The results of a study by the FIFA Referees Committee have become known. FIFA stood up for the referees who officiate at the World Cup matches in South Africa. As Reuters reports, citing a study by the federation's referee committee, the referees were right in 96% of cases. The loudest scandals involving referees erupted at the first stage of the playoffs. In the 1/8 finals, Uruguayan Jorge Larrionda did not count the English goal against the German national team.

The EU may tighten legislation for companies operating on the shelf. The European Union may limit the depth of well drilling during shelf development. This information came from European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger, Reuters reports. The question of tightening measures was raised after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The union members are also discussing a proposal to create a new agency to control offshore exploration.

Today, July 10, in the Ternopil region, 174 residents were resettled from flooded houses, 26 of them were children. As reported by the Propaganda Center of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the village of Koropets, Monastyrissky district, where 150 people were resettled, suffered the most from the rains that occurred on the night of July 8-9. In the village of Vistrya in the same region, 24 people were forced to leave their homes.

Today, July 10, it became known that the Polish bank PKO BP and the French bank BNP Paribas were included in the final list of candidates for the purchase of Bank Zachodni WBK (BZ WBK), the Polish subsidiary of the Irish Allied Irish Bank (AIB). It is also reported that, according to some sources, the Apax private equity fund was also included in the list. AIB has put up for sale 70% of BZ WBK, which it owns in Poland.

The Astrakhan government was suspected of redistributing the market The Astrakhan department of the FAS filed a case against the regional government. According to the department, regional officials violated the competition law by including representatives of commercial structures in the group for the formation of fishing areas.

Today, July 10, Taiwanese contract laptop manufacturer Quanta Computer announced a record number of laptop shipments for the end of June this year. Last month, Quanta manufactured and shipped 4.8 million laptops worth $3.1 billion. The company's revenue was also an all-time record. The previous record was set in April of this year, when the company shipped 4.5 million laptops and earned about $3 billion. According to research firm IDC, 217 million laptops will be sold worldwide in 2010.

549 1 min. ... The State Duma yesterday adopted in the first reading amendments to the law “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)” concerning the bankruptcy of developers who raised funds from citizens. According to one of the co-authors of the document, deputy Alexander Khinshtein, the bill assumes that an unfinished construction project can be sold while retaining all obligations to shareholders.

Time, events, people / for the reporting period Easy to copy, it is impossible to repeat Lamborghini Gallardo Kent Edition In Russia, there were two more legendary supercars more. Taras Berezhnaya from St. Petersburg and Muscovite Konstantin Kokryatsky won a competition held in the spring of Kent, the main prizes of which were Lamborghini Gallardo.

The Ugra Bailiff Service suspended the activities of the Surgut shopping complex SeverHoldingVino LLC (manages the Druzhba market) due to fire safety violations. As reported by the press service of the Federal Bailiff Service for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the complex is being closed for the third time. Earlier, in August and December 2009, the bailiffs of the department for the city of Surgut had already suspended the administrative activities of SeverHoldingVino LLC.

Speed ​​skater Ivan Skobrev will represent Russia at the Olympics in Sochi. Two-time medalist of the Vancouver Games Ivan Skobrev denied information that he intends to compete for the US team at the Olympics in Sochi. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a statement by Skobrev himself.

Dossier 6K 1 min. ... Vasilenko Gennady Semenovich was born on December 3, 1941 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. He served in the KGB, was engaged in foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. In 1988, he was accused of spying for the United States. According to some reports, FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who worked for Moscow, reported his contacts with the CIA. Due to lack of evidence, the case was soon closed, but Mr. Vasilenko was fired from the KGB. Later he worked in commercial structures.

heads of Samara The investigation into the activities of Georgy Limansky in his post has been resumed The Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Samara Region resumed the criminal prosecution of the former mayor of Samara Georgy Limansky on suspicion of exceeding his official powers.

Context 147 1 min. ... The Madrid mayor's office yesterday signed documents on the transfer of a plot of land with an area of ​​756 square meters to the local parish of the Moscow Patriarchate for use. m for the construction of a church. In 2008, the Russian Embassy in Spain approached the city authorities with a request to transfer this site to the church.

Deceived housing co-investors blocked the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod highway Fifty defrauded shareholders from the Noginsk district of the Moscow region said they blocked the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod federal highway as a sign of protest, blocking traffic for 40 minutes with the help of their own cars and single pickets.

Today, July 10, it became known that China's trade surplus in June amounted to $20 billion, this is the highest figure in the last 9 months. Experts expected a figure of $13.8 billion. Export volumes increased by 43.9% compared to the same period last year. Analysts predicted an increase of 38%. The volume of imports on an annualized basis coincided with analysts' expectations and amounted to 34.1%.