The American world order is bad and is the source of almost all troubles. This is the main message of Vladimir Putin's Valdai-Sochi speech. We should probably build a new order - from the opposite. "The opposite" in this case is Uncle Sam. But there are two problems here. First. The policy of the USSR, whose successor the Russian government increasingly feels itself to be, has been built "from the opposite" all its life.

—the value of the bi-currency basket exceeded 48 rubles for the first time. by 11.15 Moscow time on the Moscow Stock Exchange ( +32 kopecks). By that time, the dollar's value in tomorrow's calculations had increased by 27 kopecks. up to 42.74 rubles, euro - by 37 kopecks. up to 54.42 rub. in the middle of the day € ( 14.50 Moscow time) the dollar was already worth 40 kopecks. more expensive by the close of trading the day before ( 42.87 rubles), the euro - by 54 kopecks.

Statistics show that due to geopolitical instability and the closure of access to international sources of liquidity, the Russian M&A market continues to shrink. This applies to both the total volume of transactions and their average size. In July 2014, the volume was “pulled up” by Severstal’s sale of two metallurgical enterprises in the USA; the number of transactions, compared to July 2013, decreased, according to mergers.ru, by almost 40%.

Timothy Spall's William Turner was named Best Actor at Cannes 2014 / KinoPoisk The picky consumer of cultural products has recently preferred documentary films to feature films, just as he once preferred non-fiction to novels.

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AvtoVAZ plans to produce 692,000 cars in 2015, a source familiar with the company's plans told Interfax. According to the agency's source, the corresponding figure was named by the company's president, Bo Andersson, at a meeting with AvtoVAZ staff. It was previously reported that the company plans to produce 544,000 cars this year, including 400,000 Ladas, 144,000 Renaults, Nissans and Datsuns. Thus, in 2015 the company can increase production volumes by 27.2%.

Russians will be able to take driving license exams for cars with automatic transmissions starting November 5, Alexander Borisov, head of the traffic safety supervision department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, told reporters. He recalled that a Russian government decree signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on October 24 established new requirements for admission to driving vehicles.

Volvo Car In 2010, Volvo Car began a new life: that year, Ford Motor Co. sold the Swedish car manufacturer to the Chinese holding company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the owner of the automobile brand of the same name. For the Chinese, this deal turned out to be very profitable: Geely Holding paid only $1.8 billion for a profitable automobile company famous for the safety technologies of its cars - despite the fact that Ford paid $6.5 billion for Volvo in 1999!

X5 Retail Group's net profit under IFRS in Q3 2014 increased by 48.8% compared to Q3 2013 to RUB 3.42 billion, the company said in a statement. The retailer's EBITDA in Q3 increased by 21.5% to RUB 11.17 billion, while EBITDA margin decreased to 7.3% from 7.4% a year earlier. These figures were slightly below the average analyst forecast (RUB 11.33 billion and 7.4%, respectively). X5's revenue increased by 22.8% to RUB 152.54 billion.

October 29, 2014, 10:00 / Finance Stock recommendations: investment banks cut forecasts for oil stocks Elena Filimonova ADR Goldman Sachs downgraded its recommendation on Qiwi from “buy” to “sell,” with the target price dropping from $59 to $24. Alfa Bank revalued companies in the oil and gas sector: Goldman Sachs raised the target price of E.ON Russia shares from 4.25 rubles. to 4.39 rubles, the “buy” recommendation has not changed.

Denis Abramov / Vedomosti The property tax for most Muscovites may be reduced by half - the corresponding amendments to the draft law "On the property tax of individuals" were introduced to the Moscow City Duma by Andrei Klychkov, a member of the commission on urban development, state property and land use. This was reported by the Izvestia newspaper, citing a document available to the editorial board.

From a car to an airline: what is called “Victory” The Pobeda brand was one of the most widespread in the USSR and remained popular in Russia. This is what they called and continue to call not only the well-known car and watch, but also numerous cinemas, sanatoriums, plants and factories. On October 28, it became known that Aeroflot’s low-cost carrier would also be called this way.

October 29, 2014, 02:17 / Business Aeroexpress CEO Alexey Krivoruchko bought a 4.16% stake in the company Milan Čelpanova In the history of transport companies, there are few cases when their top managers bought shares in the companies they manage, and usually this happens as part of option programs, says Raiffeisenbank analyst Konstantin Yuminov. For example, Globaltrans CEO Sergei Maltsev owns 4.5% of the railway operator; Aeroflot and Transcontainer have option programs.

October 29, 2014, 16:39 / Auto Shares of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles jumped 18% after announcement that Ferrari would be spun off into a separate company. Mikhail Overchenko Gennady Anisimov Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will spin off Ferrari into a separate company and list 10% of its shares on the stock exchange. This is stated in the company's statement today. FCA plans to list Ferrari shares next year in the United States and possibly on a European stock exchange.

Inflation in Russia for the week from October 21 to 27 was 0.2%, Rosstat reported on Wednesday. The previous week from October 14 to 20, there was a surge in prices by 0.3% (for the first time since early July, when prices also rose by 0.3% due to tariff indexation); before that, prices also rose by 0.2% for four weeks. The average daily price increase for 27 days in October decreased slightly - to 0.030% against 0.033% for 20 days.