The Video International Group (VI), which controls about 60% of all TV advertising sales in the country, is discussing with the National Media Group (NMG) the possibility of servicing its TV channels, Ren TV and Petersburg - Channel Five, Kommersant writes. VI and the Ren TV and Petersburg - Channel Five TV channels have been discussing possible cooperation since 2010, two sources in NMG said. A source close to VI claims that NMG is the initiator of the negotiations.

October 12, 2009, 17:38 / Finance / Lifestyle Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson received the prize for their study of the regulation of market economies.

1. November 4–6 International Real Estate and Construction Exhibition Cityscape Latin America – 2009 An exhibition and conference that attracts the attention of major regional and international investors, government officials and leading architects. Organizer: IIR Middle East Where: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Fecomercio www.cityscapelatinamerica.com 2. November 7–8 3rd Specialized Exhibition “Building a House – 2009” The exhibition is aimed at the end consumer.

The net loss of Uralsib Bank for the third quarter of 2009 under RAS amounted to 7.124 billion rubles against losses of 89 million rubles in the same period of 2008. This is stated in the bank's materials. The losses replaced the net profit received by the bank in the second quarter. Uralsib named "a decrease in net operating income" as the main reason for this.

The Accounts Chamber (CA) recommends to the Ministry of Finance a program for developing the revenue potential of the budget system, said Deputy Head of the Chamber of Accounts Anatoly Gordeev. “The draft budget does not reflect the government’s actions if the forecast parameters for socio-economic development are not met,” he noted.

Olga Chernysheva's photographs show secluded corners and small people Great art has always been created for its place: high painting for temples, luxurious painting for palaces, the Little Dutchmen painted for small merchants' living rooms, and so on up to modern art. It is produced for railway stations that have lost their former usefulness, ship arsenals, power plants, bus garages and wineries that have been converted into museums and galleries.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will return to the treasury more than £12,000 of public funds he spent on the services of a cleaner, the Prime Minister's Office has announced. On Monday, as the country's parliament met for the first time after the summer break, all MPs in the House of Commons received the results of an independent audit of parliamentary expenses that was launched in the summer.

12 October 2009, 13:56 / Finance World central banks are fleeing the dollar The share of the American currency in their investments fell to a historical low, and in new reserves it amounted to only 37%. Andrey Kotov D. Grishkin From July to September, the volume of world gold and foreign exchange reserves rose to $7.3 trillion, an increase of $413 billion compared to the previous quarter, Bloomberg calculated.

Dutch Philips Electronics' third-quarter 2009 profit beat analysts' expectations, but the company is wary of future results amid no signs of recovery in the markets. Philips Electronics posted third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITA) of 344 million euros ($507 million). Analysts had expected 109 million euros. Philips' EBITA was 57 million euros in the third quarter of 2008.

Transcreditbank became more profitable Transcreditbank's net profit for the first nine months of 2009 amounted to 2.6 billion rubles, compared to 1.2 billion rubles for the same period in 2008, net assets reached 238.7 billion rubles, which is 35% more than their size on October 1, 2008, the bank said in a statement.

October 12, 2009, 02:55 / Finance Banks will have to reveal their owners It will be possible to find out who owns the bank or determines its decisions starting from the new year on the Central Bank website.

Ilham Aliyev "The Armenians will try to present this as their diplomatic success and will take an even tougher stance." The President of Azerbaijan fears that the signing of protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia scheduled for December 10 will hinder the Karabakh settlement in the interests of Baku. (Interfax) Vladimir Zhirinovsky "It is possible that the situation will worsen.

Citi Citi analysts raised their target price on Sberbank common shares to $2.76 from $1.38, while maintaining a “buy/high risk” recommendation. They note the bank’s strong capital base and current operating profitability, which means it will not need a capital increase this year or next. Citi also points to successful cost control at Sberbank and a slowdown in the growth rate of loan loss provisions.

Only two trade union activists became deputies of the Pikalevo city council as a result of the October 11 elections, where mass protests took place this summer after the city-forming enterprises were shut down, with ten of the 16 seats going to the heads of various enterprises and institutions and another two to managers of the BazelCement-Pikalevo plant, the Central Election Commission website reports.

Russia is in the acute phase of the second wave of the financial crisis. This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialogue Management Company Pavel Teplukhin . He noted that it is associated with the anniversary of the peak in the issuance of loans, which occurred in the fall of 2008.