American swimmer Michael Phelps finally managed to beat the achievement of Larisa Latynina (pictured): the American has 19 Olympic medals. Phelps needed four Olympics for this, Latynina, to win her 18, needed three (for how Mrs. Latynina followed the gymnasts’ competitions, see the report ).

Eight badminton players disqualified for losing matches Fair game Women's badminton competitions turned into a huge scandal.

The net profit of the American automaker General Motors (GM), attributable to owners of common shares, in the first half of the year decreased by 53.7% and amounted to $2.491 billion compared to $5.387 billion in the first half of 2011, the company said. GM's total revenue for the reporting half-year amounted to $75.373 billion, which is 0.3% less than the year-ago figure recorded at $75.567 billion.

The US House of Representatives will not have time to consider bills to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment and the “Magnitsky list” before the November presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, said Sander Levin, a senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee. “The leadership of the Republican faction (in the House of Representatives) decided not to deal with these documents (before the elections)...

At a meeting on Thursday, the government sent for revision a draft program for the development of the continental shelf. The main reason is the sudden realization by ministers of the fact that the shelf cannot be developed with the help of only two state-owned companies (Gazprom and Rosneft). A working group headed by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was tasked with working on the issue of allowing private Russian companies to study and develop reserves.

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Technologies The volume of the Russian information security software market grew in 2011 by 27.7% compared to the previous year and reached $306 million, IDC reported. About 60% of the market was controlled by five companies: Kaspersky Lab, Eset, Symantec, Positive Technologies and Microsoft. Also among the leading suppliers of information security software solutions in 2011 were IBM, Dr. Web, Jet Infosystems, HP and Oracle.

The Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Pskov Region published a list of Ukrainian citizens injured in an accident in the Opochetsky district on Wednesday evening. Earlier it was reported that at about 20.00 a Mercedes Sprinter minibus collided with a Mitsubishi car on the 18th kilometer of the Opochka - Polotsk road. Eight of the nine passengers in the minibus, Ukrainian citizens heading to St. Petersburg, were hospitalized.

Fiat SpA is temporarily abandoning new investments in Italy as the debt crisis causes car sales in Europe to fall to a 33-year low. "At the moment, the economic crisis and the current difficulties in the European car market are an obstacle for the company to give any further guidance regarding future investments," Fiat said in a statement. It is expected that the automaker's new investment program will be announced in October, simultaneously with financial results for the third quarter.

The Progress M-16M space truck docked to the International Space Station (ISS) in automatic mode, the ship delivered cargo to the station in a record short time - six hours instead of the usual two days, a representative of the Mission Control Center (MCC) told RIA Novosti . “The docking was carried out regularly in automatic mode on the fourth orbit around the Earth.

The Ministry of Finance has put forward an initiative according to which citizens will be able to voluntarily transfer funds to the bank for a future pension. Experts approve of this measure, but note that if it is used instead of canceling the funded part of the pension, the state will lose the trust of people. The government wants to transfer pensions to banks. The Ministry of Finance proposed to admit not only non-state pension funds, but also banks and insurers to future pensions.

Maria Sharapova defeated Belgian Kim Clijsters in the quarter finals of the women's Olympic tennis tournament with a score of 6:2, 7:5. In the 1/2 finals, the tennis player will meet with another Russian, Maria Kirilenko, who previously beat Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic. The other pair of semi-finalists were Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) and Sirena Williams (USA).

The Cabinet of Ministers has banned the import of animal products without packaging. Chairman of the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service Vladimir Gorzheev said that this will protect the country from new foci of African swine fever infection. The corresponding regulation does not apply to packaged products of animal origin, since such products undergo different degrees of processing.

Despite the postponement of the IPO, the company bought business centers worth $700 million An unsuccessful attempt to conduct an IPO did not force O1Properties Boris Mints to abandon planned real estate purchase transactions. The company acquired the Dukat 3 business center near the Mayakovskaya metro station for $370 million; the deal for Silver City on Serebryanicheskaya Embankment for $350 million will be closed in mid-August.

605 2 minutes. ... After the final battle, ALEXEY DOSPEKHOV spoke with SOFIA VELIKA. — At the award ceremony, to be honest, I didn’t see the crazy joy of the winner in your eyes. This is true? — Now, probably, there really is a feeling of some disappointment. I understand that I will come home with a medal, which is great. But I wanted more. — Was it a surprise for you that in the final you got to meet a Korean, and not Mariel Zagunis?