866 2 minutes. ... "Alpha" storms "Tagmet" A struggle has developed around the shares of the Taganrog Metallurgical Plant (Tagmet), which are in the hands of the company’s employees. The Alfa-Eco company and the factory management are claiming them. Plant managers try to prevent workers from selling their securities; in response, buyers raised their prices tenfold. Taganrog Metallurgical Plant (Tagmet) produces pipes, including seamless ones, for the needs of the oil and gas industry.

773 1 min. ... Europeans are selling gold Clouds are gathering over the gold market. Yesterday, the price of gold reached a yearly low of $272 per troy ounce. At this level, having encountered strong support, dealers stopped short-selling. The main negative factor on the gold market remains the fall of the single European currency. While the price of gold in euros is rising, European banks are increasingly selling their reserves.

608 2 minutes. ... Amazon.com weighs down wealthy buyers Buyers of the largest American online store Amazon. com consider themselves fooled. The store offered its customers different prices depending on the software installed on their computers. At the same time, some analysts believe that prices for goods on the Internet should depend on the buyer's ability to pay.

997 2 minutes. ... Paratroopers were shot several times On Sunday in Sierra Leone, an assault force of British paratroopers freed six of their colleagues and a government army officer who were being held hostage by a rebel group calling themselves the West Side Boys. And yesterday those released were already giving explanations as to what brought them into the jungle many kilometers from the unit’s location.

979 2 minutes. ... Grand Prix in Italian There could have been more victims Ferrari leader Michael Schumacher won the Italian Grand Prix and, three stages before the finish of the world championship, reduced the gap from McLaren's Mika Hakkinen to two points. However, the joy of the Italians and fans of the German racer was darkened: soon after the finish it became known that an employee of the circuit died from injuries received during a major accident that occurred at the start of the race.

912 2 minutes. ... Quotes of foreign currency bonds 11.09.00 (at 19.30) Currency Redemption Coupon (% of nominal) Demand (% of nominal) Offer (% of nominal) Meas.

551 1 min. ... Helmut Kohl is back To a meeting of your faction Yesterday, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl took part in the work of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) faction in the Bundestag - for the first time since the start of the financial scandal that broke out at the end of last year.

1K 2 minutes. ... Arthur Conan Doyle on trial He is accused of plagiarism and murder Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Brian Moore has instructed his subordinates to investigate allegations contained in Roger Garrick-Steele's book The House of Baskervilles. The author of the book accuses Arthur Conan Doyle of stealing the plot of the book “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and preparing the murder of the real author.

1K 7 min. ... Quotes of shares of foreign companies 11.09.00 (at 19.30) Issuer Last deal Prev.

977 1 min. ... Pipe negotiations Yesterday, Ukrainian-Russian consultations began on the issues of importing pipes to Russia. The day before, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Maxim Medvedkov said that the import of Ukrainian pipes causes significant damage to Russian manufacturers.

535 4 min. ... How are import duties unified?

749 2 minutes. ... Even a chandelier was stolen from a collector Employees of the capital's RUBOP uncovered the theft of a collection of antiques from Frenchman Michel de Vinci living in Moscow. The value of the stolen goods is estimated at more than $500 thousand. Ten members of the Georgian criminal group were detained, and several more people are wanted. 59-year-old Michel de Vinci has lived in Moscow since the early 90s.

11K 2 minutes. ... Solzhenitsyn got married The great writer became a father-in-law On Friday, September 8, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's son Ermolai, an employee of an international consulting firm, got married in a rural church near New Jerusalem with Nadezhda Karpova, a resident of Perm and a graduate of the Moscow Academy of Management.

764 1 min. ... Malt hops are not sweeter Brewers fear shortage of raw materials Yesterday at the Moscow brewery "Ochakovo" a meeting of a group of State Duma deputies and heads of 16 largest breweries in Russia took place. The main topic of the meeting was the draft federal law “On Beer”, which provides benefits for Russian producers of barley and hops. Brewers' concern about the fate of domestic suppliers of raw materials is explained by the upcoming increase in prices for imported barley.

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