December 29, 2010, 16:50 / Finance The Central Bank of China raised rates for commercial banks Vedomosti The Chinese Central Bank has increased interest rates on loans issued to commercial banks. The People's Bank of China raised the rediscount rate to 2.25% per annum from 1.8% per annum - this is the first such change in two years. In addition, the regulator increased the on-lending rate by 52 basis points to 3.85% per annum.

Steven Lisberger's Tron (1982) was perhaps the first attempt to show cyberspace. The visualization of digital entities was touchingly naive and desperately experimental at the same time. So much so that the technological and aesthetic breakthrough in film distribution failed. The programs were then presented as anthropomorphic creatures with black-and-white faces (a feature of filming technology), dressed in overalls with luminous veins and helmets like hockey helmets.

The Bank of Russia expects a difficult start to 2011 in terms of inflation, said Alexey Ulyukayev, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia.

The Moscow Regional Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (UFAS) has decided to begin unscheduled inspections of companies selling food and beverages on the territory of Moscow air hub airports to check for compliance with the law when setting prices, the press service of the office reported. The FAS is concerned about a possible increase in prices for these goods at airports, the press release states.

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There is snow and a blizzard outside. Since I am now in the editorial office and not at the airport, I like this weather. Shortly before the last issue of the year is due, I want to look back and remember its results. Personally, there is nothing to complain about: for the first time with the whole family we not only vacationed, but traveled to France, after a long break I visited St. Petersburg.

Increasing mandatory contributions to state extra-budgetary funds will not lead to a significant deterioration in the situation of Russian business, but tax rates in Russia should not be increased any further. This opinion was expressed by Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin in an interview with the Vesti 24 TV channel. "Business in other countries is under an even greater tax burden. But in the future, I believe that we should not increase the remaining rates," he said.

More than 6,500 people were unable to fly out of Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports over the past 24 hours, a law enforcement source told ITAR-TASS. "The situation at the airports of the Moscow air hub remains difficult," the agency's source said. "52 flights were delayed at Sheremetyevo airport, which were supposed to take off 5,280 people, including 158 children.

Among those whose activities the Accounts Chamber also intends to audit next year are the Ministry of Transport, Rosaviatsiya, Rostransnadzor and JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines. As explained by the department, the control measures are intended to identify the legality, target nature and effectiveness of budget expenditures on the implementation of legislation in the field of civil aviation, as well as in the field of consumer protection in the implementation of air transportation.

S. Porter China has successfully tested and is in the early stages of deploying the Dongfeng 21D (DF-21, or East Wind) missile system ahead of schedule, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Robert Willard announced. The move is a game-changer in the Pacific Ocean, with the missile system specifically designed to counter U.S. carrier strike groups, the Financial Times reports.

UC Rusal Aluminum holding. Main shareholders: En+ (47.41%), Onexim Holdings (17.02%), Sual Partners (15.8%), Amokenga Holdings (8.75%). Capitalization – $23.5 billion. UC Rusal may lose the right to buy electricity and capacity on the wholesale market from January 1 if its plants do not sign capacity supply agreements (CSA), two sources close to the supervisory board of NP Market Council told Vedomosti.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has reappointed Marina Ogloblina to the post of head of the capital's Department of Economic Policy and Development, a department representative said on Wednesday. "By his decree, the mayor of Moscow appointed Marina Evgenyevna Ogloblina as a minister of the Moscow government, head of the department of economic policy and development for the term of office of the mayor," the agency's source said.

Uralsib downgraded its recommendation for Inter RAO UES from “buy” to “hold”, the forecast price decreased from $0.002 to $0.0017. JPMorgan raised the target price of GDR X5 Retail Group from $50 to $55; the “buy” recommendation did not change. All recommendations here http://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/price_analysis.shtml

American online discount service Groupon Inc. plans to raise up to $950 million in a share placement, according to documents the company filed with Delaware regulators. The Chicago-based company plans to offer investors more than 30 million preferred shares at $31.59 per share. Groupon is raising cash in this way after it rejected Google's offer to buy Groupon for $6 billion in early December.

Before the events of December 11 on Manezhnaya Square, Russia began beyond the Moscow Ring Road. Between the Kremlin and the country is Moscow, a huge hypermarket of goods, services, positions and budgets. Moscow digested and absorbed the continuous flow of migrants with its construction sites, markets, passenger traffic, housing and utilities and, above all, money.