retained Toyota Motor Corp its status as the leader in car sales in the first half of 2013, leaving behind General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG . The Japanese automaker said sales in the first half of the year totaled 4.91 million vehicles worldwide, down 1.1% from the same period last year. But despite the decline in sales, Toyota still remains the leader.

Everyone to the park, citizens, calm down, eat something sweet Cakes of impotence Ekaterina Degot 26.07.2013, 25 (357) Something politically important was happening, it was necessary to decide whether to go or not to go. I couldn’t follow it: a friend came with me to submit the book for printing, and we worked day and night. My friend is a foreigner and doesn’t know Moscow well.

It would be more reasonable to increase the size of fixed fines, says Mamuka Markhulia, Director of Corporate Affairs and Legal Support at Tele2 Russia . And representatives of Megafon and Rostelecom point out that turnover fines will be incommensurate with the violations committed by the operators.

The Federal Tariff Service (FTS) of Russia proposes to increase the takeoff and landing fee at Vnukovo Airport for Russian airlines by 7.8%. The draft of the corresponding order of the agency was published on the single portal for posting information on the development of draft regulatory legal acts by federal executive bodies.

Shares Over the period from July 18 to July 24, approximately half of open mutual funds brought profit to their clients. The most successful investments of shareholders were in funds whose assets consist of gold and other precious metals in the form of metal accounts, shares of foreign exchange-traded funds (ETF), and shares of companies in the precious metals market. Their investments increased by 2.6-8% over the week.

M. Metzel / ITAR-TASS The new anniversary of the baptism of Rus is being celebrated with unprecedented and significant scope. Representatives of all local Orthodox churches are arriving in Kyiv, where the celebrations begin today, with most of them being represented at the highest level. Today, the cross of St. Andrew the First-Called, a relic brought from Greece and remaining for several days in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, is arriving from Moscow to the Ukrainian capital.

The decree of the Krasnodar administration was published yesterday on its website: the road and bridge management department is ordered to organize work on creating paid parking spaces on public roads, and the MUUP "Krasnodar-2020" is to operate these parking lots.

July 26, 2013, 00:00 Investors prefer money American investors are withdrawing funds from bond funds, but are in no hurry to invest them in stocks Mikhail Overchenko According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), outflows from bond mutual funds in June totaled approximately $43 billion, the highest monthly figure. It was mainly associated with fears that the Fed would stop its stimulating policy and the rise in market interest rates that followed the regulator's statements.

Another Moscow factory was given to artists A new art space has appeared on the territory of the abandoned Mantulin sugar refinery, called “ SakhArt”. The cluster is dedicated primarily to graffiti artists, although exhibitions will also be held here, including by students of the School of Photography. Rodchenko, the association Artmol and the British School of Design.

Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg Samsung Electronics' second-quarter profit rose 50 percent year-on-year to a record 7.77 trillion won ($6.89 billion). Revenue for the period increased 21 percent to 57.5 trillion won ($51.5 billion). Despite the strong results, Samsung reported a decline in its mobile division, where profit fell 3% from the previous quarter. Marketing expenses and growing competition were the reasons for the decline in mobile profit, the company said.

Simon Dawson / Bloomberg On Wednesday, after the main session on NASDAQ closed, Facebook shares jumped in price by 20% - investors were inspired by the company's report for the second quarter of 2013, which turned out to be much better than expected. Facebook's net profit increased by 65% ​​compared to the same period last year and reached $488 million. Revenue - by 53% and amounted to $1.81 billion, which is $190 million higher than analysts' forecast.

The Interpol General Secretariat has declared that it is impossible to conduct an international search for the head of the Hermitage Capital fund, William Browder, considering his persecution to be politically motivated. "All information related to the request for the arrest of Mr. Browder has already been removed from the Interpol databases and all Interpol member countries have been informed accordingly," reads a statement posted on the official website of the Interpol General Secretariat.

Bank of America downgraded its recommendation for Uralkali's GDRs from "buy" to "hold", the target price dropped from $42 to $32. VTB Capital lowered its recommendation for Uralkali's GDR from "buy" to "sell", the forecast price decreased from $44.4 to $28.5. Deutsche Bank raised the forecast price of Magnit's GDR from $61 to $69, the "buy" recommendation has not changed.

The presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov called the information about Vladimir Putin's participation in the detention of dissidents in the USSR a lie, RIA Novosti reports. The president was very surprised to see his photos in his youth, allegedly during the arrest of a dissident, Peskov added. "I showed this (publication) to Putin. He was more surprised than me," Peskov told journalists (quoted by Interfax). "I became very interested (when I saw the publications), and I showed it to Putin.

Former Deputy Minister of Education and Science Igor Remorenko will become the rector of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. He said that the order for his appointment has already been signed. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Remorenko on July 22. The official reason for this decision was the former deputy minister's transfer to another job. The media reported in mid-June that Remorenko had decided to leave the Ministry of Education and Science.