Apple became the third-largest mobile phone maker in the United States in the first quarter, according to research firm NPD Group. With a 14% share of the US market, Apple is second only to Samsung and LG. A leading US market research company has published the latest data on the US mobile phone market, taking into account the first quarter results of leading manufacturers.

Russian officials are poorer than their wives. Governor of Primorye Sergei Darkin earned 3.5 million rubles last year. His wife, a theater actress, is worth a billion. There has been a rotation in the list of the richest wives of officials. Elena Baturina dropped out of the ranking. First place so far goes to the wife of deputy Vladimir Gruzdev. The details were told by Kommersant FM columnist Aelita Kurmukova. The ranking of the richest wives of officials is headed by Olga Gruzdeva.

Shuttle Endeavor departs from Cape Canaveral today. Along with ordinary onlookers, Barack Obama also hosts it. In a few hours, the shuttle Endeavor will depart for its final flight. More than half a million people gathered at Cape Canaveral to watch the shuttle launch. US President Barack Obama also plans to visit the cosmodrome. Now NASA has only two shuttles left in service - Endeavor and Atlantis. The program will be phased out by the end of the summer.

Today, April 29, the statistical office of the European Union reported that the rise in inflation in the eurozone reached its highest level in 2.5 years in April. April's annual inflation rose to 2.8%, up from 2.7% in March, reaching its highest level since October 2008, when the consumer price index was 3.2%. Based on materials from Gazeta.Ru

The founder of Unimilka became a co-owner of the leader of the Latvian dairy market The founder of Unimilk, Andrei Beskhmelnitsky, after the sale of the company to the French Danone, will continue to independently invest in dairy assets. A businessman acquires a blocking stake in the largest milk processor in Latvia, Rigas piena kombinats (RPK), which controls almost 50% of the local market.

Consumer prices for motor gasoline in Russia increased by 0.8% during the week from April 18 to April 24. The price of diesel fuel increased by 0.5%, Rosstat reports. According to the department, the average price of gasoline in Russia as of April 25 was 23.67 rubles. versus 23.48 rubles on April 18. At the same time, the average cost of gasoline grades A-76 (Ai-80) increased to 21.85 rubles. from 21.67 rub.

The girl needs a series of operations Elya Gavycheva is seven years old. She has congenital underdevelopment of her left hand. The arm does not bend either at the elbow or at the wrist. The left palm is much smaller than the right, the fingers do not move and do not feel anything. To get Elina’s hand in order, the girl needs several complex operations. In Yaroslavl, at the Solovyov hospital, the girl has already been examined and a treatment plan has been drawn up.

The state allowed him to use less than 25% of profits for dividends Aeroflot will allocate 1.2 billion rubles for dividends for 2010—three times more than at the end of 2009. But this is only 10% of net profit. The agency itself allowed the company to reduce payments from the 25% recommended by the Federal Property Management Agency in connection with the carrier’s “serious investment program.” However, Aeroflot itself cannot explain exactly what this program is and what its scope is.

Rival movements Fatah and Hamas have agreed to create a unified Palestinian government. Two political groups announced they were working on “purely internal issues.” Observers are confident that this is the end of the peace process. Kommersant FM correspondent in Tel Aviv Boris Stern spoke about the situation in more detail.

At yesterday's annual meeting, the shareholders of Voronezh Joint Stock Aircraft Company (VASO) approved a new composition of the board of directors, which, as Kommersant expected, included Governor Alexey Gordeev as a nominee from the United Aviation Corporation (UAC). The shareholders also approved the plant's financial report for 2010. The company's revenue amounted to 3.8 billion rubles. (9% below last year’s figure and below planned indicators).

According to the Real Madrid coach Champions League The first Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Barcelona was the most memorable clasico of all four played this season. The Catalans managed to break Real, but only after the removal of Madrid midfielder Pepe: in the majority, Lionel Messi scored a double - 2:0. However, the main events took place off the field.

In the United States, 305 people died after the second attack of seasonal tornadoes. Over two days, more than 150 tornadoes were recorded in eight southeastern states. As a result, nuclear power plants in Alabama and the airport in St. Louis failed. With details - Kommersant FM correspondent Mikhail Bocharov. The location and time of a tornado cannot be predicted. The US Meteorological Service only warned of the likelihood of tornadoes in the vast territory where 40 million people live.

Substitute numbers of Deputy Minister Kiryanov, thoughts about the army of Mikhail Prokhorov and experiments of modern children with old gadgets. All this in the traditional review from Oleg Filimonov. Another investigation from the Blue Bucket Society. An active member of the d-lindele community shares the collected material. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Transport Security Viktor Kiryanov now travels with substitute license plates.

Law enforcement officers liquidated five militants during a special operation on the border of the Stavropol Territory and Kabardino-Balkaria. “On the morning of April 29, in the village of Progress, located on the border of the Kirovsky district of the Stavropol Territory and the KBR, a group of militants was blocked in one of the private houses and offered armed resistance to the security forces,” a source in the law enforcement agencies of the KBR told RIA Novosti .

At the end of 2010, enterprises and real estate owned by the Krasovprof brought income to the organization in the form of 80 million rubles, Sergei Buldashov, chairman of the Krasovprof, told Kommersant. According to him. 72 million rub. - this is the net profit for last year of OJSC “Klyuchi Resort”, another 8 million rubles. brought by the activities of the Trade Union Property Fund (rents out real estate).