УрБК, Москва, 28.06.2010. Российские банки получат за I полугодие 2010 года прибыль больше, чем за весь 2009 год, считает директор департамента лицензирования деятельности и финансового оздоровления кредитных организаций Банка России Михаил Сухов. Заявление было сделано в рамках Форума регионального сотрудничества, проходящего в Женеве 28-29 июня, передает ИТАР-ТАСС. М. Сухов также отметил, что продолжается процесс «дедолларизации» вкладов в банках. За первые 5 месяцев текущего года объем валютных средств в банках снизился с $17 млрд. до $12,5 млрд., это падение было перекрыто ростом рублевых

В 10.00 состоится аппаратное совещание администрации Челябинска (пл. Революции, 2). В 14.00 в здании Законодательного собрания области (ул. Кирова, 114) состоится конференция общественно-политического движения «За возрождение Урала» с участием губернатора Михаила Юревича. В 15.00 губернатор Челябинской области Михаил Юревич примет участие в первой демонстрации работы суперкомпьютера «СКИФ-Аврора ЮУрГУ» с пиковой производительностью 24 TFLOPS. В 16.00 губернатор Челябинской области Михаил Юревич проведет церемонию награждения южноуральцев государственными наградами (ул. Цвиллинга, 27).

1 и 2 июля в Челябинске пройдут аукционы по предоставлению земельных участков для индивидуального жилищного строительства.

Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevitch encouraged the local inventors to cooperate with the region’s technological park and promised to help them get their innovations patented, the Governor’s press officer reports. Meanwhile, a group of Chelyabinsk Region delegates, headed by Minister for Industry and Natural Resources Valeriy Prudskiy, visited Israel last week and therefore had a chance to look into the country’s rich experience in making scientific advances commercially viable. Upon their return, the delegates presented their report to Mikhail Yurevitch, who said Chelyabinsk

Following Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevitch’s request, the Ministry for Economic Development prepared a list of land allotments that could serve as new industrial sites, the Governor told the reporters after a cabinet meeting. The list is created in order to make sure the regional authorities can always present their available territories to the potential investors. It also contains information on all the infrastructure items like roads, oil and gas pipelines, and power resources. The catalogue-style register is now available in Russian and English and will later be translated

OAO SKB-Bank paid the 12th coupon profit and fully retired its first bond issue. SKB-Bank first went through with its 1-billion-ruble bond issue at MICEX on June 21, 2007. The bank then set a record of sorts among the other regional banks, as the first coupon’s interest rate was determined at the record-breaking, lowest-ever level of 9.75% a year. The bank’s bonds were placed on quotation list A1 and included in the Bank of Russia’s Lombard List. To date, SKB-Bank has completely fulfilled all of its obligations concerning its 01 bond issue. In addition, the bank also went through with another

Mikhail Fedorov was re-elected Rector of Ural State University of Economics (USUE) by 112 votes out of 119. The voting by secret ballot took place among the university conference delegates. Six people voted against the candidate, and one voting paper was declared invalid. Fedorov was chosen over the other running candidate, Dean of the Global Economics & Finance Department Nadezhda Surnina. ‘Prior to the voting, Nadezhda Surnina gave a short speech, the basic meaning of which was that Mikhail Fedorov should remain Rector because he has a lot of experience in the field as well as great

Viktor Maslakov was appointed CEO Skolkovo Fund for Area Development. The decision was taken by President of New Technologies Design & Commercialization Center’s Development Fund Viktor Vekselberg, says ZAO Renova-StroyGroup’s press officer. Viktor Maslakov, who has an MBA and a PhD in Economics, is currently employed in the capacity of Renova-StroyGroup Management Company’s BOD Chairman. He used to hold posts in Sverdlovsk Region’s governmental bodies and Yekaterinburg city council and also ran a number of private companies. Besides, Maslakov was a scientific advisor at the Institute of

The net profit of OAO Gazprombank plunged by 81% in the year 2009 compared with the year 2008, that is, from 17.56 billion RUR down to 3.34 billion RUR. The bank explains these losses had to do with increased profit tax payments and greater foreign currency transaction expenses. In the latter case, the expenses partially grew because the bank’s foreign currency assets depreciated due to the growing ruble exchange rate. Finally, the bank made a smaller one-time dividend profit on daughter enterprises investments.

A bankruptcy application has been placed with Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court by ZAO AO Avto Land recently, the spokesperson for the court informed UrBC. It has been reported that the company’s liquidation committee made the decision to declare the business insolvent. At the moment, Avtoland deals in sales of Ford, Mazda, Volvo, and Mitsubishi Motors automobiles. The company runs show rooms in Yekaterinburg, Ufa, and Magnitogorsk.