the state bank as a result of fraud in obtaining a loan. The amount of VTB’s claims, according to Kommersant, is more than $230 million.

VTB minority shareholder Alexei Navalny , speaking at the annual meeting of shareholders of the state bank, called on members of the supervisory board of the credit institution - First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev and VTB head Andrei Kostin not to refuse remuneration for 2010. “We had an episode here where I personally almost burst into tears. When you (Ulyukaev) and Mr. Kostin said that you were giving up your remuneration. Mr.

The German concern Siemens could produce high-speed Sapsan trains in Russia, subject to “political support.” This position was voiced by the President of Siemens in the Russian Federation and the CIS, Dietrich Moeller, at a meeting chaired by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday. “I have a proposal for the further development of the corporation (joint with the Sinara group in the production of German Desiro trains). Mr.

The group of hackers LulzSec announced another hacking of the Sony database and the theft of confidential information of registered users, reports Bloomberg . Cybercriminals reported that by hacking SonyPictures.com they were able to gain access to data on 1 million accounts, including unencrypted personal information, passwords and email addresses. Sony Pictures Entertainment spokesman Jim Kennedy said the company has now initiated its own investigation into the allegations.

Assistant to the President of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich does not intend to join the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF). “I won’t join, even if there is an offer,” the official wrote on his microblog on Twitter, answering a question from one of the bloggers, Alexander Marfitsin from Togliatti.

The number of people injured as a result of ammunition explosions at the arsenal in Udmurtia has reached 7 people, Interfax reports . There were no casualties. A fire in one of the warehouses of Arsenal 102 of the Central Military District, located near the village of Pugachevo in Udmurtia, occurred around 23.10 Moscow time. The fire caused the detonation of ammunition. According to available information, up to 18 artillery shell storage facilities are on fire.

Russia has a poor institutional environment and expensive labor—the worst possible combination. How to fix the situation? The author is the rector of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, editor-in-chief of the journal “Economic Policy” Recently, experts are increasingly paying attention to the “competitiveness trap” as one of the key problems in Russia’s development.

Sberbank is interested in obtaining “anchor” investors based on the results of the partial privatization of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation stake. this in an interview with Interfax . The president of the largest Russian credit organization, German Gref, said Currently, the only major shareholder of Sberbank is the Central Bank with 57.6% of the votes. Not a single investor has more than 0.3%, Bella Zlatkis, deputy chairman of the bank’s board, recently clarified.