The Groupon service warned potential investors about the risk of unprofitability and attracted 11 more underwriting banks to organize the IPO. This is evidenced by the company's updated application for placement, published on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Groupon filed documents for an IPO on June 2 . The service plans to attract investments in the amount of $750 million. At the same time, it follows from the application that in the period 2008-2010.

The US Department of Justice has initiated an investigation into one of the largest Swiss banks, Credit Suisse, for concealing funds from taxes by American clients. This is stated in a press release from the credit institution published on Friday. As noted in the message, the day before Credit Suisse received an official letter about the beginning of an investigation from the US Department of Justice.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on Friday dedicated to the sinking of the motor ship "Bulgaria". The head of state once again called on law enforcement agencies to bring to justice all those responsible for the disaster, which claimed the lives of more than 100 people. In his opinion, it is necessary to punish all structures involved in organizing such tours.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, July 14, called on his supporters to “go on a decisive march” to the rebel capital of Benghazi and liberate it from “traitors,” RIA Novosti reports , citing Agence France Presse. “The hour of battle has struck, prepare to march on Benghazi, on Misrata and on the mountains of the West...

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Google's net profit in the second quarter of 2011 under US GAAP increased by 36.4% to $2.51 billion compared to the same period last year. This is stated in the company's report published on Thursday, July 14. In terms of one ordinary share, the profit was $7.68. $Google estimated quarterly operating profit at $2.88 billion.

Cypriot Valinor Public Ltd., which owns agro-industrial assets in Russia and Ukraine, has postponed its IPO. The company cited unfavorable market conditions, Interfax reports . Valinor does not indicate the possible timing of the new placement. The company planned to raise $250-345 million by listing shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The maximum selling price for shares was set at 39.5 Polish zloty ($14.3) per share.

Mail.ru Group has exercised an option to acquire a 7.44% stake in the social network Vkontakte, the company said in a statement . The amount of the transaction, as a result of which Mail.ru Group’s share in the network increased to 39.99%, amounted to $111.7 million. “Vkontakte” is the largest social network in the Russian Federation with more than 25.5 million users per day (read more about the history of the creation of the network in the material “The Code of Pavel Durov” ).

JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines increased passenger transportation in January-May by 22.3% compared to the same period last year, to 4.955 million people, the company said in a statement. Passenger turnover during this period increased by 21.1% and amounted to 15.089 billion passenger-kilometers. The passenger occupancy rate for the first five months of 2011 was 74.9%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than last year.

Sberbank intends to acquire 100% of the Eastern European division of Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG (OEVAG) – Volksbank International (VBI). The head of the Russian bank, German Gref, announced this at a press conference on Friday. “All 100%,” he said, answering the question of how many VBI shares Sberbank will buy (quotes from Interfax ). Volksbank International will be integrated into the structure of Sberbank within two to three years.

AFK Sistema withdrew from the capital of OJSC Sitronics, in which it owned 63.074% of shares, the AFK said in a statement. Thus, Sistema completed the sale of the Sitronics stake to its subsidiary OJSC RTI. As reported, the transaction amount was $111 million. At the beginning of this year, AFK created a new structure - RTI, in which it received 84.6% of the shares. The remaining 15.4% was purchased by the Bank of Moscow.

Lev Leviev's development company AFI Development will buy out the Moscow government's 25% share in its flagship project, the AFIMALL City shopping complex, by the end of the third quarter. As stated in the AFI report, its subsidiary Bellgate Construction Ltd signed an addendum to the investment contract with the city, according to which Moscow will sell its 25% in the project for 5 billion rubles ($180 million) by the end of September.

The general director of Zvezdochka Special Production and Technical Base CJSC Fyodor Barashko is suspected of stealing 265 million rubles allocated for the repair of the Peter the Great cruiser. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation reported this on Friday. A criminal case has been initiated against Barashko under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale).

The international rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has placed the US long-term credit rating under review. According to S&P experts, there is a 50% chance of a decline in the indicator over the next 90 days. The agency pointed to the negative dynamics of the political debate related to increasing the US government debt limit. S&P may downgrade the rating even if it decides to increase the government borrowing limit.