Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised to continue work aimed at further reducing interest rates on mortgage loans. "We will do everything to create conditions that reduce mortgage rates," Putin said at an interregional conference of the United Russia party. He noted that until recently mortgage rates averaged 14-14.5%, while now they have fallen and average 12.6-12.7% across the country. Putin recalled that before the crisis, the minimum level of mortgage rates averaged 12.5%.

Breakdown fee 8% the cost of the order is the maximum amount of the penalty stipulated by the contract in the event of failure to meet construction deadlines, according to court documents JSC "Baltic Plant" shipbuilding plant. shareholders – Mezhprombank (88.2%, nominal holder), DKK (6%, nominal holder). financial indicators (RAS, 1st half of 2010): revenue – 226.4 million rubles, loss – 10 million rubles.

The Property Fund has put the destroyed malthouse of the Novaya Bavaria brewery on Petrovsky Island up for auction. The starting price for the regional monument with an area of ​​1,600 sq. m and a plot of 0.4 hectares is 130 million rubles. The auction is scheduled for June 8.

Vimpelcom Ltd. Management holding. Shareholders – Altimo (44.7% of voting shares, 39.2% of common shares), Telenor (36% of voting shares, 39.6% of common shares). Capitalization – $17.99 billion. Consolidated Revenue (US GAAP, 9 months of 2010) – $7.57 billion, net profit – $1.25 billion. Telenor proposed that Vimpelcom pay all shareholders additional dividends instead of the deal with Sawiris, according to a letter it recently sent to Vimpelcom minority shareholders (Vedomosti has a copy).

The ECB's rate has been at 1% since May 2009. Yesterday, the ECB left it there again, but at its April meeting "a rate hike is possible," Trichet said. The risk of inflation in the eurozone is "rising," he warned, and "considerable vigilance" is needed to prevent rising commodity prices from turning into higher inflation. In 2005-07, when the ECB was tightening monetary policy, if Trichet spoke of the need for vigilance, it meant that the rate would rise at one of the next meetings.

The board of directors of TNK-BP will consider the possibility of the Russian-British company's participation in the alliance of its British shareholder BP with Rosneft on March 12, TNK-BP reported.

OJSC "Moscow Department Store" Shareholder (SPARK-Interfax, 2009) – Dekanet Trading Limited (95.19%). Financial indicators (SPARK-Interfax, Q3 2009): revenue – 449.3 million rubles, net loss – 42 million rubles. Shareholders of the Moscow Department Store OJSC are negotiating with Sberbank on the sale of the right to claim a loan issued to the OJSC by Latvian Parex Bank, a source close to one of the parties to the negotiations told Vedomosti.

President Dmitry Medvedev gave a keynote speech on freedom, in which he pointed out that there is no need to fear a free person... And who isn't afraid of freedom now? My great-grandfather wasn't afraid of being free, even though he was the son of a serf. And this whole company, called by the livestock term "elite", is afraid of freedom like fire.

Moscow's First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin will act as the capital's mayor during the mayor's absence, as he did during Yuri Luzhkov's time, a source in the city administration said on Friday. "Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will go on a business trip on March 5, and during his absence, the first deputy mayor in the capital's government, Vladimir Resin, will be performing his duties," explained a representative of the mayor's office.

Gazprom has not received official documents that would set out the claims of the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy regarding the violation of the contract for the sale and purchase of shares of the company Lietuvos Dujos, and the republic receives Russian gas according to the price formula agreed upon in 2004, the company's information department told journalists.

Fitch maintains Bank of Moscow's long-term issuer default rating (IDR) BBB- under review with a negative outlook. Maintaining the Rating Watch status "negative" reflects the agency's opinion that risks remain associated with the acquisition of the Bank of Moscow by VTB. At the same time, the agency notes that the downside risk of Bank of Moscow's long-term IDR has decreased as a result of progress with the acquisition of Bank of Moscow by VTB.

Interpol has issued a global alert for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his entourage to help member states implement UN Security Council sanctions and support the ICC investigation into them, Interpol said in a statement.

Blonde, Cage and a fast car – what else do you need for a Saturday night? / OUTNOW.CH The 3D format has brought back to the big screen films that until recently were sent straight to DVD and sold for 99 cents to the delight of the Beavises and Buttheads of the world.

The board of directors of U.S. budget retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. has rejected a $7 billion offer from billionaire Nelson Pelzo's Trian Group, calling it "significantly undervalued," Reuters reported on Friday. In order to prevent a hostile takeover, the company's management decided to issue additional shares if the shareholder's stake exceeded 10%.

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