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ABC News
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is interested in moving into Russia after strong growth in that giant country's retail spending, the world's largest retailer said Monday. Wal-Mart's international division is smaller but is growing faster than the company's flagsh..
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New York Times
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Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google, was born in Moscow in 1973, and the first words out of his mouth were Russian. Yet neither Russian nor the Russian market has come easily to Google...
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BusinessWeek
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After a decade of rapid advances in the former Soviet Union, Russia's mobile operators are placing big bets in India, Vietnam, and elsewhere
The Russians must know a thing or two about mobile telephony. After all, few countries in the world have seen s..
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BusinessWeek
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Hermitage Capital Management alleges that a massive fraud attempt in Russia, which even included the police, nearly made off with hundreds of millions
Corruption, intimidation, robbery, violent assault, forgery, large-scale fraud. No, not the subject o..
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BusinessWeek
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The idea of taking over the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk may have been a bluff to get a better deal on Russia's Admiral Gorshkov. If so, it didn't fly
The controversy over India's purchase of a globally capable aircraft carrier is finally laid to rest. Last week,..
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BusinessWeek
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It remains to be seen if Medvedev, Putin's handpicked successor, will implement real policy changes. Most investors are rooting for stability
There was never much intrigue about the result of Russia's Mar. 2 presidential election. As widely predicted,..
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BusinessWeek
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The Defense Secretary is helping to broker deals with stateside weapons manufacturers so the U.S. can supplant Russia as India's top arms source
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a sales mission to India. Apart from the big-ticket military hard..
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BBC News
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The man expected to become Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, has said that reducing the economic role of the state was among his priorities.
In a speech that focused on the economy, Mr Medvedev also said he would tackle corruption if elected...
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BBC News
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Thousands of delegates from around the world are attending a big economic forum in St Petersburg, Russia.
Politicians and businessmen are to discuss the prospects for Russia's economy as President Vladimir Putin prepares to leave office.
It comes af..
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BusinessWeek
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The EU wants to secure energy supplies by pledging aid; Russia and China are countering with a different tack; and Turkey has a renewed interest in the region
Russia and China are trying to counter EU efforts to secure fresh energy supplies in Central..
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BBC News
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Russia has banned all foreigners from working as retailers in its shops and markets under a new law which came into force on Sunday.
Up to 20,000 non-Russians currently work in Moscow markets alone in a tradition going back to Soviet times.
Presiden..
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CNN
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Russia's state-controlled oil firm Rosneft snapped up 9 percent of its own shares for $7.59 billion on Tuesday in the first auction of assets from bankrupt oil firm YUKOS, founded by jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Rosneft outbid British oil giant..
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BusinessWeek
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The German powerhouse bank explains why it uses both India and Russia for its offshoring needs. Russia's closer, for one thing
Deutsche Bank (DB) is one of the world's largest banks and has long used outsourcing and offshoring, at various sites around..
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www.marketoracle.co.uk
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Is it enough to point the finger of blame for the latest crash in crude oil on the arrival of global warming? Unusually warm weather in Russia, Europe, and the United States, with temperatures reaching the upper 60’s in New York’s financial district,..
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