Rosneft , which recently bought stakes in four major oil refineries in Germany, is considering acquiring gas stations in Europe, a company spokesman said. "We will look at retail," he quoted company CEO Eduard Khudainatov as saying. At the same time, the Rosneft spokesman said that entering the European sales market is part of the company's "strategic development" plan, and that this does not only include Germany.

01 November 2010, 20:16 / Business Kamaz reduced its loss in the first half of the year undefined Vedomosti The largest Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz reduced its net loss to 397 million from 1.84 billion rubles. by international standards in the first half of 2010, the company’s report says. Revenue increased to 31.86 billion from 25.43 billion rubles. Costs increased to 27.71 billion from 22.01 billion rubles.

Vedomosti managed to get acquainted with the text of the amendments to the law "On Lotteries" prepared by the Ministry of Finance. The main thing in it is the proposal to allow incentive lotteries.

E. Kuzmina Sterkh already has preliminary agreements with clients for 80% of the refrigerated warehouse space, said Nellya Stepanova, CEO of the Osinovaya Roshcha logistics park. The opening of the second stage of the project – a dry storage warehouse with an area of ​​12,000 sq. m – is planned for the summer of 2011, with investments of 500 million rubles. Sterkh will determine the construction dates for the 45,000 sq. m warehouse complex in the coming months, says Kruttsov.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation included in the agenda of the meeting for Wednesday, November 3, the consideration of the issue of depriving the member of the LDPR faction Ashot Egiazaryan of parliamentary immunity.

The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media and Microsoft Corporation have agreed to publish on the ministry's website indicative prices for the company's software for the public sector. This step is intended to provide federal and regional executive authorities with information for making decisions on software purchases. As explained by Microsoft, in Russia the company provides licenses only through partners who set final prices for their customers.

In the third quarter of 2010, the share of social payments in the structure of population incomes increased to 19.1% (1.5 trillion rubles), Rosstat reported (see chart). The rate of indexation of pensions and benefits is several times higher than the rate of growth of wages, therefore its share is decreasing.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will check every message discrediting police officers and, if this information is not confirmed, refute the information, the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev said on Monday. "In 2008-2010, 2,794 facts aimed at discrediting law enforcement officers were identified. This situation needs to be corrected.

Four packages containing explosives intended for diplomatic missions in different countries have been found in Athens, but police have not linked the find to Al-Qaeda. One of the packages was addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Two young men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the manufacture of explosive devices, one of whom is believed to be a member of an anarchist group.

The Chinese bank Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest by market value, bought the American brokerage unit Prime Dealer Services of Fortis Securities, owned by the French bank BNP Paribas, for $1, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing informed sources. Fortis Securities was acquired by BNP Paribas through the acquisition of the Belgian operations of financial services company Fortis Bank in 2009.

Yesterday I read a collection of resolutions on the Ministry of Public Education for 1897-1898. It seems that she understood what the ideal of the modern Ministry of Education and its leaders is. They want everything to be as it was under grandma, as in the State Planning Committee, on the one hand. On the other hand, they want to show off their education; on every corner they talk about enlightenment and modernization.

AvtoVAZ has announced the recall of 11,700 Lada Kalina, Priora and 4x4 vehicles due to faults in the brake booster, the company reported. The corresponding order has already been sent to all the car plant's dealers. The supplier of the vacuum booster was the Dimitrovgrad Automobile Unit Plant (DAAZ), which is under the control of United Automobile Technologies, an auto component holding controlled by AvtoVAZ.

Human rights activists call the initiative of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) to introduce a 60-hour work week in the country illegal from the point of view of human rights and the provisions of the Constitution.

Brown-Forman Controlled by the Brown family of businessmen from the USA. According to its own data, it occupies 1% of the global alcohol market. Capitalization – $8.8 billion (NYSE). Financial indicators (for the financial year ending April 30, 2010): Revenue – $3.23 billion, Net profit – $449 million. Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling company. Shareholders: Coca-Cola (23%), Kar-Tess Holding (30%), the rest is in free float.

01 November 2010, 14:57 / Finance How not to lose at the game "Throw away a trillion pounds" Tim Price “The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. It was established by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a more secure, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system. Over time, its role in the banking sector and the economy has grown.” - “General information about the Federal Reserve System”; These are their words, not mine.