June 1 (Bloomberg) — The rally in Russian stocks “has not run out of steam,” and an improvement in the economy in the third quarter may help the RTS Index gain another 30 percent this year, UBS AG said.

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June 1 (Bloomberg) — The following companies may have unusual price changes in Russian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close.

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Are the Gains at Novatek a Gas Bubble? Wall Street Journal By LIAM DENNING Competing with Gazprom on its home turf is no mean feat. But independent Russian natural-gas producer Novatek hasn't done badly. Since its global depositary receipts debuted in London in 2005, they have risen 175%, valuing Novatek at …

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Equity markets are rallying across the globe. The FTSE All World index hit fresh highs for the year on Friday, the Nikkei 225 Average surged to a seven-month peak, while Wall Street and European stocks look set for a third consecutive month of gains.

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Updated news from Balkans powered by www.seenews.com Saturday 30 May 2009, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture Swat’s main town “fully under control” May 30, 2009, 17:10 CET | Story | B92 Pakistani forces have regained full control of Mingora, a week after re-entering the main town in Swat to dislodge thousands of Taliban fighters, the army says.

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Seenews: news report of 30.05.2009 Girodivite, Italy B92's source in Brussels states that the matter will be on the agenda of the Council of Ministers' regular session on June 4/5 in Luxembourg. http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/eutomovevisadecisiondate-114004404 FIMA Stock Monitor – Daily Insight – May …

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May 29 (Bloomberg) — The following companies may have unusual price changes in Russia trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close.

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Updated news from Balkans powered by www.seenews.com Friday 29 May 2009, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture Culture and Society: Turkey wins award at Tehran Book Fair May 29, 2009, 16:50 CET | Story | SETimes The 22nd International Tehran Book Fair “special country” award goes to Turkey.

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- EBITDA improved by 10.3% YoY despite lower revenues – Cost of sales reduced by 16.9%, administrative expenses lowered by 32.1% – Cash flow from operating activities up by 80.7% YoY – Order book grows to EUR 198 million in May on robust demand for core services Corporate news transmitted …

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Frunze plant to supply equipment to Gazprom BSANNA NEWS, Ukraine Particularly, the Ukrainian enterprise made for the customer 12 gas pumping tools with a capacity of 16 MW each and the total output of 21.5 million cubic meters of gas a day. Open joint stock company NPO Frunze is one of Europe's leading …

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