738 11 min. ... Share prices of foreign issuers 02/17/00 (at 18:00) Issuer Last trade Prev. Closing Volume (pcs.) London (pence) Unilever 375 366.25 11956912 Baa 401 378.75 3237034 Br.Amer.Tob 315 282.5 10475043 Boc Grp.

267 2 minutes. ... Heroin cannot be washed away with tobacco. BAT representatives confirm Anti-smoking activists in Britain have apparently found a new way to crack down on tobacco users. The multinational company British American Tobacco (BAT) is accused of money laundering, drug trafficking and cigarette smuggling. On Wednesday, a British parliamentary commission was looking into BAT's links to an organized crime group in Colombia. Company representatives called the accusations absurd.

424 2 minutes. ... Personalized pistol Yesterday, the Russian authorities officially recognized the merits of the Chechen police in the fight against militants: its commander Bislan Gantamirov received a personalized pistol from the hands of the Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Rushailo. Russian generals have repeatedly praised the merits of Chechen police officers.

1K 1 min. ... ONEXIMbank was given another six months Yesterday, the Moscow Arbitration Court extended the external supervision procedure at ONEXIMbank until July 1. And the day before, the Central Bank extended the validity of his license until the same date. For the first time in Russian practice, bank creditors received carte blanche to independently carry out restructuring. Now only they themselves can ruin the deal.

2K 1 min. ... Currency currency to dollar rates Official rates of the Central Bank of Russia as of 02/18/00 Australian dollar 18.12 Austrian schilling* 20.63 English pound 46.24 Belarusian ruble** 30.88 Belgian franc*** 70.38 Dutch guilder 12.88 Greek drachma**** 85.35 Danish krone* 38.19 U.S.

3K 2 minutes. ... Price, Waterhouse, Coopers An audit firm may split into three companies The British newspaper Financial Times reported: the world's largest auditing and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) allegedly intends to split into three independent companies.

871 2 minutes. ... The rich get richer, the poor get poorer KPMG consultants confirmed that Marx was right The volume of international mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments grew in 1999 to a record high level of $798 billion, which is 1.5 times more than in 1998. These are the results of the annual survey of the international audit and consulting company KPMG.

961 2 minutes. ... Assorted barrels Gang of arms dealers neutralized GUBOP employees uncovered a large group of arms dealers. Thirty people were detained in Moscow, the Moscow region and the Tver region, from whom operatives seized an entire arsenal of machine guns, grenade launchers and pistols, as well as a large amount of ammunition. According to preliminary data, the criminals not only sold guns in the central regions of Russia, but also sent weapons to the North Caucasus.

263 2 minutes. ... Weaning from the Internet The Russian Research Institute for the Development of Public Networks (RosNIIROS) will be deprived of the right to register domain names in the RU zone. This was stated by the Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation Leonid Reiman, who came to the Norvecom exhibition in St. Petersburg. However, the reasons for such a decision do not seem convincing.

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428 1 min. ... "ARCO - return of deposits guaranteed" Such a sign appeared today on the facade of Vyatka Bank from the Kirov region. Thus, it became the first bank to introduce a deposit guarantee system. This means that if the bank goes bankrupt, the Agency for Restructuring of Credit Institutions will return the money to depositors. Let us recall that back in October last year, ARCO adopted a provision on guaranteeing deposits in banks that came under its management.

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1K 2 minutes. ... "The fabric of bilateral cooperation has become thinner" The Czech Republic's decision to introduce visas for Russians caused a negative reaction from Moscow. However, Russian diplomatic circles were not surprised by this decision - it is a logical continuation of the policy that Prague has been pursuing in recent years towards Moscow. “Russian-Czech relations are not going through the best period.

635 2 minutes. ... Pension renaissance The other day, after a year and a half break, the Inspectorate of Non-State Pension Funds resumed issuing licenses. This is a serious victory for large corporations interested in creating their own non-state pension funds. They had a great opportunity to save on taxes, and the pension fund market had every chance to finally revive. Before the crisis, 325 NPF licenses were issued; now only 267 funds are operating.

1K 2 minutes. ... Catchers of Light Exhibition of northern architecture in St. Petersburg The exhibition "Northern Factor. New Generation of Northern Architecture" opened in the St. Petersburg Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". Five countries - Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland - presented about twenty projects, which for the most part give an extremely accurate idea of ​​the architecture of Scandinavia not only in recent years, but also of the entire twentieth century as a whole.