УрБК, Челябинск, 13.07.2011. Южно-Уральской торгово-промышленной палате выражена благодарность за оказание поддержки в проведении в г. Челябинске благотворительной акции «Поможем детям вместе». 30 и 31 мая 2011 года в рамках акции в Центре делового сотрудничества (ЦДС) состоялся концерт вокально-инструментального ансамбля «Пламя» под руководством народного артиста России Сергея Березина. Организатором концерта стал Томский областной некоммерческий благотворительный фонд «МИРОСЛАВ». Как сообщает пресс-служба ЮУТПП, всего от проведенных в Челябинске концертов было собрано 192 тыс. руб., из них

В 10.20 состоится выездное совещание с главами районных администраций г. Челябинска по благоустройству дворов (на примере Ленинского района). В 11.00 состоится открытие после ремонта дороги на станции Смолино. Деньги на реконструкцию выделены по распоряжению губернатора после письменного обращения граждан. В 12.00 в пресс-центре информационного агентства «Интерфакс-Урал» (пр.Ленина, 55а) начнется пресс-конференция руководства ОПФР по Челябинской области на тему: «Реализация Программы государственного софинансирования пенсий в 1 полугодии 2011 в Челябинской области». В 13.00 губернатор

14 июля в Челябинске состоится аукцион на право пользования недрами с целью разведки и добычи россыпного золота на месторождении Крутой лог.

RIA-Analitika’s Center for Economic Analysis experts did a research on the banking systems of the countries of the CIS on the basis of the official banking statistics data and the bank’s reports available from the public sources. In the end, the experts produced a rating of the Commonwealth’s top hundred largest banks (in terms of asset volume as of January 1, 2011). As a matter of fact, Georgia’s banks are featured in the rating, even though this country left the Commonwealth of Independent States two years ago. Five member states turned out not to have banks whose asset volume would be

Turkey is still the most popular country with Russian tourists in terms of bookings in July 2011: 34.7% of all the inquiries made through Tourindex are related to this country. However, this figure is nearly 4.3% smaller than in June 2010, the Association of Russian Tour Operators’ Analytic Service reports. In comparison with June 2010, the total number of Turkey-related inquiries dropped by almost 60% in June 2011. Still, Turkey remained three times more popular than Greece, whose share in the total number of tourist inquiries came to 12% in June. As for Egypt, the number of inquiries

Sverdlovsk Region-based borrowers are getting less active in the summer of 2011, which the lending market players say has to do with the seasonal variations. According to the mortgage advisor Optima Credit, the demand for loans slumped by 17% in the beginning of summer compared with May 2011, with greatest downfalls observed in the business loans sector (47%) and mortgages (46%). The demand for consumer loans declined by 9%, whereas that for automobile loans has remained the same. The business loans are really not so popular with the borrowers just now. However, some businesspeople keep

It might become illegal to sell right hand drive cars imported to Russia recently. Such was the proposal contained in the project on the new technical regulations for vehicles within the single Customs Union which comprises Russia, Kazakhstan, and Byelorussia, Vedomosti reports. Right hand drive cars are already banned in Kazakhstan and Byelorussia. When the proposal was first voiced in preparation for the Russian technical requirements for vehicles in 2009, drivers protested en masse, especially in the Far East. According to head of the Ministry for Industry and Trade Alexei Rakhmanov, the

Yekaterinburg is going to get a technological park meant for waste recycling. The facility will be located on the outskirts of the city, on the premises of the older landfill Shirokaya Rechka, President of Waste Recycling Association Mikhail Malkov announced today. The facility is expected to cover the entire area of the premises, namely, over forty hectares. In addition to the main units (the sorting unit, the fuel-producing unit, and a mini heat and power station), the facility will also get a scientific research center, a hothouse and a mini zoo. The project provides not only for waste