The world's largest social network Facebook is starting to actively cooperate with mobile operators, Facebook's chief technology officer Brett Taylor said at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The company is going to integrate operator billing into its applications and services. This will allow users of the social network to pay for services with money from their mobile accounts.

However, some sites may simply change investors: plots of land for failed projects are already being prepared for repeat auctions and new construction. In November 2010, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin created the Urban Development and Land Commission (UDLC), which was supposed to conduct an audit of all current investment contracts. Of the 1,175 projects of various kinds that the capital's developers were developing at that time, only those that the city really needed were supposed to remain.

AP / D.Goldman China's economic growth does not pose a threat to Russia, but is a challenge that carries "colossal potential for business cooperation," Putin believes. Despite certain "rough spots" in relations - low mutual investment and the prospect of Chinese migration - Russia needs a prosperous and stable China, he writes. Russia has traditionally had friendly relations with another Asian giant, India.

M. Stulov / Vedomosti Yandex is developing a service with the working title Yandex.Disk, a source close to the company said. This service will allow you to store files of any format, and they will be accessible from any device connected to the Internet - a computer, smartphone, etc. - through special applications. On Yandex.Disk, you can not only store data, but also fully synchronize information recorded on different devices - contacts, documents, correspondence, events, photos, videos.

Putin in Manege 10 photos By 2020, the average salary can rise to 40,000 rubles, the pension will be 40% of the salary, all children will be provided with a quality education and the housing problem will be solved, Putin promised. Read more at Vedomosti.ru "Occupiers" chased away 10 photos Police demolished Occupy London tent city outside St. Paul's Cathedral Oscar 2012 11 photos The Oscars ceremony took place in Los Angeles for the 84th time.

During the buy-back, OAO Raspadskaya plans to buy back 48.352 million of its own ordinary registered uncertified shares by April 1 for a total of 7.253 billion rubles. This is stated in the company's press release. The Board of Directors of JSC Raspadskaya made a decision to acquire up to 78.08 million outstanding shares of the company (up to 10% of the authorized capital) for 11.71 billion rubles in mid-November 2011. The announced purchase price of the securities was 150 rubles per share.

The FAS considers the deal between Telenor and Naguib Sawiris, after which the Norwegians' share in Vimpelcom Ltd. reached almost 40% The Federal Antimonopoly Service ( FAS ) has allowed Gazprom .

RIA Novosti Olympic Swing In just over a year – from June 2010 to September 2011 – the contribution to the state corporation “Olympstroy” doubled – from 143.6 billion to 303.9 billion rubles. But this year the Ministry of Regional Development proposes to reduce the contribution by a third to 211 billion rubles, and next year, when the Olympic expenses will peak, to reduce it by half.

In early February, the long-suffering Afimall City once again made people talk about it in a negative light: part of the ceiling structures collapsed at the entrance to the metro. Last year, tenants complained about flooding, and some tenants moved out of the shopping center after failing to reach a compromise with the owner, such as Uniqlo. Now, a significant portion of the stores on the ground floor are covered with white plasterboard.

At least six people were killed and seven others were wounded in a suicide bombing at Jalalabad airport, where a NATO base is located, a Nangarhar provincial police spokesman told AFP. Reuters later reported nine dead and 12 injured. A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the area on Monday morning. The Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement that the dead and injured were Afghan soldiers guarding the airport and civilians.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov expects that the net capital outflow from Russia in February will be less than in January. In January, according to the Bank of Russia, this figure was 11 billion rubles. First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexey Ulyukayev previously did not rule out that the capital outflow could be replaced by an inflow as early as February. On February 20, Siluanov said that he expected capital outflow to be halved by the end of the year compared to 2011.

The Italian government has placed 12.25 billion euros in treasury bills maturing in six months, AFP reports. Demand exceeded supply by 1.36 times. The yield on the bonds in the placement fell sharply to 1.202% versus 1.969% at the end of January. The results of the placement of Italian government bonds continue to attract the attention of market participants.

Nokia has unveiled a new low-cost smartphone based on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system in a bid to stem a decline in its market share. Last year, Nokia abandoned its own smartphone software in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone to better compete with popular products like Apple's iPhone. But the move hasn't made much of a difference because of the high prices of the new handsets.

AFK Sistema will not follow the example of Indian mobile operators who, having lost frequencies by a local court decision, are winding down their business. It will participate in new frequency tenders, promised AFK's main owner Vladimir Yevtushenkov at a meeting with employees of Sistema's Indian subsidiary, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. (SSTL).

February 27, 2012, 01:05 / Finance Warren Buffett explained what you should spend your money on Billionaire and investment guru Warren Buffett is convinced that you should invest not in paper assets, but in real ones. His company Berkshire Hathaway holds less than a tenth of its portfolio in securities Tatyana Bochkareva T.Ohsumi /Bloomberg Buffett first formulated his investment strategy in a letter to Berkshire shareholders. It was published last Saturday.