The PSOE, forced to change the rate of CO2 motorcycle

The roll has been the Government's position in Congress will have its first impact in the field of motorcycles. The PSOE shall give the rest of the political agreement in Congress to amend the controversial tax specifically for motorcycles, related to CO2 emissions, it did come into force on January 1. All

Opposition groups yesterday called for the abolition of these fees in the amendments to the draft law on trafficking, movement of motor vehicles and road safety, as reported WORLDWIDE. Most of the groups believed that the fees are "discriminatory."

The Socialist Road Safety spokesman, Juan Carlos Corcuera, said his group will offer a compromise to proposals from other groups next week , seeking the broadest consensus with the other amendments to this law, but did not specify how it is channeled.

The new tax has been reported by the two wheels of the lace to the crisis facing sales and calls since last August its deletion, noting that feels persecuted by the administration in Referring to the DGT.

Nearly 50 amendments
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Was unanimous, however, the agreement to an amendment proposed by CiU, which raised the money collected in fines DGT is used entirely to road safety. The spokesman for this group, Jordi Jan, stressed that this would rule out that the road safety policy of the Administration is directed solely to the collection above other objectives.

addition, Congress passed with the opposition PSOE-another amendment proposed by the PP to end the obligation to keep the vehicle in the documentation issued by the Administration. The amendment provides that the DGT must establish the means for verifying that the vehicle has all the permissions.

driver's obligation is limited to all legal documents in order and in force, but must not physically in the glove compartment of the vehicle. Nearly half a hundred amendments were approved yesterday in the processing of paper, most of them unanimously.

Toyota by surprise in the budget cuts

The head of the Toyota Formula 1 team, Tadashi Yamashina, said that since his stay in the team had not seen the budget cuts that have been suffering this year, and constantly have even indeed jeopardize their participation.

"Our budget for Formula 1 was cut again and again to the original. He was cut again after the farewell Honda, and a month after he was cut after they were revised annual earnings of Toyota. I can not reflect the dramatic that the budget has been reduced to the F-1, but throughout my time at Toyota had never seen cuts like these, "Yamashina said the Reuters news agency.

Japanese team has not yet won a race in his seven years in the 'big circus' and spent about $ 300 million in 2008, an amount only surpassed by Honda. Toyota finished fifth in the World Constructors' and taste the podium with German Timo Glock, in the second GP of Italy, and Italian Jarno Trulli, third in the German GP.

Winning and results are important, but there are other factors. This is a business and unless we make the team viable, next year we will have to cut costs again, "he said. However, Toyota was able to dodge the crisis and a possible abandonment of the F-1, which did not prevent his fellow Honda GP Brawn now become, thanks to the renewal of its sponsorship with the company Panasonic.

"It was very difficult. Dismissing people and reduce costs is part of the business, you have to do to survive. The people in this business thinks that there is no problem in having to reduce the budget or how much we have to minimize andalusia team, "said the head of Toyota, which have reduced their stress tests and to continue" under a hard control spending. "

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Medvedev seriously tackled corruption: officials conceal the proceeds will be ruthlessly dismissed

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev "crisis" Priorit: particular importance in this period takes the fight against corruption. "If something can be used to turn a blind eye, then when the crisis of corruption issues are very complicated and sensitive" - he said, speaking on Tuesday at the Council of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission.

From the mouth of the head of state officials sounded dreadful warning: "Those in public service who try this (crisis - Ed.) Gain, with the necessary will to give and to give up without a delay, leads his words" Interfax ".

Also grounds for dismissal would be a refusal to grant an official commission of the required information, first of all - information about the income of their own or their family members. The President stressed that "should be required to develop a mechanism to verify the information."

- Putin signed a decree on the methods of the anti-corruption expertise
- General Prosecutor's Office has identified corruption risks in nearly 10 thousand documents

Medvedev said that a draft decree requiring state officials to provide information on annual earnings. In doing so, set an example for government officials, President intends personally. "I am prepared to rule that each year the President of the Russian Federation to provide information about their income. It will encourage civil servants to implement the relevant legislation", - quotes its .

Also, the president proposes to move to electronic trading of public and confiscated property, which in his opinion, would be an effective tool against corruption. "It is important to adopt regulations that ensure the realization of a package of anti-corruption laws. It is an innovative technology in public administration" - said Medvedev.

He stressed that the commission of the need to work not only at the federal level. "Such a commission should be established for each government. This requires organizational work and the creation of commissions, and to train those who will be there to work, providing them with the necessary materials" - the president said.

"We have to admit that any of these commissions have not played, he continued. - Our goal to make them applicable to them are listened to."

In doing so, Medvedev believes that the fight against corruption "has not yet been achieved fantastic success." "The only thing we could do in recent years - is to create a more or less coherent system of public service - he admitted. - It is not ideal, but in any case, different from what was in the early 90-."

In his speech, he also stressed that reforming the civil service should focus on prevention of corruption. "This requirement of anti-corruption legislation to be taken into account when selecting candidates for vacant posts," - stressed the President.

He proposed at the Council meeting to discuss issues and anti-corruption expert examination of laws and regulations. The President explained that the need that the bills themselves often have different interpretations of laws and legal gaps, which increases the risk of corrupt activity. "The law must be clear and concrete", - he stressed.

Putin signed a decree on the methods of the anti-corruption expertise

In Russia there regulation that defines the methods of bureaucratic documents to the so-called "corruption." This new term on Tuesday formally joined the business vocabulary dictionary of Russian language since the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree of government.

Decree No. 196 dated 5 March 2009 with a long and deface the name of "On approval of the methodology of the examination of draft normative legal acts and other documents in order to identify provisions that would help to create conditions for the manifestation of corruption", published on the site of the Government.

The document, called, in particular, to prevent uncertainty and ambiguity, which, among other factors can contribute to corruption, he deface. But such specificity of officially-business style, inherent in most such texts.

As stated in the ordinance, "corruption" recognized the provisions of the draft documents that contain the "corruption factor". In turn, the "corruption factor" recognized "status of the draft documents, which may contribute to manifestations of corruption in the application documents, including the immediate basis may become corrupt practices or to create conditions for the legitimacy of acts of corruption, as well as prevent or provoke them."

Data corruption factors are divided into three types:
factors associated with the implementation of powers of public authority or local government;
factors associated with the existence of legal gaps;
factors of a systemic nature.

First, in turn, can manifest themselves in the nine basic situations, first of all - the uncertainty of the timing, conditions or grounds for the adoption of decisions, with high demands on citizens and organizations, with a lack of clear regulation of their rights.

The decision also underlines the unacceptability of selective changes in the rights violations of competence, unauthorized fill legislative gaps and the use of uncertain, ambiguous terms and categor.

Corruption, factors related to the legal gaps, can be expressed in the absence of administrative procedures, waiver of competitive procurement procedures, the absence of restrictions and prohibitions to the authorit or the lack of accountability of employees.

Emphasizes the inadmissibility of violation of the principle of transparency - in other words, information about the activit of state authorit or local self-government should be open to citizens and organizations and made available upon request.

The factors included the systemic nature of the contradictions between the rules established for or bod of local self-government the opportunity to arbitrary choices for each specific case. In any situation where there are such differences and their decision depends on the authorit, you can talk about corruption factor, indicated in the ordinance.

Remember, the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has declared the fight against corruption one of the major problems of public policy. 31 July 2008, he signed an anti-corruption plan, and in early October, introduced in the State Duma a package of four bills. He was signed by the Head of State on December 25.

The base is the law "On Combating Corruption". He defines it as a socio-legal phenomenon, as corruption offenses - as a distinct manifestation of corruption. The Act establishes the legal and institutional framework for the prevention and control, as well as minimize and eliminate the consequences of such offenses.

The law emphasizes that anti-corruption - this is the coordinated activit of federal bod , subjects of the Russian Federation, municipalit, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals. Russian legislation brought into line with international standards embodied in the UN Convention against Corruption and the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption.

Vladimir Potanin sells its gold business Sulayman K. Kerimov

Change the owner 22% of shares in Polyus Gold "- Paper sold the owner of" Interros "Vladimir Potanin structures Suleiman Kerimov. According to Kommersant, the owner of Interros still have a 15% stake, which it "has decided to hold."

Yet last year the company "Nafta Moscow" Suleiman Kerimov applied to FAS for the acquisition of 37% of the shares "poles." In Interros only confirmed that the plan to "get out of this asset," refusing to discuss details of the transaction.

This is a simple sale of shares in "pole" for the money, as well as a complex multifaceted scheme implementation securities with principal co-owner of a second "pole" Michael Prokhorov and Oleg Deripaska failed.

In the ONEKSIM Mikhail Prokhorov, Vladimir Potanin and the deal Suleiman Kerimov not comment. Kerimov is a company as a portfolio investor and sell securities, as soon as able to see this revenue, believes the publication.

In the gold business Suleiman Kerimov may also enter two or three years, agree the experts interviewed by the newspaper. Nicholas Sosnovskiy of URALSIB "believes that Karimov will leave from the" poles "at the peak, which the company forward in the 2013-2014 years after the launch of a number of fundamental projects, residents are now in the early stages."

The deal Lords Potanin and Kerimova not specified. "Pole" was one of the few companies that have so far been able to return to quotes in effect at the pre-crisis level. Yesterday, the capitalization of "poles" on the RTS was 6.48 billion dollars - the same company cost, for example, on 26 August 2008.

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Yoplait launches yoghurt packs 1 euro

has changed consumer behavior. "The cost of an item has become more important to the decision to buy as its price per kilo," explains Stphane Dalyac Figaro, director of sales and marketing Yoplait, No. 3 yogurt market. Before, mothers tended packs of 12 and 16 pots, relatively less expensive than those of 4. But the price increases (+ 7% last year) have diverted large formats.

Yoplait launching a price war in small sizes, with a new range. Dubbed "The offer Eco", which is decorated with a red and yellow logo that looks like a coin of 1 euro, the retail price of the dozen references Yop, Panier de Yoplait, Yoplait Petit, Frutos or Little tricksters yet.

Nothing to do with. For a lot of yogurt 6 to 1 euro, the market leader has invented a recipe low-cost, and does that 115 grams of yogurt in jars of 125 grams. On the contrary, Yoplait will not change its revenue and affects only the size of packs. Small , so far only sold in lots of 6 jars of 100 grams for 2.35 euros and batch of 12 jars of 50 grams for 2.30 euros, will be offered in lots of 6 times 50 grams per 1 euro , a reduction of 13% in price per kilo. Same strategy with the Petit Yoplait, the yogurt and Frutos. With these products, Yoplait waives a portion of the margin on each pot, and catch up on volumes.

Stop the decline in sales

This is the only solution for stop the bleeding. Last year, the yoghurt market fell by 4.4% in volume. The increase in milk prices has discouraged consumers, who have reduced their frequency of purchase. "They have bought yogurt that 34 times, against 42 in 2007, according to Stphane Dalyac. Above all, consumers prefer labels. While the latter earned only 0.7 points of market share per year, they have eroded 3.3 points last year. Their market share amounts to 40.7%. Yoplait and has also increased from 11.4 to 11%.

To multiply offers cheap, brand relaunch its "Yoplait Basket" mixed fruit: 1 pack against the euro 1.67 Euro for the version with chunks of fruit. This clever marketing could mislead fans Yop. If the bottle is 750 grams sold 1.75 euro, eco offers, a bottle of 330 grams to 1 euro is ... 30% more expensive in price per kilo. What repay the efforts made on the rest of the range.

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Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Ulyukaev promised: basket will fluctuate around 39-41 ruble

Ruble to cart (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros) in the near future will fluctuate around 39-41 ruble in the second half of 2009, the ruble will be strengthened, said the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Alexey Ulyukaev.

"In the nearest time possible fluctuations in the ruble value of around basket at 39-41 rubles in the second half is likely to strengthen the ruble on the basket," - said in an interview Ulyukaev agency Reuters, which cites .

Brokers will be in the short term interventions inhibit the excessive strengthening of the ruble, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank said. According to him, while the Bank of Russia does not want to see too much volatility.

"If the ruble is too much to strengthen, then the possible return of motion, it is better now that the volatility was smaller for all - and the public and market participants - complacent. I think that it will" - said Ulyukaev.

"We will be their intervention to smooth excessive volatility", - said the first vice-chairman.

"That is something that we have a very wide currency corridor, does not mean that the ruble will be completely free to walk on it," - he added.

CBR admitted that in February bought the currency on the domestic market: "We have bought about a billion (dollars) on Friday, today (Monday - approx. Ed.) There were no interventions", - said Ulyukaev.

Interventions within the corridor of Central Bank for the purposes of the balance of payments and not as before - for the Ministry of Finance: "Interventions within the corridor, of course, not for the purpose of the MOF, it is for our purpose - optimizing the balance of payments."

Ulyukaev called current technical strengthening of the ruble. "Ruble (last week), obviously improved, but it is a technical consolidation. Ruble was resold, the position of market participants was a bit adventurous, they realized that the level of 41 ruble will not penetrate it, by definition, can not penetrate," - he said .

"Some days it took to understand the situation, then they started to close long currency positions, and it has some bounce, it was significant - two more than the ruble. Shifted ratio basket in accordance with that we bought on Friday and today purchases were not "- said Ulyukaev.

Nissan will eliminate 20,000 jobs after suffering his first loss since 1999

Not Carlos Ghosn, Nissan pulled to the brink to become one of the most profitable manufacturers (with a margin of 11.1% in 2003), which has managed to avert the Franco-Brazilian executive has defined as "the worst sales crisis in the history of the automobile." The manufacturer

Allied with Renault has announced it will eliminate 20,000 jobs worldwide - 8.5% of its staff until March 2010, after reporting that the current fiscal year (to end March 31) will culminate with the early loss of Ghosn was launched a decade ago. Operating losses and, above all net. The latter are expected to reach 265,000 million yen (about 2230 million euros at current exchange rate), when the last estimate was a net profit of close to 160,000 million yen.

In principle, the setting is not should affect our country beyond the voluntary redundancy scheme in place in the Zona Franca plant in Barcelona. It is designed for a minimum of 1680 jobs, a reduction in staff that the company considers essential to ensuring the viability of these facilities beyond 2012.

Of the 20,000 jobs, 12,000 will be abolished in Japan (most not covered by retirement) of 1200 will be voluntary in the U.S., and in January announced the removal of 1,200 jobs in the UK. Nissan currently has 235,000 employees, about 156,000 in 2002.

Anyway, Ghosn has said that is not realized anything until May and will not be closing any factory in the world, and it expects "that the crisis does not last forever."

In order for this recovery comes soon, the Japanese manufacturer will also reduce its production by 20% in FY 2009-2010, and at the same rate cut their labor costs. It also will invest 21% less after 14% drop suffered by this chapter in the current year. In fact, it has suspended its strategic plan for the period 2008-2012, while maintaining its commitment to environmentally friendly vehicles and new products.

addition, managers are charged 10% less and the shareholders will have only the dividend of 11 yen and collected for the first half. Last year, received a total of 40 yen per share.

The opportunity to

Barcelona

Planned reduction in the volume of investments will be in front of the Nissan in joint venture with Renault to build a factory in Morocco. This means that in the short term, the plant could take on Barcelona in a fast-and without making major investments in those units of the van known as a key NV200 and unable to supply Japan (where it starts to make this autumn) and China (where it will do so after 2010).

This vehicle was scheduled to be mounted in Tangier, but it is not the new model that chooses Barcelona 2012.

Which could even be an electric car, will be awarded in 2010 but this will require that the staffing has been reduced to 2,800 people through the plan and launched low. At the same, there are awards of up to 120,000 euros.

Either way, Nissan sources have assured that "has not yet taken any decision on it nor is there any award."

Builder also has another plant in Avila, dedicated to small truck and which has just approved an ERE of 114 days that will affect 500 of its 650 employees.

"Gazpromneft" settle with Serbia over its oil company

"Gazpromneft" transferred to the Serbian government was 400 million euros to pay the cost of 51% of the shares "Oil Industry of Serbia, told the reported with reference to the Government of Serbia.

A subsidiary company of Gazprom also referred to the Serbian side of the corporate guarantee, confirming its readiness to invest in reconstruction and modernization of NIS to 2012 547 million euros. This amount is specified in the signed late last year in Moscow, the contract for the sale of the Serbian in the field of oil refining.

Thus, the larger the transaction, prepared for January 2008, is nearly completed. In accordance with the agreed procedure, the Serbian authorities should immediately initiate the procedure for transfer of property rights over assets to the new owner of the NIS.

It is expected that next week will host the first meeting of the shareholders of the NIS, which are the endorsed candidates are the chairman and 11 members of the board of directors (6 of them will represent the "Gazpromneft, 5 - the Serb side), explained the Serbian Energy Minister Petar Shkundrich.

INS owned two oil refineries with a total of 3.5 million tons per year, more than 400 gas stations, several oil wells and gas fields small debit, as well as a large "non-" real estate.

According to the Serbian experts, after the first stage of reconstruction of its refinery capacity INS grow in 2-2,5 times that is up to 7-8 million tons, and the quality of the product will meet the standard Euro-5 ", to which the EU will move in 2010.

Given the capacity of refineries in the town of Bosanski Brod (the Bosnian Serb Republic), passed into the ownership of "Zarubezhneft and its subsidiary company" Neftegazinkor "in a few years, the cumulative production of the Russian plants will be about 15 million tons of oil a year, and Serbia secure a leading position in the regional oil market.

Money Gazpromnefti allowed Serbia to stabilize the state budget, increasing foreign exchange reserves from 7.9 to 8.3 billion euros, and gave the Government an opportunity to strengthen the national currency - the Serbian dinar. Up to 90% of the proceeds from the sale of a controlling stake in NIS to be transferred to the Vojvodina, where the main production company. As stated by the authorities of the autonomous province, all of these funds will be directed to the implementation of important infrastructure projects, including construction of a bridge over the Danube and the highways Timisoara - Novi Sad - Ruma.

Life sentence Leonid Nevzlinu entered into legal force

Supreme Court dismissed the appeal protect Leonid Nevzlin, a former major shareholder of the oil company Yukos. Thus, the entry into force of the verdict, in which a businessman was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for organizing murders and attempted murders.

Nevzlin lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov requested that the sentence against his client to cancel a deal to stop in connection with the innocence of the accused. Security said that court did not reflect the real progress of the meetings, and the court granted only 8 working days to examine 84 volumes of the criminal case. "All this has deprived me as a defender, but Nevzlin as a man to justice, to effectively defend themselves," - explained Kharitonov.

Prosecutor Alexander Kobliakov argued that the investigator has sent protect Nevzlin notification that the investigation completed and the materials needed to get acquainted. "But lawyers are not" - said the prosecutor. He said the defense failed, and said that in general, the verdict is legal and justified.

"The Supreme Court, like the rest of the Russian judicial system, is controlled by the Kremlin, so the outcome of another trial performance was predetermined." With this statement, as passes NEWSru Israel, sought the protection of Leonid Nevzlin.

How to explain themselves lawyers, they filed a complaint with the Supreme Court solely on procedural grounds. "We now, at long last, we have the right to appeal to this court - the European Court of Human Rights - and thus Kremlin show. Under the guise of" Nevzlin case "the public at every stage - whether it be a consequence, the trial before the Supreme Court Russia - presented false . That is why, unlike so-called "Russian ships", Gosprokuratura and the Supreme Court of Justice of Israel rejected all the accusations of Russian authorities. The courts of many countries, among them - the Supreme Court of Switzerland, unequivocally stated that it was a political harassment, "- says the comments will be made available to NEWSru Israel.

Remember, 1 August 2008 Moscow City Court sentenced Nevzlin to life imprisonment and ordered him to recover from more than 5.5 million rubles in compensation to victims. Himself a businessman based in Israel, said then that "in any normal court easily prove his innocence."

In January 2004, Nevzlin was declared by Russia in the international search, he was reportedly indicted in absentia of embezzlement of property worth over 3 billion rubles, as well as tax evasion in the amount of 26.7 million rubles as an individual in the period 1999-2000.

Russian Prosecutor General's Office also accuse Nevzlin of organizing an attempt on the former head of administration of the ZAO Rosprom Sergey Kolesova, the former head of public relations of the Moscow mayor's office Olga Kostinoy and one of the managers of Austrian oil company East Petroleum Handelsgez MBH Yevgeny Rybin.

According to the investigation, for the period 1998-2002. members of an organized group on the orders of Nevzlin were committed murder Director LLP "FF" Phoenix "Valentina Korneeva, head of administration of Nefteyugansk Vladimir Petukhov (while his guard was injured Vyacheslav Kokoshkin), as well as the driver Rybina Nikolai Fedotov. Earlier, for similar offenses for life was convicted former chief of the security of NK Yukos, Alexei Pichugin.

Leonid Nevzlin in June 2003, lives in Israel. In November 2003, he received citizenship. In May, an Israeli court refused to strip Nevzlin of Israeli citizenship and extradite him to Russia.

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The new Constitution will have the Russians on Wednesday

"Rossiyskaya Gazeta" on Wednesday, January 21, will publish the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation with a rush as amended before the New Year "presidential" amendments. Since the publication of amendments to the Constitution came into effect.

The official print a new edition of the Basic Law, which states that the term of office of President of Russia increased from 4 to 6 years, the term of office of the State Duma increased from 4 to 5 years, and the Cabinet is obliged to report on its activities to the State Duma. Since the publication of a new constitution comes into effect.

Recall that the amendments were all instances rapidly: November 11, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made it in the State Duma, and November 21, the Duma has already approved its third reading, then they quickly approved and the Federation Council, after which amendments have been sent for approval by the Legislature subjects RF. Already 22 December, the Federation Council approved the outcome of the consideration of regional parliaments, and a ruling on the same day, was sent to the Russian President. After that, under the law, was given 7 days to appeal against a possible law on amendments to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

December 29, an amendment to the Constitution, the president signed the Russia Dmitry Medvedev. As explained previously assistant to the President - Head of Public Law Department Larissa Brycheva, innovations do not apply to the current head of state and deputies. In other words, the new rules would relate only to the president and members elected at the next election, when amendments to the Basic Law has come into force.

For the first time, the text of the Constitution of Russia was issued on 25 December 1993, after the basic law adopted in the popular vote on 12 December 1993. Over 15 years of existence, the Constitution has been amended only in connection with the consolidation of subjects of the Federation, whose numbers dropped from 89 to 83.

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VTB filed a lawsuit against the developer PIK at 2.7 billion rubles

VTB Bank filed a lawsuit against a group of companies to demand the return of FDI over 2.7 billion rubles (90 million dollars). As explained in the bank, developer has not fulfilled on time their financial obligations. In turn, the PIC stated that the company is working on restructuring the debt, and called the lawsuit " misunderstanding," writes RBC daily.

VTB lawsuit from a group of FDI was recorded yesterday at the capital's Court of Arbitration in the category of "economic disputes on civil matters."

"Group structure of FDI had not been repaid on time earlier VTB bank borrowing," - said the representative of the press-service bank Tatyana Yurovsky. She explains that a claim in arbitration was filed in connection with the failure of the borrower of the commitments undertaken "to resolve the situation and return of funds the bank."

At the same time, the PIK Group argue that the negotiations on the restructuring of the debt. According to the press service of FDI, the negotiations are in an advanced stage. He suggests that the interruption was caused by a claim from a long New Year holidays, which of the possible change in credit conditions had not reached all levels. The bank confirmed that negotiations with the PIC of the debt restructuring.

The question of what obligations are overdue, both sides left unanswered.

VTB was the claim is not the first filed for arbitration against the CC PIC, however, is the largest of them, and only on bank lending. First money from the developer through the arbitral tribunal sought primarily for the supply and outsourcing contracts. Since September 2008 at the Arbitration Court of Moscow reported claims by the group companies of FDI of more than 3.05 billion rubles.

Address the issue of debts of FDI from 23 January will have a new group finance director Anne Kolonchina from Deutsche Bank. The company withdrew Eugene Moon, directed the finance team for nearly three years. In 2007, he held the most successful IPO of development companies, said RBC daily.

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