One car model sold under several brands is not uncommon lately. A whole brood of cars – from Mazda 3 to Volvo S40 – is designed on the Ford Focus platform. But usually such projects are created within the framework of one group of companies (American Ford Motor is a shareholder of both Mazda and Volvo). “This would have required a huge investment in new technology” – this is how Citroen director Claude Satine explained the refusal to develop an SUV in 2002.

Rich old people have it easier WASHINGTON PROFILE – Researchers from the University of Michigan (USA) analyzed the medical records of more than 2,000 people aged 70 and older who died between 1993 and 2000 and came to a paradoxical conclusion: rich old people die with less pain than the poor. In addition, scientists have found that the higher the level of wealth of an elderly person, the less often he suffers from depression and breathing problems.

The article “The Judicial Department Caught in Investments” (No. 126 of 12.07.2005, p. A2) incorrectly concluded that the Voskhod Research Institute was selected to develop the automated system “Justice” without holding a competition. According to the Voskhod Research Institute, a competition was held.

Nowadays, Rukom is well known in Novosibirsk. It belongs to the legal company Gestor Rick, and its employees are on the boards of directors of a number of enterprises in the region, including Novosibirskenergo. Abyzov left the energy holding company on June 1, and along with him, according to his own words, a whole team of specialists left RAO. “This is real wealth. They will all become employees of RUKOM,” he says.

V. Volkov It was Mamut, along with Alfa-Bank President Petr Aven, who was responsible for preparing the banking reform at the RSPP. In 2001, they scared the living daylights out of small banks by proposing that the Central Bank leave 10–20 banks with capital of at least $100 million on the market, and turn the rest into specialized institutions with licenses for a limited range of operations.

In the article “Pyaterochka could not” (No. 121 from 5.07.2005, p. B7) it should be read: “For comparison: the cost of shares of “Seventh Continent”, according to “Aton” calculations, could fall from the current $14.5 per share to $14.1.” The editors apologize.

In Notting Hill, they still remember one curious story that happened here in the 1950s with one antique dealer. One day he was walking past a junk shop and saw a Pre-Raphaelite painting for sale in front of its entrance. The dealer paid only a few pounds for it, then quickly pulled the canvas out of the frame and... threw it aside.

D. Grishkin Yesterday, Alfa-Bank published a report by Christopher Weafer, chief strategist of the analytical department of the Markets and Equities Department, “Investment Climate in Russia: Political Risks and Kremlin Secrets.” It was received by the bank’s clients – managers of the largest investment funds in Russia: JP Morgan, Hermitage Capital Management, Prosperity Capital Management, Kazimir Partners, Lombard Odie, East Capital, etc.

Colleagues of Soyuz are in no hurry to follow in its footsteps. For the success of such transactions, it is better to have portfolios in the national currency and with a variable rate, says Dmitry Mokhnachev, a member of the board of the International Moscow Bank. IMB believes that its credit rating allows it to attract more profitable financing through syndicated loans and unsecured bonds.

Restauranteur Stepan Mikhalkov has changed the name of his restaurant Snob's to Casual in a revolutionary way. He dropped the sky to the ground. Suspicious minds have seen in this an allusion to the popular book by O. Robski, but I think that this Oksana, with all due respect, is still far from the copyright of the English-Russian dictionary. Casual means "everyday, ordinary". The address of Stepan Mikhalkov's restaurant is 1st Obydensky Lane, Building 3.

Yesterday, the absentee board of directors of Svyazinvest was supposed to be held, called to set a repeat date for the annual shareholders' meeting, but it did not take place. According to the deputy director of the information support department of Svyazinvest, Yulianna Sokolenko, the questionnaires from the state representatives did not arrive.

Similar products for future home buyers have already been developed and introduced by many banks. Such deposits are currently in effect, in particular, at the International Industrial Bank (IPB), Moscow Credit Bank ( MCB ), Expobank, Vozrozhdenie Bank, etc. (see table). All of them issue loans for the purchase of housing. “By the time I realized I would have to buy an apartment, my savings were only enough to pay 5% of its cost.

Currency Over the week from July 8 to July 15, the dollar exchange rate fell by 16 kopecks. Today, $1 is worth 28.67 rubles. But the euro has become more expensive for the first time in several weeks: its rate rose by 23 kopecks to 34.62 rubles. As a result, over the past seven days, savings in dollars have depreciated by almost 0.6%, while savings in euros have become 0.7% more expensive. Stock Over the past seven days, the RTS index has grown by another 18 points to 755 points, or 2.4%.

In May, Rusatommet decided to prove that the 1995–1996 collateral auctions were illegal and filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court demanding that the auction for the sale of YUKOS be cancelled. The court scheduled the hearing for the end of the month. But Rusatommet did not calm down.

In the last days of the Duma session, deputies quietly approved an amendment to the Tax Code proposed by deputy Natalia Komarova, without market participants noticing. It changes the definition of gas condensate, for which gas producers must pay a mineral extraction tax. In 2002, the Tax Code chapter on mineral extraction tax came into force. Since then, tax authorities and mining companies have been arguing about what is considered gas condensate.