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China received $650 bln of direct foreign investment in 10 years

19:56 05/06/2011

Direct foreign investment in China totaled $653 billion in the 2001-2010 period, the country's statistics agency said on Sunday.

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Global consequences of Japanese quake
09:40 05/06/2011
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 will have serious consequences for the global economy and nuclear energy.
Belarus economic crisis
21:23 04/06/2011
Belarus' central bank has devalued the ruble to 4,930 per dollar from 3,155, while the government has applied for a $1 billion loan from Russia and a $2 billion loan from EurAsEC to stabilize the currency market.
Russia to keep vegetable ban until Europe's official explanations
16:13 04/06/2011
Russia will keep a ban on vegetable imports from the EU until Europe names the cause of the fatal bacteria that has killed 20 people in Europe, the sanitary watchdog said on Saturday.
Japan freezes $4.4 bln worth of Gaddafi regime assets
11:29 04/06/2011
Japanese government has frozen $4.4 billion on financial accounts of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his supporters, Japan Today said on Saturday.
Russian-Chinese trade turnover doubles to $60 bln in 2010
08:02 04/06/2011
Trade turnover between Russia and China doubled to $60 billion last year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said during a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie in Singapore on Saturday.
At London meet, Russia works to overcome investors' worries
19:20 03/06/2011
Several dozen international investors with money to spend in emerging markets gathered in London for a rare opportunity to meet the management of Russia's top companies face-to-face.
Russia ‘will not poison’ people by lifting EU veg ban says Putin
16:13 03/06/2011
Russia will not poison its own people by lifting the ban it imposed on vegetable imports from the European Union, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, in response to protests by the EU against the move.5
Transneft 2010 net profit grows 3 pct to 125.5 bln rbls
11:18 03/06/2011
Russia's state-run oil pipeline monopoly Transneft's net profit for 2010 edged up three percent to 125.5 billion rubles ($4.48 billion) to IFRS, Transneft said on Friday.
EU urges Russia to end ban on vegetable imports
22:06 02/06/2011
The European Commission urged Russia on Thursday to lift its ban on the import of raw vegetables from EU nations over a deadly E.coli outbreak.1
Retailers fear shortages after EU veg import ban
18:14 02/06/2011
Russia's ban on vegetable imports from all European countries may lead to a shortage of some kinds of produce and higher prices, leading retailers said on Thursday.
Khodorkovsky denies charges against former Yukos executive
15:18 02/06/2011
Ex-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky dismissed allegations that former Yukos executive Antonio Valdes-Garcia could have stolen oil from Khodorkovsky's firm and launder the proceeds, at a court session on Thursday.
Ukraine refuses new gas transit guarantees to EU
14:46 02/06/2011
Ukraine has rejected the European Union's demands for additional guarantees for transit of Russian gas through its territory, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Klyuyev said on Thursday.
Russian Railways wants slower privatizion
10:23 02/06/2011
Russian Railways should start its privatization with a sale of 10-15 percent to a strategic investor after 2013, not the 25 percent minus one share as the government wants, the rail monopoly's head Vladimir Yakunin said late on Wednesday.
Main news of June 1
23:59 01/06/2011
A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
Moscow financial center contingent on improved investment climate - analysts
21:12 01/06/2011
The Russian government must take bolder steps towards fighting corruption and improving Russia's image abroad if it wants to achieve its goal of establishing Moscow as an international financial center, analysts said on Wednesday.1
Russian spy Chapman to head business newspaper
20:22 01/06/2011
Anna Chapman, detained for espionage and deported from the United States last year, was appointed editor-in-chief of Venture Business News newspaper.
Foreign carmakers to invest over $5 bln in Russia
18:30 01/06/2011
The Russian government has signed four car assembly agreements with a total investment of over $5 billion, including $1.1 billion which Fiat plans to invest in the expansion of a local automobile factory and the creation of a factory to produce engines, an Economic Development Ministry official said on Wednesday.
United Russia proposes members to join state firms' boards
16:38 01/06/2011
United Russia party chairman Boris Gryzlov has submitted a list of party candidacies for the boards of state-run companies vacated by top government officials, the party said in a statement.
Belarus seeks $8 bln IMF loan - premier
16:35 01/06/2011
Belarus is seeking up to $8 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund to stabilize its finances," Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich said on Wednesday.

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