Extra Jus (beyond the law) is a series of articles on law and law enforcement in Russia, a joint project of the European University at St. Petersburg and the Vedomosti newspaper In disputes about copyright protection on the Internet, few people pay attention to the existence of a large group of authors who would deliberately not want to use those legally enshrined copyrights that, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code, arise automatically, regardless of the will of the author.

The global nanotechnology market will reach $1.6 trillion by 2013, according to Research and Markets. And Lux ​​Research believes that by 2015, sales of products using nanotechnology will grow to $2.9 trillion. The prospects are enormous. But the problem is what exactly is considered nanotechnology and how to measure this market. In 2010, a pilot study of the nanoindustry was organized in Russia. Its goal was to determine the range of enterprises and organizations operating in this area.

April 14, 2011, 17:18 / Finance Interest in emerging markets is reviving For 22% of international fund managers, investments in emerging markets exceed the share of the model portfolio; Russian stocks dominate 74% of funds. Anton Trifonov Bloomberg One in five (22%) managers have more investments in emerging markets than their model portfolio, Merrill Lynch said in a report based on an April survey of fund managers.

The United States has no clear strategy to reduce its debt burden (currently $14.2 trillion), the IMF said. The fund considers this a risk to the recovery of the entire global economy, its experts say. The average deficit level of developed economies in 2010 decreased by 1 percentage point to 7.75%, the fund notes, while in the US it increased to 9.8%.

Hans Franta. Russian Landscape with a City View When Hans Franta (1893–1983), a philosophy student at the University of Vienna, volunteered for the front in 1914, he hardly imagined that he would return home only seven years later. And that he would spend almost all of that time in distant Siberia, in Tomsk. Franta was captured already in October, and in winter, having traveled through snowy Siberia, he found himself on the banks of the Tom. The prisoners of war led a fairly free life.

Vimpelcom Ltd. management holding. Controls VimpelCom, Kyivstar and a number of assets in other CIS countries, also operates in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Shareholders – Altimo (44.7% of voting shares, 39.2% of ordinary shares), Telenor (36% of voting shares, 39.6% of ordinary shares). Capitalization – $18.6 billion. Revenue (US GAAP, 2010) – $10.5 billion. Net profit – $1.67 billion. Several sources close to the company's shareholders told Vedomosti about the meeting of the Vimpelcom Ltd.

In the middle of the week, Russian indices began to consolidate. The reason for relieving tension was rising oil prices, +1.6%, against the backdrop of declining oil reserves in the United States. index The MICEX increased by 0.6% to 1809 points, the RTS settled at 2062 points. During the evening session, there were no changes in the values ​​of the RTS indices.

Truck and bus manufacturer MAN is investing 25 million euros in the first phase of truck production in the industrial zone of Shushary near St. Petersburg with a capacity of 6,000 units per year. On Thursday, during a visit to the northern capital by Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, MAN signed a memorandum of understanding with the St. Petersburg administration with these parameters. The company plans to sell locally assembled trucks in Russia, as well as in Belarus and Kazakhstan.

April 14, 2011, 15:40 / Finance Obama explained how to save the US budget Reducing spending by $4 trillion over 12 years is a serious proposal that will directly affect the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. Alexander Leonov AP US President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Wednesday at George Washington University. He proposed that parliament approve a package of initiatives to reduce budget expenditures to reduce the US budget deficit.

The Japanese tragedy and the escalation of tensions in the Middle East strengthen the position of Russia, which is beginning to be called, like Australia, a “lucky country” in the market. One of the long-term consequences of the Japanese tragedy will be an increase in interest in Russian hydrocarbons, especially gas, as an alternative to nuclear fuel, which will contribute to a further revaluation of Gazprom shares.

The bank's reporting is positive, despite the stagnation of net interest income, notes Maxim Shein, head of the analytical department of FG BCS . But one should not extrapolate the results of the first quarter to the entire year, he warns: allocations to reserves will increase as the lending portfolio grows, and the low interest margin will not allow net interest income to grow much. "A strong result in net profit is expected," RMG analysts note.

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Yesterday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that the terrorist attack that took the lives of 12 passengers in the Minsk metro on April 11 had been solved. According to him, the detainees, who worked as ordinary "turners and electricians," confessed to the crime.

Unilever says it will pay a €104 million fine under an agreement with the European Commission following the latter's investigation into unfair competition in the EU laundry detergent market. "The amount will be provided by funds set aside from the company's 2010 profits," the statement said. It notes that the agreement relates to a sector-wide initiative to produce concentrated detergents with proven environmental benefits.

The world's largest commodity trader Glencore International AG today officially confirmed the parameters of its IPO, scheduled for May 24 in London and May 25 in Hong Kong – the company hopes to raise $12.1 billion for 20% of its shares, writes the Financial Times. $2.2 billion of the funds raised will go toward increasing its stake in the Kazakh polymetallic giant Kazzinc. Glencore, valued by analysts at $60 billion, was given permission to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in late March.