VedomostiOnline Media OutletLost independenceMaterialsInfoFound 157 materialsBy relevanceOldest firstNewest firstBy relevanceVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010MTS has abandoned UkrtelecomOne company has applied to participate in the privatization of 92.791% of Ukrtelecom shares, UNIAN reports, citing a source close to the Ukrainian government.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Mortgage: Working TogetherThe importance of the financial sector for the development of housing construction is difficult to overestimate. Over 10 months, 37.7 million square meters of housing were commissioned in Russia, and 59 million square meters of housing are expected by the end of the year. This is approximately 1 trillion 800 billion rubles of orders received on the market for construction materials, salaries of builders, and contracts with organizations in related industries.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010MTS has stopped working in TurkmenistanM. Stulov Today, MTS's Turkmen subsidiary Barash Communications Inc. (BCTI) stopped servicing in Turkmenistan - by decision of the Turkmen Ministry of Communications, the operator's license was suspended for a month. MTS reported last Thursday that BCTI's operations could be suspended at the request of the authorities.М СтуловOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Capital Markets: Meeting the Challenges of the National EconomyThe processes that are currently taking place in the world will have a serious impact on Russia for many years to come, so we have difficult trials ahead. I do not think that there will be a second wave of the crisis, but we will live under the burden of its expectation regardless of how the situation develops further. We must learn lessons from the crisis. The main lesson is Russia's high dependence on external factors, which has been especially evident in the financial markets.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Polyus Gold to Speed Up Construction of Mining and Processing Plant in Magadan RegionPolyus Gold plans to accelerate the development of the large Natalka gold deposit in the Magadan Region by two years, investing 31.5 billion rubles in the creation of the first stage of its plant. The first stage of the mining and processing plant (MPP) at Natalka will be created by the sixth quarter of 2013 and will reach the design capacity of 10 million tons of ore per year in 2014. According to the company, its board of directors made this decision at a meeting on Tuesday.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010The rate was reduced in advanceAll papers of Kazan. 2005 Kazan placed two bond issues on the domestic market: one billion rubles in July (annual) and one billion rubles in October (five-year). Both loans were repaid on time in 2006. 2006 Three-year bonds worth 2.3 billion rubles were placed with maturity in August 2009. The city paid them off on time. 2007 In December, the city placed annual bonds worth 1 billion rubles (the securities were redeemed in December 2008).Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Mortgage: We must break stereotypesThe main vector of development of housing construction in the near future will be an increase in the share of low-rise economy-class housing. In recent years, individual projects for low-rise economy-class housing have been implemented in different regions, but for the market as a whole, these were rather isolated local cases. The fact is that for a long time, Russian citizens considered living in a multi-story brick building to be habitual and comfortable.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Third in NovosibirskOJSC "Comstar-OTS" Fixed-line operator. Main shareholder – MTS (about 70%). Financial indicators (US GAAP, 9 months of 2010): revenue – 37.16 billion rubles, net profit – 5.03 billion rubles. LLC "Novosibirsk Multiservice Company" Internet and cable TV operator. Owners (Unified State Register of Legal Entities data, before the deal with Comstar-Regions): Sound G-Key LLC (8.1%), Elling-N LLC (35.49%), IPF-Invest LLC (22.61%), Orgtekhstroy OJSC (16.43%). Financial indicators are not disclosed.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010From 2011, non-working pensioners in Moscow will receive a minimum of 11,000 rubles.The city's social standard of living for non-working pensioners in the new 2011 has been increased by 800 rubles - to 11,000 rubles, the capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced today at a meeting of the Moscow government. "The Moscow budget is a social budget. In 2011, 722 billion rubles were allocated for education, health care, culture, sports, and transport subsidies - this is 52% of the budget expenditures," the mayor said.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Adobe forecast exceeds Wall Street expectationsSoftware maker Adobe Systems Inc published revenue and profit forecasts for the first quarter that significantly exceeded investors' expectations. The company expects its earnings, excluding one-time charges, to be between 54 cents and 59 cents per share, compared with analysts' expectations of 51 cents. The company also forecast revenue of $1 billion to $1.05 billion. Analysts on average were expecting revenue of $992 million. For the firm's final quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended Dec.ВедомостиOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Corporate Finance: Banks and BusinessPromstroy group construction and assembly holding. The largest owners (shares not disclosed) are the chairman of the board of directors John Fitzgibbons and members of the board of directors Mikhail Polonsky, Felix Lyubashevsky, Semyon Kukes. Financial indicators (2009, IFRS): revenue - $368 million, EBITDA - $22.6 million. When talking about the prospects for the relationship between the real sector and banks, many people assume that the crisis is already behind us.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Mortgage: Lessons of the crisis learnedAt the end of November, the analytical center of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending summed up the results of the all-Russian sociological study of the population's effective demand for housing and mortgage lending, regularly conducted jointly with the State Financial Company "Rus". What has changed since the crisis? I will start with the economic expectations of the population.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Raised the barThe Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have agreed on new conditions for industrial assembly of automobiles, said Dmitry Levchenkov, director of the department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade: by the end of the week, they and the Ministry of Finance may sign the draft order.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010Gazprom plans to increase gas productionGazprom plans to produce 570-580 billion cubic meters of natural gas by 2015 and expects its financial performance to improve in early 2011, the company reported following a board meeting. Gazprom has repeatedly lowered its gas production forecast this year. In June, the concern forecast production at the level of 520 billion cubic meters of natural gas, and in mid-November promised to produce less - 515 billion cubic meters. In 2009, the company produced 462 billion cubic meters of gas.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionVedomosti·Dec 21, 2010The year in review for the global economyNoFreeLunch The countries on the periphery of Europe are now reaping the benefits of rapid growth due to borrowing in the pre-crisis years. The US and Japan are considered to be next, but they are reserve currency countries, so maybe they will still get by? Or will the sharply worsening demographics finish them off? In any case, interest rates on treasury bonds began to rise at the end of the year, despite quantitative easing.Our archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionPrevious123...11NextShow more