Ford Motor, the second-largest U.S. automaker, reported third-quarter 2014 profits that beat market expectations despite a sharp drop due to rising costs for developing and producing new models. Ford's July-September net income fell to $835 million, or 21 cents per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or 31 cents, in the same period last year, according to a press release. The automaker's profit, excluding one-time items, fell to 24 cents per share from 45 cents a year earlier.

For developers, a mechanism for purchasing real estate that interferes with the reconstruction of built-up areas can be developed. “The draft law ( copies are available from “ Edomosti”) was prepared by experts, it is being discussed in the Department of Construction, told “ Edomosti Deputy Minister Alexander Slutnik . ” “Now there are clear mechanisms for resettlement from emergency housing and payment of compensation to apartment owners,” he says.

Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Promsvyazbank has stopped issuing loans to individuals, with the exception of those who are employees of companies accredited by the bank, Leonid Kachalov, a member of the bank's board, said yesterday. "We have revised the principle of working with the open market, because we see a large share of delinquencies in this segment," Kachalov said (quoted by Interfax).

The Orenbiv cattle slaughter plant with a capacity of 50,000 heads per year opens today in the village of Cherny Otrog, 75 km from Orenburg. The Italian Cremonini group has invested 1 billion rubles of its own funds in the project, the press service said in a response. regional Ministry of Agriculture to Vedomosti. Orenbiv LLC, through the company Kaskad, belongs to Inalca, a 100% subsidiary of Cremonini Group, according to a press release from the regional government.

AvtoVAZ does not plan to reduce personnel in 2015, the company reported. As noted at the enterprise, the corresponding statement was made by AvtoVAZ President Bo Andersson during a meeting with the team. "We do not plan to lay off people in 2015. But we plan to continue transferring personnel between departments. And most importantly, we must increase our productivity by 10-15%," the company quotes the top manager as saying. The issue of corporate vacation was also discussed at the meeting.

The financial recovery plan for Mosoblbank, which provides for a development strategy for the credit institution for almost 10 years, will be developed by January 15, 2015, said Georgy Agaptsev, director of the bank restructuring department of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Property Issues.

Igor Sechin / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg The amount allocated to Rosneft from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) will differ significantly from the company's application, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said today. "The application position will differ significantly from the results of the review," he said. "The total amount of NWF funds is slightly more than 3 trillion rubles," the minister noted (quoted by Interfax).

In the first nine months of 2014, the loss of NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy amounted to 62.475 billion hryvnia ($4.9 billion). This is 11.7 times more than a year earlier, TASS reports, citing the company's financial statements. The company's net income (sales revenue) for the three quarters under review decreased by 4.1% to UAH 44.204 billion (approximately $3.4 billion).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not see any possibility of talking about lifting sanctions against Russia. As reported by Deutsche Welle, she said this in Brussels, where the EU summit is taking place. According to the Chancellor, the agreements reached in Minsk are still not being implemented. "When you have more than 200 killed, you cannot say that the ceasefire is being observed," The Wall Street Journal quotes Merkel as saying.

October 24, 2014, 19:04 / Politics Russia may ban Valio lactose-free milk due to antibiotics undefined Vedomosti Rosselkhoznadzor may ban lactose-free milk from Finland due to the discovery of antibiotics in Valio products, service head Sergei Dankvert told TASS. “We have submitted information to Rospotrebnadzor to seize the batch and warn that we will introduce a complete ban the next time (antibiotics) are discovered,” he said.

The collapse of the ruble in the fall of 2014 is increasingly reminiscent of the situation that developed at the end of 2008 - beginning of 2009. Oil prices are falling, dollar and euro rates are reaching historical highs, and the Central Bank is spending international reserves to support the ruble. The Central Bank will dampen peak demand for foreign currency by issuing it directly to banks → How correct is this comparison?

$50 million Sergey and Marina Bespalov, co-investors in the films Sin City 2 and Machete Kills, intend to sue director Robert Rodriguez, a source in their company told Vedomosti. They have already filed their first lawsuit in a Los Angeles court. This is a counter-suit by the Russian couple to the director's claims. Last week, Rodriguez accused the Bespalovs of fraud and demanded payment of $7.7 million, promised for the production of the films.

At the Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg, a Ural Airlines plane collided with a loader while preparing to take off. Dmitry Tyukhtin, director of strategic communications at Koltsovo, told TASS. According to him, an inspection of the plane after the collision did not reveal any damage that could pose a threat to flight safety. The collision occurred when there were no passengers on board, the airport spokesman added.

October 24, 2014, 15:04 / Business Mechel should receive $861 million from Estar The mining and metallurgical company won the case against Estara Vitaly Petlevoy “Currently Mechel’s debt is $7.7 billion,” Andrey Slivchenko, vice president of finance for the company, said at a telephone conference with investors. Her representative then explained that this is data as of October 14.

Today S&P will announce a decision on Russia's sovereign rating. The agency last downgraded the rating in April from BBB to BBB-, this is the last step in the investment category, the next one is speculative level. Moody's last week downgraded Russia's sovereign rating by one notch - from Baa1 to Baa2; the outlook remained negative .