This year, the investment and credit boom in Russia will continue, and the private sector will import $10 billion more into the country than it exports, the United Financial Group (UFG) predicts. Even the barriers that the Central Bank may put in the way of capital will not cool the ardor of foreign investors. Deutsche Bank recently raised its forecast for the average price of Brent oil in 2004 from $24 to $28 per barrel.

The renowned tenor will perform today at the House of Music on Krasnye Kholmy. This is not Domingo's first performance in Moscow, but the first in a relatively academic genre. The program includes excerpts from classical operas, Viennese operettas and Spanish zarzuelas. Any hall or theater in the world dreams of getting Domingo. Among Russian capitals, Petersburg is ahead, thanks to Gergiev. On the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, Domingo sang in operas by Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky.

Candidate Vladimir Putin has left the opposition with no chance. Five days before Sunday's elections, he has radically restructured the government.

NEW YORK - Comcast Corp., which made a takeover bid for Walt Disney a month ago, has been rejected twice and is now playing a waiting game. Experts say that waiting has already brought Comcast at least one win. A month ago, on February 11, 2004, cable television operator Comcast made a takeover bid for Walt Disney, valuing the company at $48 billion. Since then, Disney's board of directors has turned down the company twice.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new cabinet of ministers. Perm Region Governor Yuri Trutnev was appointed Minister of Natural Resources. It is possible that Trutnev was the last governor of the region - politicians disagreed on whether to hold elections for a new governor in the summer or whether it would be more expedient to wait and immediately elect the head of Perm Region.

Vladimir Putin kept his promise. Five days before the presidential election, voters are presented with a compact and, according to the Kremlin's calculations, more effective government. In the new cabinet, the positions of German Gref and Alexei Kudrin have been strengthened, and Dmitry Kozak will oversee the completion of the administrative reform. The president saved the big news about the structure and composition of the new cabinet for a meeting with key members of the government.

The current, ninth in a row, film festival "Faces of Love" opened not on Christmas holidays, as usual, but on March 8. Another surprise was the screening of the new film by Sergei Solovyov "About Love" - ​​the director postponed the premiere for so long that in the public's mind the film has long since turned into a myth.

In 2003, one of the leaders of the investment business, Goldman Sachs, introduced the concept of BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India and China, according to the bank, will be the fastest growing economies in the next 50 years. Of these countries, India is the least heard of. However, recently, global investors have been paying more and more attention to it. Indians speak English. The Chinese market is staggering in its size and prospects.

Investment guru Warren Buffett earned $825 million last year betting against the dollar. But the world's second-richest man, often called the "Prophet of Omaha" for his accuracy in forecasting the financial market, sees no other way to make money. He refrains from making serious investments in the stock market, believing that American stocks are too expensive. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has released its 2003 results.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Rosbank Igor Antonov cites a Gallup study, according to which every tenth person in Russia uses money transfer services at least once a year. Based on a population of 140 million, this comes to 14 million transactions per year, excluding repeat transfers, he notes. A marketing study by MAGRAM Market Research showed that 13% of Russian citizens aged 18 to 55 have made money transfers at least once in the last year.

There is another skeleton in the closet in the law on compulsory motor third party liability insurance. From July 1, 2004, insurance companies will increase the prices of OSAGO policies for those responsible for accidents by one and a half times. In order to avoid paying the insurer at the increased rate, it is more profitable for the person responsible for a minor accident to pay the victim himself. Hidden coefficient.

Presidential candidate Irina Khakamada is planning to create a new party after the elections, which may be called "Free Russia". Politicians from the right-wing democratic camp and experts are skeptical about the prospects of this venture not only as a long-term project, but also as an election ploy. During a pre-election trip to Perm on March 5, presidential candidate Irina Khakamada announced her intention to create a new opposition democratic party after the elections.

LONDON - Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, which owns 80% of Britain's Hutchison 3G UK (H3G), is set to buy 1.5 billion pounds ($2.76 billion) of the latter's debt. Hutchison has said, however, that the deal will only go through if it can reach better repayment terms with its creditor banks than the original ones. The plan is to buy back some of the $4.52 billion in bank loans that H3G, in which NTT DoCoMo owns the remaining 20%, received over three years beginning in 2001.

MOSCOW - Rosneft and BP signed an agreement on Friday to develop the Sakhalin-5 project. They will soon register a management company outside of Russia, which will become the operator of the project. The agreement stipulates that Rosneft will contribute a license to develop fields within the Sakhalin-5 project, BP will contribute funds, and will also finance geological exploration work within the range of $200 million. (PRIME-TASS).

At the request of Vedomosti, specialists from the All-Russian Personnel Congress, recruiting companies Ankor, Kelly Services and 3R compiled a list of the most common mistakes people make when looking for work. Those who have failed in their job search make the same mistakes. All mistakes can be divided into three groups: mistakes in the job search strategy, in the interview, and in the resume.