March 15, 2012, 00:21 Business US stock markets closed mixed, little change At the end of trading on Wednesday, the Dow Jones rose by 0.12%, reaching 13,194.10 points. The NASDAQ index rose 0.03% to 3,040.73 points. The S&P 500 fell 0.12% to 1,394.28.

Property sales in Spain fell to their lowest level since 2007 in the last quarter of 2011 as the country continues to grapple with the economic crisis, the BBC reports . House prices fell 11.2% last year, up almost four percentage points from the previous quarter, the National Institute of Statistics reports. Prices for existing homes also fell sharply by 9.6% in the quarter.

March 15, 2012, 11:02 Business The Muppet Show from Goldman Sachs An employee who left Goldman Sachs accused the company of disrespecting the interests of clients Ekaterina Mereminskaya close 100% Goldman Sachs, in pursuit of profit, sells illiquid assets to clients Reuters Goldman Sachs, in pursuit of profit, sells illiquid assets to clients, they are called “muppets” or stupid people, the atmosphere in the bank is “poisonous and corrupting.” Such confessions by a former bank manager have

Business The dollar at the opening increased by 13 kopecks, the euro by 5 kopecks The dollar exchange rate in tomorrow settlements at the beginning of trading on Thursday increased by 13 kopecks, amounting to 29.60 rubles. The euro exchange rate increased by 5 kopecks to 38.53 rubles.

Not a single Russian university was included in the annual World Reputation Rankings of the British newspaper Times , which is still dominated by the United States and Great Britain. Higher Education newspaper, an influential supplement in the world of education The ranking was compiled by the Times , with the participation of the Thomson Reuters information group and the public opinion research service Ipsos Media.

Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Deacon Andrei Kuraev , said that people who spoke on February 4 at a rally in support of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin desecrated the place where the rally was held: the memorial complex in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill, calling them “punk -Stalinists." “The Moscow shrine - Poklonnaya Hill - was desecrated in February by the organizers of a hate rally on it.

March 16, 2012, 10:08 Cars "Our clients are too famous" Interview with Rolls Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös Maria Tsybulskaya close 100% Glavois with the English company Rolls Royce Thorsten Müller-Ötvös Reuters The head of the English company Rolls Royce, Thorsten Müller-Ötvös, in an interview with Gazeta.Ru, spoke about the company’s clients - eccentric millionaires who match their car to the color of their suit. — Rolls Royce is in a unique situation.

March 15, 2012, 02:05 a.m. Sport Cocu: PSV asked me to help finish the season PSV acting head coach Philip Cocu commented on his appointment . “The club asked me to help finish the season,” Cocu was quoted as saying by the UEFA official website . “I took responsibility and will give myself one hundred percent.” I have a certain idea of ​​how to build a career, but now we are in an exceptional situation.

And about. The head of the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz), Sergei Malyanov , resigned, and it is possible that the agency itself will not have a place in the structure of the new government, Vedomosti writes . Malyanov became head of Rossvyaz only in June.

The ensign committed suicide in a military unit near Moscow, a law enforcement source said on Thursday . “The day before in the city of Istra-1, on the territory of a military unit in a warehouse, a 28-year-old warrant officer of this unit was found hanged,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He noted that the deceased, a native of the Krasnodar region, had served in this formation since 2007 as a technician.

March 15, 2012, 10:54 AM Opinions Spring on Blood Syrian protests began a year ago Anna Neistat close 100% Assad decided that the most effective way to stop the protests was to drown them in blood Reuters The point of no return in Syria has been passed: Assad is unable to break the resistance of the protesters; they are no longer ready to negotiate with the authorities.

March 15, 2012, 11:13 pm Sport Olic's agent: we have not held any negotiations with Wolfsburg Gordon Stipic, the agent of Bayern striker Ivica Olic, has denied reports that the player will move to Wolfsburg at the end of the season. “We didn’t conduct any negotiations with Wolfsburg, and certainly didn’t sign a contract,” ESPN reports Stipic as saying .

March 15, 2012, 12:42 a.m. Sport Italian Kikki won the Noquere-Coers cycling race, Vantomme and Porsev were in the top ten On Wednesday, Belgium hosted the one-day Noquere – Koers race, which covered 195.9 km. According to AD , the race was won by the Italian Francesco Chicchi from the Omega Pharma - Quick Step team, ahead of the Belgian Chris Bockmans from Vacansoleil and the Dutchman Boy Van Poppel from Unitedheathcare at the finish line.

15 March 2012, 01:01 Sport New York, thanks to Lin, signed a sponsorship contract with the Taiwanese company Acer Inc. New York has signed a sponsorship contract with the Taiwanese computer and electronics company Acer Inc., reports Bloomberg . One of the main reasons for the agreement was the performance of American basketball player with Taiwanese roots in the team, Jeremy Lin, whose T-shirt has been the best-selling jersey in the NBA since February 4, 2012.

Barcelona defender Eric Abidal will undergo a liver transplant in the next few weeks. In March 2011, the French national team defender underwent surgery to remove a liver tumor. Abidal was able to recover in a month and a half and was even able to take the field in the final match of the Champions League against Manchester United (3:1). After the final whistle, the entire team began pumping up the French fighter.