Russian Stocks Continue Fall on Greek Tragedy Novosti | Russian stocks continue falling on Friday, hitting fresh lows as investors deserted emerging markets amid political uncertainty in Greece and the European debt crisis. | By 11:07 p.m. Moscow time, the ruble-denominated MICEX had hit an eight-month low, down 2.59 percent to 1,254.46 , while the dol...
Russia tests Italian tank Zeenews Moscow: Russia is testing Italy's Centauro tank and considers building it under license, a representative of the Oto-Melara company which makes the tank said on Saturday. | "The first two machines with 105-mm and 125-mm guns are on trial...," he said. | Two more Centauros with 120-mm and 30-mm guns ...
Birth of new Greek drachma would be pained, rushed The Guardian By Peter Apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If or when policymakers finally decide Greece should leave the euro, the exit could happen so quickly that "new drachma" currency notes might not be printed in time. In principle, some of the long-term consequence...
Russia Ready for Global Economic Changes - Medvedev Novosti | Unfavorable situations in the global economy are possible, but Russia is ready to withstand them, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. | “On the whole, the situation for our [Russian] economy is normal since we had a budget surplus la...
Russia Sberbank sees sale certainty after government formed Hartford Courant | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe's second largest lender Sberbank will see some certainty over the planned privatization sale after the new Russian government's lineup is announced on May 21, CEO German Gref said on Saturday. | Sberbank initially plan...
Russian-made Lada is ridiculed by Finns these days San Francisco Chronicle | Helsinki, -- Risto Nykanen's Russian wife hates his hobby. She came from Leningrad, in the old Soviet Union, before its name reverted to St. Petersburg. | Nykanen's hobby? He gathers and restores old Ladas, the boxy Soviet automobiles that were onc...
Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history The State | NEW YORK - Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. Some companies hav...
Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. Some companies have come and ...
Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history The Miami Herald | NEW YORK -- Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. Some companies ha...
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Al Jazeera | Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some cynics couldn't help calling it the "Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept". | Now that doesn't really apply. Goldman now the BRICS countries to account for almost 40 per cent of gl...
