M. Stulov In 2006, Rosneft and Rosneftegaz placed almost 15% of the state company's shares on the stock exchanges, earning $10.6 billion for them: Rosneftegaz - $8.5 billion, Rosneft - $2.15 billion. Of these funds, the companies paid the organizing banks a commission of $138 million - 10 cents per share sold. Rosneft estimated other expenses on the IPO at $40 million.

Skanska is used to being No. 1 everywhere. It is one of the first foreign construction companies to come to work in Russia at a time when only inveterate optimists could talk about the existence of a civilized real estate market in the country. Skanska is the first foreign company to become a co-owner of a large Russian construction company: in 2001, it absorbed Moscow's Olson, and a year later bought 80% of the developer "Petersburgstroy", which specialized in housing construction.

The first time Markon planned to enter the Nizhny Novgorod market was in 2004. The company negotiated with the local PIR group, which was developing its own restaurants in the city, about selling it a franchise for Stardog!s, but PIR failed to find permanent locations for Markon outlets. A year later, Markon found another partner in the region.

The Public Opinion Foundation conducted a survey on how Russian families plan their family budgets. What is particularly interesting here is that such statistics are regularly collected by Rosstat; thus, there is a rare opportunity to compare what Russians say about themselves with official figures. Let's look at some details. According to the State Statistical Service, Russians spend on average about a third of their income on food – 33% in 2005.

The first new generation theaters launched in Moscow, featuring Dolby Digital systems, gigantic convex-concave screens and designer interiors were Kodak Kinomir on Tverskaya Street, Pyat Zvyozd near Paveletskaya metro station, Rolan at Chistyye Ponds, Kinotsentr at Krasnopresnenskaya metro station and MDM Kino on Frunzenskaya. In the early 2000s cinema chains Formula Kino and Karo Film redeveloped several older theaters, which had remained derelict throughout the 1990s.

But for the current year, experts promise such players good prospects and predict that their number will increase. Housing prices are unlikely to grow at the same unprecedentedly high rates as in 2006, so the demand for retail and office real estate will grow. The market is waiting for this. The company "Miel-Real Estate" even created a special division - it will help private investors form an investment portfolio. If you have money, go to the market.

The commission discussed Rosneft's compliance with license agreements for the first time. The matter concerns one of the largest in Russia, the Vankor field (Krasnoyarsk Krai), with recoverable reserves of 490 million tons of oil, and the adjacent Vostochno-Lodochnoye, Zapadno-Lodochnoye, Nizhnebaikhsky and Polyarny sites.

Skanska was used to hold the lead everywhere. It was one of the first foreign construction companies to arrive in Russia at the time, when one had to be a die-hard optimist to believe that Russia’s property market was ‘civilized’. Skanska was the first foreign corporation to become a co-owner of a major domestic building company after it took over Moscow-based ‘Olson’ in 2001 and bought an 80% stake in ‘Peterburgstroi’, a housing construction company.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Warsaw on Friday for a two-day visit. She held several meetings, including with German President Lech Kaczynski and his brother, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The Chancellor represented not only Germany, but also the European Union – Germany took over the EU presidency on January 1. The main topic of discussion was US plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Poland. Warsaw declared its readiness to meet Washington’s wishes.

In February 2007, National Logistics Company (NLK) commissioned a warehouse providing 5,000 pallet places in Odintsovo District of Moscow Region, custom-built for Sanofi-Aventis. The storage is equipped on the premises of a prime warehouse facility Rent-Tsentr (Rent Center) raised by NLK in 1997. The event could not go unnoticed by Sanofi-Aventis’ rivals in Russia and pharmaceutical distributors.

Yesterday, The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph reported that Barclays had made a merger offer to ABN Amro. “The banks are in preliminary talks that may not end in a deal,” The Sunday Times reported. “Barclays has signaled it is prepared to act as a knight in shining armor and help ABN Amro resolve its current problems.” The Sunday Telegraph claims that talks have been underway for a month.

On Friday, Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin suddenly cancelled his appearance before senators with an annual report on the state of human rights in Russia. The document has long been ready, but is closed to the public. A source in Lukin's office says that traditionally the text is not published or commented on until it is presented to the president.

Among the first new generation cinemas with the Dolby Digital system, giant convex-concave screens and exclusive interiors in Moscow were Kodak Kinomir on Tverskaya, Pyat Zvezd on Paveletskaya, Roland on Chistye Prudy, KinoCenter on Krasnopresnenskaya, MDM-Kino on Frunzenskaya... Along with them, since the early 2000s, network operators of the film industry, such as Formula Kino or Karo Film, have reconstructed a number of district cinema buildings.

Tanner & Haley, set up in 1998 under the name Private Retreats, claimed to have invented the perfect vacation concept. For a redeemable initial deposit (from $100,000 to $1.5m), relatively modest annual dues (starting at $7,000) and a $150 per night rate, members of its “destination clubs” would get unlimited access to dozens of luxurious homes in the US, Mexico and the Caribbean (plus daily green fees or ski passes for two) with none of the headaches of actually owning the properties.

Joseph Nacchio led Qwest from 1997 to 2002, a period during which telecoms boomed: stocks of all operators were rising in price, and in 1999 Qwest gained even more by acquiring a major local operator, US West. Only later did the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission find out that under Nacchio's leadership, Qwest had artificially inflated its revenues: $2.48 billion was written into them for 2000-2001.