Multinational oil companies being targeted by militants in Nigeria will weather attacks on their infrastructure and personnel given the huge potential for profit there, analysts and the oil groups say.
Russia will start Wednesday bilateral negotiations with Saudi Arabia on its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a Russian economics ministry official said.
Ukraine`s industrial production grew 11.8%, year-on-year, in January-June 2007, the state statistics committee said Tuesday.
BMW, the world`s largest premium car maker, said on Tuesday it sold 38 percent more cars in mainland China in the first half of 2007, as the country`s growing ranks of nouveau riche snapped up the latest models.
Russia`s environmental watchdog is requesting that a license be revoked for a gold field in Chukotka from a 100% subsidiary of Britain`s Highland Gold Mining Ltd, the country`s natural resources ministry said Tuesday.
The European single currency climbed against the dollar on Tuesday, closing in on an all-time high against the US currency.
Russia`s investment index will open Tuesday at 792.40 points, up 1.27% following Monday evening`s sessions on major world trading floors.
ArmRosgazprom main shareholder, Gazprom, has no information about plans of the Armenian-Russian company to issue additional bonds and float them at foreign stock exchanges.
Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it would boost production in Russia to 125,000 cars per year by 2009 from 72,000 as it seeks to satisfy booming demand in Europe`s fastest growing car market.
Tatneft produced 13 million tons (96 million bbl) of oil in the first half of 2007, up 2.2% from the same period last year, the Tatar oil company`s CEO said Friday.
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Friday his ministry would submit to the government a $1.5 bln loan proposal for Belarus later in July.
Kazakhstan is to pay 486.3 million dollars to buy a stake in US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse from its majority owner Toshiba, news reports said Saturday.
AvtoVAZ plans to establish a joint venture to produce engines with Italy`s Fiat, the Russian carmaker`s head said Thursday.
Oil prices rose Thursday, despite expectations that U.S. government fuel stocks data would show rising gasoline supplies.
Coca-Cola has announced the acquisition of a 100% stake in Russia`s Aqua-Vision from Britain`s Health Tech Corporation Limited for 191.5 million euros ($250 million), the companies said Thursday.
The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 25.6742 rubles during Thursday morning`s unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 1.13 kopeks from Wednesday.
Robert Zoellick started work Monday as the new president of the World Bank after a pay-and-promotion scandal toppled its last chief, Iraq war architect Paul Wolfowitz.
Russia`s state-controlled oil company Rosneft said Monday it had acquired offices and other non-core Yukos assets from Prana, which bought the assets after winning the May 11 auction.
SOCAR, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, addressed Gazprom (Russia) asking whether it wants to buy Azeri natural gas.
Belarus does not fear possible U.S. economic sanctions, and will respond with its own should they be imposed, the Belarusian president said Monday.
The president of Moldova told his Russian counterpart Thursday that he was satisfied with recent deals on Russian gas supplies, a sensitive issue in relations between the former Soviet allies.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15 billion), a statement from the two confirmed on Saturday, the latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
Russia hopes to complete bilateral talks on its accession to the World Trade Organization with Vietnam next week, a Russian economics ministry official said Friday.
Previously-frozen North Korean funds from a Macao bank has been transferred to a Russian bank and Moscow hopes it will help to settle the North Korean nuclear issue, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Iran`s Interior Ministry dismissed Friday a non-official Iranian media report that quoted the ministry`s chief as saying the country has 100 kg of enriched uranium, official state news agency IRNA said.