Damascus (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot at least six people as a result of an attack on the camp of demonstrators at the mosque in the city of Deraa in the south of the country, where unprecedented anti -government performances are held, residents of the city said. One of the killed is the doctor Ali Gassab al-Mahamid, who came to the Omari mosque in the old quarter in order to help the victims of the attack last night.

The Belarusian government was unable to cope with the currency deficit and gave all its opponents a magnificent gift. The National Bank of Belarus has stopped selling dollars and euros to commercial banks. Now in the exchangers of the country for some time (maybe very long) there will be no currency. Since the beginning of the year, the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Belarusian National Bank have declined by $ 1 billion, to $ 4 billion by March 1.

The wars between the Internet browsers worsened to the limit. Yesterday, an official release of the new version of the Mozilla Firefox 4 browser was held. The mark of the loading million loads was reached 93 minutes after the opportunity to download the browser for user devices. A week before, Internet Explorer presented a new version - in the first day it was downloaded more than 2.35 million times.

London (Reuters)-Committee on Monetary Policy (MPC) of the Bank of England voted to maintain the basic lending rate at the meeting on March 9-10 by six votes against three, the meeting protocol published on Wednesday. The Central Bank sees a “significant risk” that inflation may exceed 5 percent in the coming months, but the regulators said that it was too early to judge the power of the economic restoration after an unexpected reduction in GDP in the fourth quarter of last year.

Since I worked on the Weird Ideas that Work book, I carefully monitor different aspects of how creative people suffer compared to their deprived imagination colleagues. I mainly studied the difference between creative and routine work (see the post about why innovation and creativity are sucks ). Many theories and research suggest, in particular, that: 1. Creativity suggests that most of the time you suffer defeat; The routine work seduces that most of the time you are achieving success.

Moscow (Reuters) - one of the largest developers in the Russian Federation, the peak is considering the possibility of holding the secondary placement of shares (SPO) not earlier than the fall of 2011, although the financial market awaited it this spring, Reuters said two sources in the banking sector. At the same time, the company is technically ready for SPO at any time, they said.

Moscow (Reuters) - the new composition of the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel will choose the chairman at a meeting on April 1, Reuters said a source familiar with the plans of the new council. The agenda also contains issues related to the preparation for the annual meeting of shareholders of the world's largest manufacturer Nickel and Palladium, but they do not include recommendations on dividend payments for 2010. The representative of Norilsk Nickel refused to comment.

(Reuters) -Colgate-Palmolive Co will buy a European producer of SANEX hygienic products from Unilever PLC for about $ 940 million, the American company said. Colgate-Palmolive thus planning the expansion of hygienic goods and food for pets in highly profitable business. At the same time, it will sell Unilever its enterprise for the production of detergents in Colombia for $ 215 million. (Translated by Alexander Gelogaev. Editor Anton Zverev)

Moscow (Reuters) - the second largest in the Russian Federation, the Svyaznoy Cell retailer in 2010 increased financial indicators and, perhaps, will follow the example of its larger competitor to Euroset , which announced the intention to place promotions in London on the eve of his larger competitor. The head of the company Denis Lyudkovsky on Wednesday told reporters that the Svyaznoy could conduct an IPO in the second quarter of 2012, adding that the final decision has not yet been made.

In psychology, there is the concept of “cognitive dissonance”, when conflicting knowledge and beliefs clash in the mind. When you hear one thing, and see the other. Or, if simplified, when the words diverge from business. The banking sector has the same situation: both the market participants and the regulator have an understanding of where to move, but in practice everything happens differently.

London (Reuters)-the organization of oil exporting countries ( OPEC ) will think about an extraordinary meeting if oil prices reached $ 120 per barrel, the representative of the OPEC said. “There are no reasons for $ 120 for panic. If prices exceed $ 120, I think then there may be a need to meet until June, ”said the representative of the cartel who asked not to call his name.

Moscow (Reuters), the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, considers it possible to extend the AvtoKhlama program by adding another 100,000 cars from the “recycling” discount from the budget, said Andrei Dementyev , Reuters of the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

40 minutes before the meeting with director Nikita Mikhalkov at the entrance to Polytech stood a crowd, reminiscent of the line at the Pushkin Museum on the last day of the Picasso exhibition. Fortunately, people moved much faster, although there were so many metallic players and guards for the last time I saw at the entrance to the Domodedovo Airport. "They will not let you with food!" -said the guard to some girl absorbing nuts from a small bag.

Madrid (Reuters) - the net profit of the world's largest clothing manufacturer Inditex increased by 32 percent for 2010, coinciding with expectations, thanks to aggressive expansion in developing markets. At the same time, the uncertain economic situation and high unemployment in Spain, providing about a quarter of sales of the Zara network owner, remains a reason for the concern of investors. The reduction in budget expenditures in other European countries also hit consumer demand.

Professional disease | Who the diplomat works | PRDTL Tchk | Two areas On the epic background of a great tragedy in Libya, a small tragedy occurred at the Russian embassy in Libya. The ambassador Vladimir Chamov was rapidly withdrawn . Everyone says there is no truth on Earth, but there is no truth and above. Such a sudden feedback is an extremely rare thing. At 24 o’clock, the country is left by persons who have become non-ghrates due to activities incompatible with the status of a diplomat.