Frontline Ltd. (Bermuda), operator of the largest fleet of oil supertankers, recorded a net loss of $47.7 million, or 57 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2011, compared with a loss of $35.2 million, or 45 cents per share, in the quarter. earlier, according to a company press release. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast Frontline's net loss at $47 million. The company announced that it will not pay dividends for the last quarter.

Rallies in support of the former head of Eye Microsurgery, Hristo Takhchidi, were held in dozens of Russian cities on Tuesday. Kommersant FM presenter Margarita Polyanskaya interviewed the director of the Yekaterinburg branch of the Eye Microsurgery clinic Oleg Shilovskikh. – Tell us more about the protest, did you stop working completely? -- Of course not. We do not stop working, we are a medical institution, so all assistance is provided in full.

The 39th Emmy International ceremony took place in New York, an award given to the best television programs created outside the United States. Five of the ten prizes went to the UK. The international “branch” of the famous American television award has existed since 1969. The winners are determined by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which includes representatives from approximately 400 television companies from 70 countries.

The city's factories are almost fully loaded St. Petersburg automobile plants are approaching the limit of their production capabilities. It takes a long time to build new capacities. However, a further increase in production, beyond the volumes declared by the plants, is possible due to work on weekends, which will increase their capacity from 370 to 500 thousand cars per year, experts say. In the first ten months of 2011, the St.

The change of power at the Baltic Shipyard turned out to be nominal The control established by the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) over the Baltic Shipyard, which belongs to the structures of Sergei Pugachev, in fact turned out to be nominal. A month after the authorities reported that the situation had stabilized, the Bank of Russia, which has the plant’s shares as collateral, requested assistance in this matter from the court.

Citizens of the USSR were invited to become Russians according to a simplified scheme Moscow City Duma deputies yesterday supported a bill submitted to the State Duma introducing a simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship by compatriots living in the countries of the former USSR.

Nepes Corporation is going to open LED production in Saransk The South Korean Nepes Corporation has signed an agreement to create a joint production (JV) with the head of the republic, Nikolai Merkushkin, and the head of the South Korean lighting corporation Nepes, Lee Byung Ku. The implementation of the Nepes Russia project will be carried out by Invest-Alliance LLC.

The word EXPO is an abbreviation for English exposition - laconic, easy a memorable brand of world's fairs born in Victorian England more than a century and a half ago. EXPOs of our days differ from those of the 19th century about as different as an electric car from a horse-drawn London cab. More good products It is generally accepted that the idea of ​​holding the first World Exhibition was put forward by Prince Albert, the husband of the British Queen Victoria.

Environmentalists have concluded that errors in the disposal of energy-saving lamps are harmful to the environment. In Russian DEZs, they have not even heard about the rules for recycling mercury lamps. Swedish environmentalists are against energy-saving lamps. Conservationists are concerned about the improper disposal of lamps. Mercury vapor is hazardous to health and has a negative impact on the environment.

The head of a Krasnoyarsk university and two of his subordinates were convicted of embezzlement of 46 million rubles The Krasnoyarsk prosecutor's office brought to court the high-profile case of the former rector of the State University of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold (GUTSMZ), part of the Siberian Federal University, Valery Kravtsov and two of his subordinates - vice-rector for economics and finance Nadezhda Vorsina and former director of the Achinsk branch of the university Lyudmila

Protection from a change of leadership in Vanino is asked at the very top The Vanino port team appealed to the country's leadership with a request not to allow a new Pikalevo in the village. Port workers sharply opposed the company’s development program proposed by the port’s minority shareholder, Oleg Deripaska’s En+ Group. The port says she is breaking the law, cutting staff and putting an undesirable top manager in charge of the company.

Member of the Council of NPF "Europe" Alexander Nazarenko — Can you describe the average participant in the non-state pension fund (NPF) “Europe”? — It is no different from participants in other funds, not counting corporate ones, which depend on the specifics of the enterprise’s activities. The bulk of participants are over 40 years old, then - from 35 years old, the smallest part is under 35 years old.

on the stage of the National Opera in a new capacity tours / ballet The National Opera hosted the Ukrainian premiere of “Two Love Stories,” a ballet project by Mariinsky Theater soloists Denis and Anastasia Matvienko. In addition to “Carmen Suite” and “Radio & Juliet”, a third “love story” arose - Denis Matvienko was appointed head of the ballet troupe of the National Opera. YULIA BENTYA reports.

Yesterday, the Minister of Transport and Road Facilities of Tatarstan Lenar Safin told reporters that the opening of an intermodal line from the railway station to the Kazan International Airport is scheduled for December 12, 2012. According to him, the investment project being implemented by Russian Railways is estimated at 12.89 billion rubles, of which 3.7 billion have already been spent. The length of the new line will be over 26 km.

To develop a development strategy for Yekaterinburg to host the EXPO 2020 exhibition (if, of course, Russia wins this right), the chief architect of Barcelona, ​​José Acebillo, has been brought in. In an interview with Kommersant-Review, he told what distinctive features of the city he had already noticed and what infrastructural aspects, in his opinion, should be paid attention to. — Tell us about your first impression of Yekaterinburg?