One of the founders of Inteko, Elena Baturina's brother Viktor, is demanding 340 million rubles in unpaid wages from the company through the court. This was reported by the press secretary of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, Ekaterina Ilyina. The claim states that about 337,493,000 rubles were accrued to him as wages from January 1 to December 26, 2005. These funds were not paid to him. The hearing on the civil case is scheduled for November 24.

Small providers in the regions are of interest to both the cellular "big three" ( MTS , VimpelCom and Megafon ) and Rostelecom - they are ready to pay a lot to enter a specific region or even a city, at the same time eliminating a regional competitor, notes Otkritie Capital analyst Alexander Vengranovich. In the Moscow fixed broadband market, Megafon is catching up and acquiring second-tier providers is the optimal strategy for it, he believes. West Call Ltd. CJSC fixed-line operator.

November 18, 2011, 22:04 / Management By playing Lego, you can earn money like in an investment bank Companies and private clients are willing to pay $20 thousand for Lego sculptures. Translation: Vladimir Motorin Dirk Denoielle got his first Lego set when he was 7 years old. Now he collects figures from three million elements. Denoyelle began playing Lego again after he was educated as an engineer, learned several foreign languages, and mastered the profession of a comedian.

O.Korolev "Rusal" It was created in 2000 by merging Deripaska and Cherny's Siberian Aluminum with Abramovich's aluminum assets, which he had bought two months earlier from entrepreneurs Lev Cherny and David Reuben and their partners. In September 2003, Abramovich sold 25% of Rusal to Deripaska for $1.578 billion. The remaining 25% were sold in the fall of 2004.

The Greek budget deficit in 2012 should not exceed 5.4% of GDP if the debt swap program is successfully implemented, and 6.7% of GDP if the program is not implemented, according to the draft budget for next year, submitted to the country's parliament on Friday. In 2011, the deficit should be about 9%. The Greek private debt swap (PSI) program involves writing off 50% of the face value, or about €100 billion. Talks with institutional investors began this week.

The Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) has once again raised its forecast for the volume of mortgage loans issued in 2011. In October, analytical materials distributed by the Agency stated that mortgages worth 580-640 billion rubles could be issued in Russia by the end of the year. The new forecast by AHML has been raised to 640-650 billion rubles. Thus, the volume of loans issued will reach the pre-crisis level.

Boeing has received its largest-ever order for 230 aircraft from Indonesian airline Lion Air. According to AP, the Indonesians will pay $21.7 billion for 201 Boeing 737-MAX aircraft and 29 additional Boeing 737-900s. The deal was announced by the White House last Thursday and was signed on November 18 in Indonesia in the presence of US President Barack Obama, who arrived in Bali for a visit. In addition, an option was signed with Lion Air for another 150 aircraft worth a total of $14 billion.

M. Stulov Back in 2006, Lukoil expected to break into the top ten largest companies in the world in 10 years, increasing its total hydrocarbon production to 210 million tons of conventional fuel, and its capitalization to $150–200 billion. At the time, the company’s production was growing. At the end of 2009, Lukoil adopted a new 10-year strategy, focusing on increasing cash flow rather than production.

518 employees of the Vanino Commercial Sea Port have addressed the country's leadership in connection with the plans of the owners of this stevedoring company to appoint a new CEO and cut jobs. Their letter states that the owner of 21.6% of the voting shares - the Cypriot company Soleggiato Investments Limited - is trying, with the support of officials from the Federal Property Management Agency, to appoint its own candidate and also to ensure the sale of the state-owned shares in its favor.

Credit Suisse has lowered its forecast price for TMK GDRs from $22 to $17, with its “buy” recommendation unchanged. Despite the company’s EBITDA forecast being lowered by 11% and 22%, respectively, for 2011–2012, analysts believe TMK shares are an attractive investment at current prices. Credit Suisse JPMorgan JPMorgan has reduced its forecast for TMK's earnings per share in 2012 by 17%.

I view Russia's democratic experience as an experiment. Democracy may work out for us, or it may not. The success or failure of improvisation is determined, among other things, by the development of the experience of building democratic institutions. In the absence of political analysis, there is a risk of failing the experiment. This risk is growing in our country.

Sberbank and the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) will provide Belarus with a $1 billion loan for the development of Belaruskali under guarantees from the Belarusian government and a pledge of a stake in one of the major Belarusian companies, Sberbank and EDB heads German Gref and Igor Finogenov told journalists on Friday. The loan agreement was signed in Minsk on Friday by Gref, Finogenov and Belaruskali CEO Valery Kiriyenko.

The Board of Directors of MICEX decided to give a temporary name to the united exchange formed as a result of the merger with RTS - "MICEX-RTS". In addition, a draft of a new version of the MICEX charter was considered, providing for a change in the form of ownership from a closed to an open joint-stock company. MICEX is currently in the process of merging with another major Russian exchange, RTS - this process should be largely completed in the first half of 2012.

The technical launch of the 69-room Rimar Hotel will take place on November 20, said hotel manager Ivan Skripnichenko. The hotel's press secretary Andrey Tushkanov reported that the complex with a total area of ​​11,700 sq. m. was built over four years, with the first stage opening in April 2010 – a wellness center with an area of ​​2,000 sq. m. and two restaurants (there will be four in total).

Yesterday, the State Duma approved in the second reading amendments to a number of laws that redistribute finances and powers between the center, regions and municipalities. The amendments were prepared very quickly, says a government official, because the order was given by the Prime Minister. On November 15, at a meeting with rural intelligentsia in the Belgorod Region, Vladimir Putin hurried the deputies to adopt the amendments.