SEC accuses CBS MarketWatch.com analyst of 'creative fraud' CBS Corporation is clearly out of luck. After the scandalous dismissal of four employees convicted of slandering President Bush, the hammer of justice fell on yet another of its representatives. The American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sentenced Tom Calandra, a former journalist for the online analytical project CBS MarketWatch.com, to a fine of $540,000.

To fight the USSR, the Americans hired “Rippers from Auschwitz” Yesterday an unusual meeting of the CIA leadership and a special group of the US Congress took place in Langley. It was dedicated to the declassification of documents about connections between American intelligence and the Nazis. As the CIA stated, "all materials not yet declassified that relate to U.S.

The Duma promises to give Mikhail Fradkov a “good bath” On February 9, at a plenary session, the State Duma will consider the issue of no confidence in the government. Less than a year after the cabinet was formed. At the initiative of the United Russia party, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov was invited to discuss this issue, and he has already given his consent.

Munich superclub regains leadership Three rounds of the second round in the German Bundesliga have passed. The first round did not reveal the winner - Bayern and Schalke finished with an equal number of points. But now three rounds have been played, and Bayern is already three points ahead of its competitors. And there is every reason to believe that the Munich team will regain the championship they lost a year ago.

Occupation and control of Germany Occupation and control of Germany We have agreed on a common policy and plans for enforcing the terms of unconditional surrender which we will jointly impose on Nazi Germany after German armed resistance has been finally crushed. These terms will not be published until the complete defeat of Germany has been achieved. In accordance with the agreed plan, the armed forces of the three powers will occupy special zones in Germany.

The Odessa-Brody oil pipeline can be extended to Gdansk Poland and Ukraine are not giving up hope of extending the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Gdansk, Poland, located on the Baltic Sea coast. Moreover, the European Investment Bank (EIB), as its head Wolfgang Roth said yesterday, is ready to provide the 500 million euros necessary for this.

Basayev and Maskhadov will not be given Vneshtorgbank credit cards At the beginning of the sixth year of the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya, its participants on both sides of the “front line” behave as if each of them is inside their own virtual reality. Immediately after the two leaders of the Chechen underground - Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov - each announced their own version of a truce with the federals, the federals doubted the very fact of their existence.

The court refused to consider the case of theft of Sberbank money Yesterday, the planned trial in the scandalous criminal case of embezzlement of money during the construction of the Tsarev Garden business complex on Sofiyskaya Embankment did not begin.

Israelis and Palestinians are opening a new history of relations Today in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh the first meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with the leader of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas will take place. In addition to the Israelis and Palestinians, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan will take part in the negotiations. The international community expects early positive results from this meeting.

60 years ago, Europe was divided between the victors of World War II The Yalta (Crimean) Conference of the Allied Powers, held from February 4 to 11, 1945, was the second of three famous meetings between the leaders of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States, dedicated to the establishment of a “post-Hitler” world order.

The last gubernatorial elections ended in a victory for democracy Last Sunday, the second round of gubernatorial elections took place in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO). February 6, 2005 was the date of the last direct popular elections of regional heads in the modern history of Russia. In addition, the residents of the district elected the legislative assembly. The outcome of both elections can be considered a local defeat for the federal authorities.

The beginning of the year promises profits for US investment banks In the first five weeks of this year, three mergers and acquisitions were announced in the United States, each worth more than $10 billion. This is the best result for the industry since 2000. Participation in these transactions led to some regrouping of leading companies - consultants in the mergers and acquisitions market, which was recorded by Bloomberg.

A tax declaration campaign has started in Russia The declaration campaign began in Russia more than a month late. Yesterday, separate Moscow inspectorates began accepting income tax returns. Regional inspectorates are still waiting for new reporting forms from the Ministry of Justice.

The World Classic All-Around Speed ​​Skating Championships, which ended in Moscow, did not bring any pleasant surprises. As the President of the Russian Skating Union Vladimir Komarov warned in advance, the Russians were left without awards. Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA asked the famous mentor Boris VASIKOVSKY to analyze the reasons for the team’s unsuccessful performance and talk about the future of this sport in Russia.

Gazprom no longer believes that it will receive $280 million from Yulia Tymoshenko Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexander Ryazanov yesterday made a sensational statement: when “the current Prime Minister of Ukraine headed one of the companies,” this company did not pay $280 million for Russian gas. “The gas was supplied to it - the money was not paid.