Alfa and Telenor have finally heard each other (pictured: Alfa Group co-owner Mikhail Fridman) / Reuters At the end of March, Alexey Reznikovich, CEO of Altimo, which manages Alfa Group telecoms, proposed to Jan Edward Thygesen, executive vice president of Telenor for Central and Eastern Europe, to merge Russia's VimpelCom and Ukraine's Kyivstar. It was assumed that Altimo and Telenor would each receive 40% in the merged company, with the rest going to VimpelCom minority shareholders.

The fact that SKB-Bank made such an offer to clients is stated in the report of the Sverdlovsk Rospotrebnadzor. In the autumn of 2008, borrowers of SKB-Bank (including those who had concluded an agreement without a condition on a unilateral change in the rate) contacted them and received letters "about an increase in the interest rate and monthly payment" on the loan.

After a two-day meeting, the Fed decided to keep the key rate at the previous level – 0-0.25% – for an “extended period”. In a statement made following the meeting, the Fed noted that the state of the American economy is improving: consumer spending and demand are growing, financial markets are stabilizing, the recession has slowed, and inflation will remain “fairly soft”. ​​According to US government forecasts, GDP will decrease by 1.3% in the second quarter.

A. Makhonin "Sibir" works well, it has no overdue payments to banks, it pays everything, which is a rarity these days," said Natalia Fileva, a member of the board of directors and co-owner of the company, after the annual shareholders' meeting yesterday (quoted by Interfax). According to her, "Sibir" managed to completely restructure the debt on the debut bond loan, with the exception of the KIT Finance package.

There will be no problems with money: shareholders approved an additional issue of 36 billion rubles in favor of VEB, Rosimushchestvo and Rosatom (36% of the new authorized capital, taking into account the reduction in the par value of shares from 0.1 rubles to 0.028 rubles). "Inter RAO" Electricity exporter-importer. The main shareholder is the state, 57.34% (42.49% belongs to Rosatom State Corporation and 14.85% belongs to Energoatom Concern).

Having acknowledged that high markups in stores are unfair, Vladimir Putin gave the green light to the earliest possible introduction of a law on trade to the Duma, which is intended to limit the collection of various bonuses by chains from suppliers, such as fees for including goods in the assortment and payment deferrals. This is bad news for the consumer: bonuses are indirect discounts on the purchase price. They do not aggravate, but rather mitigate the real problem of high trade markups.

S. Porter "AvtoVAZ" Automobile concern. Shareholders: Troika Dialog (25.64%), Russian Technologies (25.1%), Renault (25%). Financial indicators (RAS, 2008): revenue – 160.24 billion rubles, net loss – 6.68 billion rubles. The new management structure was approved by the AvtoVAZ board of directors yesterday, immediately after the annual shareholders meeting, two sources close to the board told Vedomosti.

E.Kuzmina Less purchases. 48 billion rubles was the turnover of St. Petersburg retail trade in May 10.4% - a decrease in retail turnover in goods compared to May 2008, according to Petrostat data 800 chain stores operate in St. Petersburg, according to experts from the Infoline news agency By the end of this year , X5 Retail Group will open one Perekrestok, one Karusel hypermarket and at least 20 Pyaterochka stores in St.

Less deficit The budget deficit in 2010 could amount to 5.5% of GDP, compared to the expected 9% in 2009, said Alexei Lavrov, director of the Finance Ministry department; the deficit will be covered mainly from the reserve fund. The start has been given Russia has begun negotiations to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the organisation's secretariat announced.

Of the 1.4 million citizens who applied for participation in the pension co-financing program as of July 24, 2009, only 223,100 people, or 16%, began to pay, said Ivan Kuchmiy, head of the department for organizing personalized records, interaction with insurers and collecting arrears at the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. According to him, the goal was set to reach 2% of the population in the first year of participation in the program.

Today, the Lyubertsy City Court will hear a case on an administrative violation by the Moscow Region branch of the Novosibirsk company Avtoreid, the company's president Viktor Lyapustin told Vedomosti. This company sells Bilstein and ZF shock absorbers, which, according to Tikhonenko, use useful shock absorber model. Tikhonenko received three patents for such a model, which is essentially an improvement on existing shock absorbers, from Rospatent last summer.

"Sibur Holding" Petrochemical holding. Shareholders: Gazprombank (70% minus 1 share), NPF Gazfond (25% plus 1 share), 5% reserved for the option program. Revenue (IFRS, 2008) – 173.5 billion rubles; Profit – 16 billion rubles. The European Commission has granted Sibur Holding permission to purchase 100% of the shares of Austrian Citco Waren-Handelsgesellschaft, a representative of the department told Vedomosti.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has demanded documents from the Federal Reserve on the BofA-Merrill Lynch deal. The Fed "knowingly concealed concerns and material details about the merger from other federal regulators," Rep. Darrell Issa says. The Fed withheld information from the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters reports.

Kazanorgsintez The largest polyethylene producer in Russia. Shareholders: TAIF Group – 53.6%, Svyazinvestneftekhim – 28.4%. Capitalization – $164.4 million (RTS). Financial indicators (RAS, 2008): revenue – 23.5 billion rubles, net loss – 2.8 billion rubles. The crisis has undermined Kazanorgsintez, which has invested 42 billion rubles since 2004. The company has been incurring losses since the second quarter of 2008, and its debt reached 31 billion rubles by April 1.

Metalloinvest and Rosnedra yesterday signed a license agreement for the development of the Udokan copper deposit (reserves - 20 million tons), the company reported. Metalloinvest will pay for the license in the coming days, there is money for this, the main owner of the company Alisher Usmanov told Vedomosti. "Metalloinvest" Mining and metallurgical holding. Shareholders: Alisher Usmanov (50%), Vasily Anisimov (20%), Andrey Skoch fund (30%).