The average cost of living in Chuvashia per capita in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 11.9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 and amounted to 5.6 thousand rubles. “In absolute terms, the increase (of the cost of living in the first quarter of 2011) amounted to 597 rubles,” said the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Chuvashia, Venera Mullina.

The Kazakh City Duma adopted a package of tax preferences for builders of multi-level parking lots Deputies of the Kazan City Duma approved the benefits promised to parking lot builders - the burden on their business in terms of property and profit taxes, as well as land tax, was reduced by a total of 30%. Experts say that this is the maximum that the Tatarstan authorities could do within the framework of federal legislation.

Russia's second largest bank, VTB, will inject 12.5 billion rubles this year. into the capital of Transcreditbank. In return, the bank promises to please the new shareholder with an increase in the corporate loan portfolio by more than 40%, the top management of Transcreditbank said. “The bank received a subordinated loan from VTB for 5.5 billion rubles. for a period of 10.5 years,” said the head of the bank, Yuri Novozhilov.

Yesterday, Vladimir Rokhmistrov, head of the regional department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (UFAS), made a statement about the situation in the region's fuel market. He expressed confidence that there would be enough fuel in the oil companies' reserves for a long time. Mr. Rokhmistrov clarified that on Monday antimonopoly officers checked Voronezh gas stations.

Today, April 28, it became known that in the southern United States, as a result of a powerful hurricane that caused hundreds of tornadoes in five states, at least 246 people died, according to the latest data. Tennessee authorities reported 30 deaths today. Earlier in the state of Alabama, more than 130 disaster victims were announced. The hurricane literally wiped out entire towns, hundreds of houses and dozens of roads were destroyed. A million Alabama residents remain without power.

Today, April 28, the German Federal Statistical Office reported that the number of unemployed in April decreased by 37 thousand and amounted to 2.97 million people - the minimum since June 1992. At the same time, the figure was below the 3 million mark for the first time in 19 years. At the same time, unemployment in the country remained at 7.1% in April.

Olga Pleshanova, head of the Kommersant arbitration group, estimates The novel parody of the US Supreme Court, Supreme Seizures, described a case in which an imprisoned bank robber sought compensation for a defective pistol that failed to fire at the crucial moment. And the judges were scratching their heads, weighing legal formalities. Formalities prevailed: the robber received compensation.

Today, April 28, it became known that the Wikileaks project received 1.3 million euros in voluntary donations in 2010. This was reported by the Wau Holland Foundation, which accepted money transfers to Wikileaks. Half of this amount was transferred to the project using the PayPal payment system, but at the end of 2010 PayPal, as well as Visa and MasterCard, stopped accepting donations to Wikileaks. The remaining funds were transferred through bank payments.

The Libyan army, controlled by the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, took full control of the city of Kufra, located in the southeast of the country. “Libyan forces have taken full control of the city of Kufra and cleared it of armed groups,” Reuters quoted a state television announcer as saying on April 28. Information about the transfer of control over the Libyan city has not yet received confirmation from independent sources.

analyst explains why the American market is growing American stock indices rose to record highs on the back of good earnings reports from US corporations. Experts note that American shares have attracted investors' interest due to the issue of money, expectations of rising inflation and a small number of interesting objects for investment. American stock indices are showing their highest values ​​over the past few years. NASDAQ at its highest level since 2007, Dow Jones and S&P 500 since 2008.

The administration and the owner of the largest trading platform in Nizhny are discussing the terms of its return to the municipality The administration of Nizhny Novgorod is negotiating the return to municipal ownership of the city's largest retail market, the Central Market, which was sold in 2009 to a long-term tenant, the Analytics company, in installments for 326 million rubles.

PJSC " MARFIN BANK " demonstrates serious intentions to actively advance in lending to large and medium-sized corporate businesses. Since the beginning of 2011, the bank has been actively working to attract new clients, offering them stable development with a reliable bank. Today, the object of attention is the new shopping and entertainment center “5 Element” at Odessa, st. Chernyakhovsky 4. PJSC "MARFIN BANK" financed the opening of the shopping center "5 Element".

The export duty on gasoline will increase by 44% from May 1, to $408.3 per ton. This amounts to 90% of the oil duty rate, which will be set in May, a source in one of the Russian departments of the financial and economic bloc said. “It was decided to increase the duty on gasoline to 90% of the duty on oil. This decision will come into force on May 1,” said RIA Novosti’s interlocutor.

Today, April 28, Britain withdrew the invitation to attend the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton from the Syrian Ambassador in London. The reason for the decision was the brutal suppression of protests in Syria. The British government's decision was approved by Buckingham Palace. "Buckingham Palace shares the Department's view that the Syrian Ambassador is not a person who should attend the wedding," the British Foreign Office said in a statement.

Direct speech 914 2 minutes. ... Sergey Vakhrukov, governor of the Yaroslavl region: “We really hope it doesn’t burn.” Last year, we dealt with fires thanks to the creation of a fire safety system that dealt with the prevention and prompt extinguishing of fires. We reinforced the structures with special equipment, recruited additional employees and ultimately reduced all risks of burning to nothing.