In the second quarter of 2013, the National Satellite Company (brand Tricolor TV) took first place in Moscow in the number of digital TV subscribers, displacing Akado from this position, according to preliminary data from the analytical agency Telecomdaily. At the end of June, Tricolor served 548,000 digital television subscribers, Akado – 502,000. A quarter earlier, the balance of power was still in Akado’s favor – 485,000 and 500,000, respectively.

03 July 2013, 13:00 / Business Gambling tycoon from Macau will open a casino in Russia Marie Mesropyan Gambling magnate from Macau Lawrence Ho intends to open a casino in Russia - in the Primorye gambling zone, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing a source familiar with the situation. Summit Ascent Holdings, in which Ho owns 37%, has already signed a corresponding document with the zone administration.

03 July 2013, 00:00 Letter from a communist The lack of transparency of the intentions of the Chinese Central Bank became one of the reasons for the crisis in the local interbank lending market.

03 July 2013, 11:17 / Finance The ruble has updated its annual minimum against the dollar Vedomosti At the beginning of Wednesday's exchange trading, the ruble updated its annual minimum paired with the dollar and approached the border of increasing the Central Bank's foreign exchange interventions, reflecting current trends in demand for the American currency due to expectations of the imminent completion of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus programs.

I. Neelov / RIA Novosti A rally in support of Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov is taking place in Yaroslavl. According to police estimates, about 100 people have gathered there. The rally began at 18:00 Moscow time in the center of Yaroslavl near the Alexander Nevsky Chapel. It was declared a public gathering, which does not require approval from the authorities. As a representative of the UMVD told RIA Novosti, the gathering is still ongoing, but no violations have been recorded.

On July 2, Unikom LLC, a joint project of Rusnano (35%) and the Novy Kauchuk Group (65%), Russia's largest producer of asphalt concrete modifiers for road repair and construction, filed for bankruptcy, RBC Daily reports . Asphalt additives are made from old tires and protect it from cracks, thereby increasing its service life by 25-30%. More than 20 million square meters of roads across Russia have been laid and repaired using the company's products.

The Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) has revoked the license of the specialized registration company Region to maintain the shareholder register. The reason is repeated violation of the requirements of the law on securities, the FFMS reported.

International rating agency Standard & Poor's has upgraded Cyprus' long-term sovereign rating in foreign and national currencies to CCC+ from "selective default" (SD), the ratings outlook is stable, the agency's press release reports. S&P has also revised the similar short-term rating upwards - to C from SD.

Head of the working group for the creation of the MFC Alexander Voloshin received a "map" / S. Porter / Vedomosti The government has approved a "road map" for the creation of an international financial center (IFC) and improvement of the investment climate.

Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane was forced to change course en route from Moscow to his homeland because France and Portugal banned it from flying through their airspace. According to the BBC, Morales was forced to land in Vienna. Paris and Lisbon suspected that the presidential jet might be carrying former CIA employee Edward Snowden, whom the United States wants to detain.

REUTERS /Jason Reed The growth of oil production in the United States, which should increase the country's energy security in the future, already provides one important advantage - stability of oil prices. American politicians can also take advantage of this advantage: now they can be less afraid of the impact of their decisions on commodity markets and prices.

Almost half of Russian middle and senior managers are ready to move to another city, while the ideas about the desired and actual conditions of relocation among job seekers and employers do not coincide, specialists from the personnel holding company “ ENKOR ” found out , having surveyed at the beginning of the year 3616 job seekers and representatives of more than 100 employing companies.

On Wednesday morning, the Yaroslavl portal reported that the mayor's duties were temporarily being performed by the deputy mayor for social policy and culture, Aleksandr Nechayev. Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov was detained on Wednesday night on suspicion of extorting a kickback of 14 million rubles. Searches began in Urlashov's home and in the mayor's office in the morning.

" Don-Stroy Invest " will invest about 55 billion rubles in the complex development project on Shelepikhinskaya Embankment, some of which will be borrowed funds, the company's top managers said today. Don-Stroy Invest plans to build 635,130 sq. m of real estate (above-ground part) on a 14-hectare site two kilometers from the Moscow-City business center, including 500,200 sq. m of business-class housing and 123,730 sq. m of commercial real estate, according to the company’s presentation.

The average weighted exchange rate of the US dollar to the Russian ruble with a settlement date of "tomorrow" at the single trading session of the interbank currency exchanges (ETC) as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which the dollar exchange rate is formed for the next day, rose by 27.29 kopecks to 33.2204 rubles. The average weighted exchange rate of the euro with a settlement date of "tomorrow" by 11:30 Moscow time rose by 2 kopecks to 43.0721 rubles.