‘Delovoy Kvartal magazine’s issue 663 as of November 24, 2008 carried an interview with Uralfinprombank’s Vice President Mikhail Martynenko. ‘Now is not the best time for taking one’s money out of a bank. The crime rate has been on the increase lately due to the economic difficulties, and keeping one’s savings at home is plainly dangerous, while investing large sums of money in foods or home appliances is pointless since these goods get depreciated very quickly. Buying real estate is no solution to the problem, either: all the analysts claim its price is only going to drop. The question is

The Federal Anntimonopoly Service’s Administration Committe is to resume the hearing of the suit involving Ural Oil Company that had earlier been postponed. The company is charged with violating Article 10 (part 1 paragraph 1) of the competition protection legislation through setting and maintaining monopolistically high jet fuel prices. The hearing of the case was postponed in September 2008.

The customers are still having technical troubles with Bank24.ru’s VISA cards. On November 21, 2008, the bank’s customers received a text message saying that their VISA cards issued by Bank24.ru would only be accepted in Bank24.ru’s ATMs until round about November 24, 2008. The bank admitted the fact to an UrBC reporter at the time. The bank’s call center employee explained the change in the terms of service had to do with some technical troubles like the lack of contact with the VISA network. CreditUralBank, whose processing Bank24.ru happens to use for servicing its VISA cards, also said

URSA Bank’s portfolio of loans offered to small and medium-scale enterprises exceeded 12.1 billion RUR on November 1, 2008. All in all, over 8,000 entrepreneurs have been given a total of over 10.5 billion RUR worth of loans since the beginning of the year. The bank currently offers collateral loans of up to 30 million RUR to both legal entities and sole traders for a period of up to seven years as well as collateral-free loans of up to 600,000 RURto private individuals who run or own a business for a period of up to three years. ‘Loans to SMEs is one of URSA Bank’s top priority development

В 11.00 в пресс-центре «Комсомольской правды» (ул. Красная,4) состоится пресс-конференция «Ценовая политика на бензин». В 11.00 пройдет заседание Законодательного собрания Челябинской области (ул. Кирова,114). В 13.00 в бизнес-центре «Мизар» (ул. Елькина,45а) начнется круглый стол «Закрытие вузов: слухи или реальность».

УрБК, Москва, 25.11.2008. Федеральная антимонопольная служба РФ оштрафовала ОАО «Газпромнефть» на 1 356 560 819,53 рублей и ОАО «ТНК-ВР Холдинг» на 1 112 448 795,36 рублей за злоупотребление доминирующим положением на оптовых рынках нефтепродуктов. В соответствии со статьей 14,31 КоАП, злоупотребление доминирующим положением влечет наложение административного штрафа на юридических лиц в размере от 1 до 15% размера суммарной выручки правонарушителя от реализации товара, на рынке которого совершенно правонарушение за предшествующий год. При расчете размеров санкций ФАС РФ, наряду с

3 декабря в Челябинске пройдет II региональная выставка «Челябинск финансовый: инструменты развития бизнеса». 4-5 декабря в Челябинской области состоится VIII Уральский инвестиционный Форум «Привлечение инвестиций — основа экономического роста регионов в условиях мирового финансового кризиса».