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...Russian records suggest it has shipped about $2.1mn of goods to Orlan LLC — a St Petersburg company that is a self-described fishing equipment supplier....
...Wall Street continued its bull run on Wednesday, with the three main stock indices setting fresh intraday highs within minutes of the opening bell....
...On Main Street and on Wall Street, it appears the little guys matter less and less....
...Several hundred New England fans had made the trek south from Boston to New York and were in full voice before kick-off, although the main chant directed at the New York fans (“A-Rod sucks!”)...
...(Financial Times) Bank of America and Citigroup move to soothe shareholders: “Bank of America and Citigroup are having to soothe their main shareholders as hopes fade of bigger dividends and buybacks after...
...“We invite Edward to St Petersburg and would be happy if he decides to join our star team of programmers at Vkontakte,” Mr Durov wrote on his personal Vkontakte page....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.4 per cent to 1,632.69, setting another record close for the main US benchmark that has already gained more than 14 per cent this year....
...As long ago as 1715, St Petersburg’s first governor, Prince Alexander Menshikov, was wise to the benefits of tourism....
...For every shell-shocked Gary, Indiana, or Flint, Michigan, there is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or a St Louis, Missouri, that is making a better fist of the transition – although their median incomes are...
...The main S&P 500 index climbed 1.3 per cent to 1,177.60, now up 4.8 per cent for the week. But defensive utility stocks were up 2 per cent in a sign of continuing investor nervousness....
...EnQuest was the day’s main speculative feature, with shares jumping 8.2 per cent to 119p....
...Mr Vestberg is confident that Ericsson can retain its competitive advantage based on innovation, and says LTE will prove more popular than WiMax, the main alternative in 4G technology....
...Durant grew up on his family’s dairy farm north of Paris....
...McDonald’s, off 2.9 per cent to $60.92, was among the main losers in the consumer sector, in spite of a reasonable like-for-like November sales performance....
...The brewery, parts of which date back to the mid-19th century, is one of the city’s main tourist attractions, with visitors coming to see its Clydesdale horse stables and old brewing vats....
...Location and contacts: Blenheim Palace is in Woodstock, eight miles north-west of Oxford....
...The Fed cut the primary discount rate by 50 basis points to 5.75 per cent, indicating it was concerned about financing conditions but that it would use a range of policies rather than just a cut in the main...
...A battle over the ownership of Arsenal football club appears inevitable after the board announced David Dein, one of the main architects of the club’s success in the past 10 years, was quitting with immediate...
...Property companies were also among the best performers in the FTSE 250 with St Modwen, the brownfield development specialist, one of the main talking points....
...Lower down the market, the FTSE 250 gained 36.7 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 10,408.9 Whitbread proved to be one of the main talking points....
...Dow component Coca-Cola was up 1.4 per cent at $43.95 after better than expected sales in North America boosted earnings....
...“The main attraction of listing in London, as opposed to listing in New York Stock Exchange, was the price of the transaction,” Mr Buyanov said yesterday....
...Traders said its shares had staged a good run to qualify for the main index....
...The stock market's three main indices have stalled this month following a rally in late October and November that led the S&P 500 to a three-year high....
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