JSC Inter RAO UES and the energy holding General Electric will create a joint venture in Russia for the production of gas turbine units (GTU). “The companies are planning joint production of gas turbine units in Russia. In June 2010, a corresponding memorandum of understanding was signed. It is planned that the companies will create a joint venture,” Yuri Sharov, a member of the board of the Russian company, told RIA Novosti on July 23.

46 1 min. ... Delivery immediately Delivery in 3 months SettlementPrev. ClosingLastPrev. closing Aluminum 2006.5 1986 2046 2010 Copper 6920.5 6844 7012 6855 Nickel 19825 19419 20055 19525 Zinc 1902.5 1890.25 1945 1910 Tin 18395 18340 18500 18375 Lead 1894 1845.25 1931 1865 London Metal Exchange quotes ($/t). According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 132 dated July 23, 2010, p. 8

Name Interest income in first half 2010 (billion rub.) Change for year (%) VTB 73.78 -16.4 Rosselkhozbank 39.39 +26.2 Gazprombank 37.82 -28.5 Bank of Moscow 24.77 -2.2 Alfa Bank 17.27 -29.9 Promsvyazbank 14.05 -14.8 Bank Saint Petersburg 9.34 -2.3 VTB North-West 9.01 -10.2 Nomos-bank 8.88 -33.1 Rosbank 8.66 -39.6 AK Bars 7.72 -13.5 Uralsib 7.68 -35.9 Raiffeisenbank 6.93 -54.1 Transcreditbank 6.13 +9.1 Petrokommerts 4.71 -35.2

The video service will broadcast content on VKontakte and My World@Mail.ru The online video service Ivi.ru begins broadcasting legal content on the popular social networks Vkontakte and My World@Mail.ru. Partners are going to earn money not only from broadcasts, but also from selling video advertising. Already, the volume of the video advertising market is estimated at $2-3 million per year.

Yesterday, July 22, the world's largest cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International (PMI) reported that in the first half of this year its net profit increased by 21.9%, to $3.68 billion. The company's net revenue increased by 15.7%, to $32.97 billion. The company's operating profit for the first half of the year increased by 18%, to $5.7 billion. At the end of the second quarter of this year, Philip Morris International's profit increased by 28.2%, to $1.98 billion.

Deputy prosecutors of a number of regions may be held accountable Prosecutor General Alexander Medvedko announced new reshuffles in the prosecutor's office - now at the level of deputy heads of regional prosecutor's offices. During an extended meeting of the board of the Prosecutor General's Office, he called on his subordinates to seek the dismissal of officials held accountable for corruption.

Today, July 23, it became known that the Department of State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice seized the property of the Dnieper Metallurgical Plant named after. Dzerzhinsky, Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant and Kramatorsk Metallurgical Plant named after. Kuibysheva. According to a source in the Ministry of Justice, the arrest was imposed in connection with the execution of court decisions to collect debts from these enterprises for raw materials, which total about 1.7 billion hryvnia.

On July 22, animal rights activists held protests against BP in Mexico and Austria. An accident occurred on its oil platform, which led to an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nobody wanted to go to the polls with him The United Center Party (UC) invited several political forces to join forces in local elections and take advantage of its opportunities to nominate candidates.

PJSC Ukrtatnafta (manages the Kremenchug Refinery) filed a cassation with the Supreme Administrative Court against the decision of the Kharkov Administrative Court of Appeal, which upheld the fine imposed by the Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) in the amount of UAH 110 million. After the committee imposed a fine in 2009, Ukrtatnafta began to challenge this decision in various courts.

Nikita Belykh reported for the year of work Governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh yesterday presented the first report on the work of the government to deputies of the legislative assembly. Having devoted a report to the topic of the “ideology of work” of his team, he said that in the fight against the “paternalistic sentiments” of Kirov residents, the government has changed its approach and is aimed at openness both in working with deputies and with society.

Lidia Maslova about Philip Noyce's action film "Salt" The new film by spy thriller Phillip Noyce, Salt, is named after Angelina Jolie's character, a CIA operative accused of being a Russian spy. Initially, the script for Salt was written about a man, and Tom Cruise was considered as one of the main contenders for the leading role. However, Cruise wisely declined, fearing that Salt was too similar to his character in the action film Mission: Impossible.

Term (days)MIBOR (rub.)MosPrimeRa te (rub.)RIBOR (RUB)LIBOR ($)LIBOR (JPY)LIBOR (EUR)LIBOR (GBP)LIBOR (CHF) 1 2.83 2.76 2.47 0.2513 0.1125 0.43 0.55 0.085 7 3.24 2.99 — 0.311 0.1263 0.52 0.5514 0.0917 thirty 4.12 3.34 — 0.3288 0.155 0.5788 0.5706 0.1117 60 — 3.60 — 0.4094 0.1956 0.6613 0.6263 0.1283 90 4.84 3.86 — 0.4978 0.2425 0.8163 0.7378 0.1433 180 5.56 4.36 — 0.7008 0.4425 1.10 1.0233 0.225 360 6.95 — — 1.08 0.6713 1.3713 1.465 0.50

Today, July 23, the press service of FC Shakhtar made a statement that Shakhtar Stadium LLC and ENKA LLC have resolved a dispute related to the construction of the Donbass Arena stadium. The statement said the settlement was reached by mutual agreement of the parties, without any admission of liability or payment of any compensation to either party.

Rostislav Skorokhodov, who previously headed the Kemerovo company Kora-TK (part of the Holiday group), became the general director of the largest retailer in Siberia, the Novosibirsk company Holiday. This was announced by the former head of Holiday, Alexey Zakharov. According to him, he is now working on “another project” at this company. Mr. Zakharov led Holiday for 10 years since its creation in 2000.