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		<title><![CDATA[Google to power search for Russia&#8217;s top email site]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Google is expanding its presence in Russia with a deal to become the default search engine and ad server on Russia's top portal Mail.ru from January. The arrangement, which initially runs for a year, will see Google replace rival Yandex to power search on Mail.ru, sharing ad revenue with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:17:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China's Hu Boosts Energy Ties With Central Asia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Raushan Nurshayeva and Shamil ZhumatovASTANA/OTAR (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Chinese leader Hu Jintao opened the Kazakh section of a new Central Asia-China gas pipeline on Saturday, tightening Beijing's control over natural resources in the vast energy-rich region.Lying on some of the world's biggest oil, gas and metals reserves, mainly Muslim Central...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:17:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google Makes A Play in Russia With Mail.ru Search Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Google (NSDQ: GOOG) wants a bigger piece of the Russian search market. Beginning in January, the company will become the default search engine on top Russian portal Mail.ru, according to a statement  Mail.Ru put out today Via TechCrunch. The statement confirmed rumors of an agreement, which first surfaced...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Facebook Investor DST May Try To Corner Russiam IM Market By Acquring AOL's ICQ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Now that AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong has said the most he&#8217;ll do with MapQuest is an operational partnership, not a sale, it looks like instant messaging service ICQ could be at the top of the sell list&#8212;and, according to multiple reports, Russia&#8217;s Digital Sky Technologies DST is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:28:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russian To Head 'Gas OPEC,' Seeks Oil Price Link]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The instability of natural gas prices and a global supply glut has pushed a once-informal organization of gas exporting countries to ramp up its profile and mission in the past year. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum, also called Gas OPECor Gaspec,Â elected Russian Leonid V. Bokhanovsky as its first secretary general...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:07:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia to supply India with nuclear reactors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Russia became the latest country to strike a civil nuclear deal with energy-hungry India yesterday when it agreed to supply reactors to Asia's thirdlargest economy.International power companies from Russia, France, the UK, the US and Canada are flocking to India seeking opportunities to help one of the world's fastest-...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More MMO M&A In Russia: Naspers Buying Astrum]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Russian online games is a sector investors should be keeping a close eye on&#8230; South African media conglomerate Naspers has been granted anti-trust permission to buy between 38 percent and 100 percent of Russian online games developer Astrum Online Entertainment from majority shareholder Digital Sky Technologies.As Kommersant via Yakov...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:07:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin Announces More Anti-crisis Aid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gleb Bryanski and Denis PinchukST PETERSBURG, Russia (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.Putin, who now serves as Russia's prime minister after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:30:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reversal of fortunes sets back Moscow's plans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Russia's bold gambit to build a partnership with Opel and win access to technology vital for transforming its battered car industry lay in tatters on Wednesday.Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, said he was "surprised" at the decision by General Motors to hold on to Opel and indicated Russia could...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Doug Terreson. Please proceed with your question. Doug Terreson Jim, on the divestiture program, you mentioned that there are several interested parties in Syncrude, which is not surprising. And so, while I realize it is early, can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Great. Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bill Herbert - Simmons & Company International. Bill Herbert - Simmons & Company International Andrew, if you could provide us with some perspective, if you will, on two markets, one, Mexico. Clearly a lot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:54:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia's Yandex Valued At $1.1 Billion After Selling Nine Percent Stake]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Number-one Russian internet site and search engine Yandex is selling a nine percent stake to three private equity funds for about $100 million, valuing the firm at $1.1 billion, reports Russia&#8217;s Vedomosti paper via Yakov, citing an investment banker. Yandex has not yet confirmed the report to us.Is this...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[DST Creates Russian Online Powerhouse By Merging Mail.ru And Astrum]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Digital Sky Technologies DST, the Russian firm that recently paid $200 million for a two percent stake in Facebook, is playing puppet-master yet again. It&#8217;s merging Mail.ru, one of Russia&#8217;s most popular online portals, with massively-multiplayer online MMO game developer Astrum Online Entertainment, according to Vedomosti via Quintura. It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:40:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia Exploits OPEC Cuts, Tops Saudi Arabia in Oil Exports]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10001997/russia-exploits-opec-cuts-tops-saudi-arabia-in-oil-exports/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia's continued exploitation of OPEC's oil production cuts gives credo to the old Heinz slogan "the best things come to those who wait."    Not too long ago, rhetoric from Russia gave the impression it was aligned with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries inÂ aÂ mission to control oil...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:54:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hellenic Bank Ventures Into Russia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1111727]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Moscow-based subsidiary of Cypriot financial group, Hellenic Bank, has become its first foreign entity to be launched as a fully-fledged bank, not just a representative office or a branch which it has in abundance in Greece. In Russia, Hellenic will focus on lending to the SME sector. The first...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Central European Distribution Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14040_23-328573.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question and answer session will be conducted electronically. Operator Instructions. And we'll take our first question from Doug Lane of Jefferies. Douglas Lane - Jefferies and Company Yes hi good afternoon everybody. Chris, do you have an updated leverage number for post transaction? I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:30:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five Global Business Danger Zones]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're going to do business in potentially lucrative markets like Brazil, Mexico, and Russia, know the risks before you go.                            Russia ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The globe-trotting executive's new skill set: How to hail a cab, how to say "Thank you" in the local language, and how to avoid muggings, kidnappings, and even terrorist attacks.                    ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Do Business in a Dangerous Place]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2436-13074_23-320854.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism, kidnapping, robbery, theft. In some lucrative emerging markets, these hazards come with the territory. The key to staying out of harm's way: Be prepared.The U.S. and the U.K. may be mired in what was once thought of as a Third World style of financial crisis, but what was once...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia Eyes Ban on Beer Ads; Above-the-Line Agencies Set to Lose Out]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia is set to ban or restrict beer advertising because too many young people are drinking, the WSJ reports. The clampdown has produced two traditional stock responses from the ad industry: whining over crimps in agency "creativity" and the assertion that without ads, brewers will just use other media to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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