LONDON (Reuters UK) - Russia's Sukhoi will announce 30 orders for its Superjet 100 regional aircraft at the Farnborough air show, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. The orders will be unveiled at a news conference on Tuesday, she said. Sukhoi's Superjet 100 is designed to seat...
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Sukhoi will announce 30 orders for its Superjet 100 regional aircraft at the Farnborough air show, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. The orders will be unveiled at a news conference on Tuesday, she said. Sukhoi's Superjet 100 is designed...
Russia's third-placed search and portal operator Rambler is to launch a major TV and movie site - described to me as a "Russian Hulu" - as the basis of its video advertising effort, as Russia's broadband population booms. Currently in beta and due to launch by September/October, Rambler Kinozal...
Four Australian meat processing plants temporarily banned from exporting their products to Russia have been singled out because of "microbial contamination", an industry body says.Russian authorities have placed a ban on three kangaroo meat processing plants and one beef plant, Meat and Livestock Australia MLA said.But it stressed the...
By Katya Golubkova and Michael Stott MOSCOW (Reuters UK) - Russia's migration service said it would not give a visa to TNK-BP TNBPI Chief Executive Robert Dudley without a valid contract, a move that may help the Russian-connected co-owners oust the BP-backed executive. The move is...
MOSCOW (Reuters UK) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Gordon Brown may discuss the troubled Anglo-Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP on the sidelines of next week's G8 summit, a Russian official said on Thursday. Arkady Dvorkovich, Medvedev's top economic adviser, told journalists that...
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, Jun (Reuters UK) - The European Union raised the issue of BP's troubled Russian joint venture oil company TNK-BP at a summit on Friday and "made a very strong point", EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. Ferrero-Waldner told reporters the EU had...
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters UK) - Russia will renew work permits and visas for the chief executive and managers of BP's BP oil venture TNK-BP TNBPI, easing fears of an exodus of foreign staff caught up in a bitter corporate dispute. Controversy over visas and...
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The steel market is as sturdy as, well, steel. With other countries hoarding their own steel for expansion at home, Steel Dynamics is filling the U.S. hole and is using scrap metal to do it.
CEOs are constantly barraged with pitches about the best places for direct foreign investment or trade. These include BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, Indian and China). While Russia has a promising, fast-growing economy, the authoritarian policies of the Vladimir Putin regime are enough to give pause. ...
Distribution of new product development encompasses both great opportunities and threats. This paper aims to identify both key success factors and common pitfalls for Western firms in the organisation of distributed product development in Russia. Russia's national innovation system holds a lot of potential for foreign firms, but there are...
There are numerous challenges facing telecom operators in Russia nowadays, most notably the need to maintain and grow their profitability, resulting in the need to redesign their network. The ongoing network architecture evolution must take into account maintaining the quality for existing services, smooth migration of the voice network and...
International companies and their HR directors face unique challenges in successfully transferring employees to Russia for the intended duration of their assignments. Determining benefits, locating rental or temporary housing, and recommending international schools are critical support services for individuals. On a more organisational level, HR directors must anticipate personal and...
This report reviews the Russian medical equipment, devices and supplies market and analyzes the opportunities for U.S. manufacturers and suppliers in this market. The paper shows that a significant portion of the medical equipment and devices used in public clinics and hospitals is worn and needs replacement. Russia still does...
In testimony today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Valenti, testified that, the spread of theft of America's creative works flows like a swiftly running river in every nook and cranny of this planet. It is thievery that our country cannot afford to tolerate. He pointed out that optical...
With China's accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization's most prominent nonmember. This paper applies the gravity model to gauge whether this "outsider" status has been affecting Russia's export structure. On the basis of cross-section and panel regressions for 1995-2002, it finds that Russian exports...
Over the past 15 years, Russia has witnessed considerable change. The country has evolved from a communist state to an officially designated market economy just over a year ago, according to its new status under US trade law. Considerable political and economic restructuring has taken place over this time, leading...
Prospects for Russia's membership in the WTO World Trade Organization now look better than any point since accession negotiations began almost a decade ago. Good progress with economic and legal reforms within Russia has left the country's economy better prepared for membership. Nevertheless, the economy still suffers from various weaknesses...
The case presented in this paper is prepared as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a business situation. Support for this case was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID through the Eurasia Foundation in Washington, D.C. Doing business...
