600 1 min. ... One of the world's largest advertising holdings, Interpublic Group, sold half of its stake in Facebook for $133 million. Based on this, the value of the entire social network is estimated at $66.5 billion. As the Financial Times reports, citing knowledgeable sources, one of the world's four largest advertising holdings, Interpublic Group (IPG), bought a stake in Facebook in 2006, when the capitalization of this social network was $1-2 billion.

At the bus station, passengers were insured “without permission” In August 2010, a citizen contacted the Saratov OFAS, who reported that at the bus station they were selling voluntary insurance policies at the ticket offices when selling tickets for intercity bus routes without the consent of buyers.

The Belarusian argument was used in gas negotiations with Ukraine Russia has officially promised a discount on gas for Belarus in response to its accession to the Common Economic Space (CES) and in exchange for commitments to cede control of Beltransgaz to Gazprom. However, substantive negotiations with the republic on the cost of gas and the size of the discount have by and large not begun.

People in the republic started talking about the need for a tandem Yesterday the nomination of presidential candidates ended in Kyrgyzstan. An unprecedented number of people wishing to take the presidential post submitted their applications to the CEC - more than 70 people. Meanwhile, Kyrgyz experts believe that the election of the head of state is unlikely to help pull the country out of the political crisis that has been ongoing in recent years.

Today, August 16, the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor decided to recall 33.8 thousand Corolla sedans in China to fix problems that could cause the engine to stop working. The recalled Corolla Ex vehicles were assembled at a plant in Tianjin between October 23, 2010 and January 29, 2011, Reuters reports. The Tianjin plant is a joint venture between Toyota and China's FAW Group. Based on materials from Kommersant.ru

at MAKS-2011 Russia plans to sign contracts worth more than $3 billion at the exhibition at the Zhukovsky International Aviation and Space Salon opening in the Moscow region. This year there will be a record number of transactions between participating companies, experts suggest. As part of the MAKS air show, Russia can conclude contracts worth $3 billion. This forecast was made by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

In the first Super Cup match, both clubs considered themselves winners Eurofootball “Real” and “Barcelona” opened the Spanish football season on the night from Sunday to Monday. The seed for the upcoming championship turned out to be very sophisticated: the first of the two matches for the Spanish Super Cup, Madrid and the Catalans drew 2:2, confirming that, compared to the previous season, the “clasico” has lost neither its sharpness nor its drama.

The international security index, after several weeks of growth, fell to 2854 points. Unrest in the UK and the unstable situation on world exchanges added to the negative factors. Hundreds of looters who staged pogroms in London and other cities were arrested. After the announcement of the downgrade of the US credit rating, world stock exchange indices fell by several percent, but by the end of the week the situation had stabilized.

Today, August 16, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv allowed lawyer Alexander Plahotniuc to defend ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mrs. Tymoshenko previously made such a request. At the same time, the prosecution was against allowing a new lawyer to defend the defendant. Currently, Yulia Tymoshenko is defended by lawyers Yuri Sukhov and Nikolai Siry. In addition, her relatives – her husband Alexander Timoshenko and daughter Evgenia Carr – are her defenders.

Context 177 1 min. ... The MICEX plans to launch trading in the bi-currency basket of the Bank of Russia from October 3 with settlements tomorrow (BKTRUB_tom), the exchange said in a statement. The bi-currency basket includes US dollars and euros in the ratio established by the trading administrator (in accordance with the proportion established by the Bank of Russia) on the day of trading.

Protests sweep Northeast China Over the weekend, large-scale public protests took place in the city of seven million people in Dalian in northeastern China. Over 10 thousand people took to the streets demanding the closure of the Fujia Corporation chemical plant. City authorities announced a temporary suspension of the plant.

The famous rock band has signed a contract with the Warburn Estate wine company. Wines that copy the names of AC/DC hits will go on sale this week. Details from Aelita Kurmukova. Hits from the Back in Black album will be sold on wine labels. Warburn Estate's collection line includes four types of drinks with AC/DC songs. Highway To Hell will now become the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon. Hells Bells will be bottled with a 2010 Sauvignon Blanc.

World food prices have increased by 33% compared to July last year, according to a World Bank report. The most unstable food situation is in the countries of Southeast Asia and Africa. The rise in prices of products is caused by measures to combat the financial crisis, experts say. The world is facing a food crisis. Food prices on the planet have increased by 33% compared to July last year. This information is contained in the World Bank Food Price Index report.

On August 16, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walked along the banks of the Volga and went fishing for spinning rods in the Astrakhan region. As the Kremlin press service told RIA Novosti , Messrs. Medvedev and Putin also got acquainted with the underwater world of the Volga and took several photographs underwater using special equipment.

Regional policy The government of the Khabarovsk Territory refused to hold an open competition for work to create its Internet portal, the maximum cost of which was estimated by the customer at 25 million rubles. The notice of order cancellation was published on the government procurement website on August 12. Let us remind you that the competition for the creation of an Internet portal for the regional government was announced on the government procurement website in July.