According to the statistics of the Bank of Russia, the number of unprofitable credit institutions has been steadily decreasing in recent years. Thus, according to the results of 2001, there were 58 of them (or 4.4% of the total number), according to the results of 2002 - 46 (3.5%), 2003 - 39 (2.9%). Banks that were unable to recover from the 1998 crisis are leaving the market, believes Vladimir Gamza, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agrokhimbank.

“A person who, before answering the question about the possibility of his participation in the presidential elections of 2007-2008, first went to the United States for consultations, has no prospects of becoming president of Russia.” Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov (Interfax) Mironov believes that former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov will never become president. "Payment statements for increasing pensions have been sent to all regions.

Next week, the box office's biggest changes are likely to happen within the chart. Million Dollar Baby, the Academy Award-winning film of 2004, will soar up the chart. The stakes for The Aviator may also rise. But in the final pre-Oscar chart, the awards favorites are still in place, and new films are slowly, lazily, but still appearing in theaters. The comedy drama Diary of a Black Madwoman debuted in first place.

The spring antique salon (there is also an autumn and Christmas salon), as always, is close in timing to the “women’s day” (it will last until March 6). Therefore, jewelry and various seemingly precious trinkets occupy most of its space. That is why the female part of the public that came here is in a state of hunting excitement. Men’s attention was captured at the opening of the “Sweet Captivity” fashion show – part of the special project “Philosophy of the Boudoir”.

According to the Dutch military police, robbers dressed as airport employees stopped an armored car in the cargo area of ​​KLM and, threatening the guards, stole it. As police spokesman Rob Stenacker told Vedomosti, the criminals were armed with firearms. They abandoned the stolen car in the nearby town of Hoofddorp. No one was hurt in the robbery. “This happened in a secure area of ​​the airport, so it’s unclear how these people were able to get in,” said Frank Houben, a spokesman for KLM.

A. Galeev Yesterday, most Russian shares continued to rise in price: on the classic RTS market, Norilsk Nickel added 2.7%, LUKOIL – 1.6%, and the RTS index rose by 2.15% – to 716.42 points. Gazprom shares on the Saint Petersburg Exchange (with settlements through RTS) rose in price by 2.3% at very high turnover – 3.35 billion rubles, and the company's capitalization fell just short of $70 billion.

Back in the late 1990s, the business world offered such opportunities to many managers. Young professionals found it easiest to get a job, so they left large companies in droves. But then the situation on the labor market worsened, and new jobs disappeared. Now the labor market is reviving, managers are more willing to take risks, and their experience and knowledge are in demand again.

Capellas became CEO and, in effect, turnaround manager of WorldCom in 2002, after the company found itself at the center of the largest accounting scandal in U.S. corporate history: $11 billion in misstatements. The restructuring was a shambles, and no one could have predicted that it would work so well, Capellas says. MCI, which WorldCom had acquired in 1998, emerged from bankruptcy in the spring of 2004 with its old name and greatly reduced assets.

In many countries there is a business related to tourism: travelers from other countries are offered to write their name in the local alphabet on various media, from a sheet of papyrus to a gold plate. Thanks to the site www.japanese-name-translation.com/jnt/index.asp you can write your name in the language of the Land of the Rising Sun without going on such a long trip for us.

Yesterday, Lebedyansky began a road show and announced the price range of the shares offered for placement. The owners of the juice holding plan to begin placing 16.4% of their shares on the MICEX and RTS in mid-March at a price of $34.78 to $38.46 per share, according to a statement from Lebedyansky. Thus, Lebedyansky shareholders intend to earn $116.5–128.7 million from the placement, which corresponds to a capitalization of $710–785 million.

On Thursday, the government intends to consider Gazprom's 2005 investment program for the third time. As it turns out, even in its revised form, it does not satisfy the Ministry of Economic Development. Minister German Gref, a copy of whose report is at the disposal of Vedomosti, criticizes the monopoly for reducing investments in gas production.

In the section “Resignations and Appointments” (No. 32 of 24.02.2005, p. A6), the last name of the former general director of OJSC “Sevkabel” Bakhtiyar Ismailov and the position of Vyacheslav Kondratyev in “Proletarsky Avangard”, where he worked as commercial director, are incorrectly indicated. The editors apologize.

Yesterday, Gazprom published a regulation on information disclosure. It granted the right to publicly speak to 21 managers – the Chairman of the Management Board Alexey Miller, his deputies, members of the Management Board, as well as the press secretary of the Chairman of the Management Board and the head of the information policy department. They can speak on all issues of the monopoly’s activities and give the floor to other employees of the company.

Vladimir Kulikov, consultant of the department, told Vedomosti that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for Tomsk Oblast has opened a case against the Tomsk forestry department. According to him, Tomskenergo demands that the areas under the power lines be recognized as energy lands and that Tomskselles be prohibited from charging money for permission to cut down bushes. According to him, the commission meeting will take place on March 9.

Although the ceremony organizers thoroughly updated it (the younger Chris Rock made his debut as the host instead of Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Cristella, who have been replacing each other in recent years, and some winners were awarded right in the hall), the ceremony looked boring. It is always difficult to calculate all the winners, otherwise English bookmakers would not accept bets on the Oscar results. But this time, all the prizes were taken by those who should have.