The world's largest processor maker Intel has agreed to buy antivirus software developer McAfee. Intel is offering McAfee shareholders $48 per share in cash, which is about 60% higher than yesterday's quotes. Thus, the total volume of the deal will be about $7.68 billion. There is no doubt that the deal will take place: it was approved by top management. In a joint statement, the companies expressed confidence that the transaction will not raise objections from regulators.

August 19, 2010, 00:55 / Business Donavia and Kuban Airlines are trying to make money on children The largest airlines in the south, Donavia and Kuban Airlines, are trying to set a precedent and obtain compensation from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for transporting children at a discount. So far it’s not working out Alexander Vorobyov S.

Moscow authorities have sent an official request to the Kazakh side asking to supply the capital with 100,000 to 300,000 tons of grain, said Viktor Olkhovoy, First Deputy Head of the Moscow Department of Food Resources, on Thursday. "We have made an official request to Kazakhstan to supply Moscow with 100,000 to 300,000 tons of grain. But we will buy it where it is cheaper," Olkhovoy said.

Information about the seizure of two land plots (previously owned by AOZT Matveevskoye) in the west of Moscow from the company Inteko owned by Elena Baturina is false, the company said in a statement. "The actions of the prosecutor's office are not directed against the owner of the land and do not cast doubt on the legality of his rights to these plots.

The indicators of insurers show that the economy of St. Petersburg is recovering at a slow pace, believes the vice-president of Rosgosstrakh LLC Evgeny Gurevich. According to Rosstat, in the first half of 2010, investments in fixed capital in Russia grew by 1.3% compared to the same period in 2009, while in St. Petersburg they fell by 9.3%. In St. Petersburg, 15% fewer foreign cars were sold in the first half of the year than a year earlier, Avtostat calculated.

August 19, 2010, 01:20 / Finance Muscovites are the most careless mortgage borrowers in Russia According to Central Bank statistics, it turns out that the most unreliable mortgage borrowers live in Moscow - overdue loans exceed 7% of the volume of mortgage loans of Muscovites. And residents of the Northern capital turned out to be one of the best borrowers - the overdue rate is only 2.6% Natalia Biyanova D.

Mazda Motor Corp plans to recall more than half a million vehicles worldwide over a power steering problem, a company spokesman said. The Japanese automaker previously announced a recall of 215,000 vehicles in the United States and more than 10,000 vehicles in China, and now plans to expand the recall to its major overseas markets, including Europe and Australia.

The costs of fighting forest fires and their consequences, including funds for building houses, currently amount to 12 billion rubles, said the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu. "The costs of overcoming the fires, adding them up with funds for the construction of housing for the victims, with additional resources, we are within the range of 12 billion rubles," he said. According to the minister, the cost of the forest destroyed by fire should be added to this amount.

Why are you moving, little bug? The struggle for the Khimki forest as a vivid example of the relationship between citizens and authorities 20 "Glamorous Redneck" Why did artists stop expressing their civic position?

M. Stulov Subscribers who have been blocked by operators for more than 90 days due to non-payment or breach of contract terms will be written off, Svyazinvest reported yesterday. The write-off will take place during the third quarter of 2010. Currently, Svyazinvest operators who have cellular assets are writing off those who do not use services and do not pay for them for six months, says Igor Pshenichnikov, director of the external communications department of Svyazinvest.

Investors thought that Gazprom bonds were better than Italian bonds Oleg Mazurov, General Director of Allianz Rosno Asset Management 19.08.2010, 00:05 One of the most famous sayings of Confucius, “God forbid that we live in an era of change,” often evokes a cynical smile among our compatriots. It seems that our whole life is one continuous era of change. For some, changes began with the crisis of 1998, for others with perestroika, for others even earlier - with the Khrushchev Thaw.

CORRECTED VERSION. THE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED VERSION CAN BE VIEWED IN THE VEDOMOSTI ARCHIVE (SMART VERSION) Vedomosti sources claim that VTB is creating its own development company to manage the projects it inherited during the crisis. Among them are 51% of the company Sistema-Gals, 20% of ZAO Don-Stroy Invest (which manages all of Don-Stroy's residential projects), the Dynamo stadium reconstruction project (within which it is planned to build about 500,000 sq.

Water may soon become a strategic resource, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The publication notes that the progressive shortage of drinking water sources has caused a dangerous phenomenon - water migrants: in just one year, over 20 million people in the world have left their homes. "I can give numerous examples where water shortages have led to armed conflicts and wars between neighboring states," Patrushev said.

Almost a third - 13 out of 35 - deputies of the Barnaul City Duma wrote statements of resignation. Vera Sirash, head of the City Duma staff, told reporters about this today. She did not specify the reasons for the mass demarche. However, according to experts, with such a gesture, parliamentarians demonstrate protest against the recent removal from office of the mayor of Barnaul Vladimir Kolganov .

It is generally accepted that a historian is forbidden to discuss the topic of "what would have happened if." And this is a profound misconception. I think that history does know the subjunctive mood. Or rather, history as an objective process, of course, developed in one and only one specific way. A historian does not have the opportunity, say, like a chemist, to remove some ingredients, put others in their place and try to get a different result.