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Is Russia connected to JPMorgan hacking?
August 29th, 2014
Security experts say the sophistication of the attacks suggest they were state sponsored. Federal investigators are trying to determine if state-sponsored Russian hackers were behind the coordinated cyber attacks that looted data from JPMorgan Chase and other banks this ...
Russian food safety regulator shuts fifth McDonald’s restaurant
August 26th, 2014
Russia’s food safety watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of one of McDonald’s restaurants in Yekaterinburg in the Urals region, the fifth such closure in recent weeks, the fast food chain said on Tuesday. The restaurant was closed as ...
Russia’s MTS raises contract with Ericsson to over $1.5 billion
August 22nd, 2014
Russia’s biggest mobile phone operator MTS (MBT.N) (MTSS.MM) said on Friday it had increased its contract with Swedish telecom equipment supplier Ericsson (ERICb.ST) to more than $1.5 billion. MTS said it had signed a $286 million contract with Ericsson ...
McDonald’s falls victim of US-Russian economic war
August 22nd, 2014
Having closed several McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow, Russia’s Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection (Rospotrebnadzor) launched unscheduled inspections of the restaurants of the chain in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. On August 20, it was reported that the federal ...
Germany approves RWE unit sale to Russian investor
August 22nd, 2014
Germany’s economy ministry will approve the sale of utility RWE’s (RWEG.DE) oil and gas unit DEA to a Russian investor despite tensions and sanctions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, two people familiar with the matter ...
Rich Russians in U.K. Think About Sanctions, but Keep Buying Mansions
August 20th, 2014
A lunchtime crowd of around 60 real-estate agents and property developers tucked into champagne, caviar and canapés last week at a new six-bedroom mansion in St. George’s Hill, a gated community in London’s leafy suburbs popular with ultrawealthy foreigners. ...
Being Pro-West Doesn’t Mean Being Anti-Russian
August 13th, 2014
The recent events in Ukraine and the resulting wave of sanctions, affecting all sides of the conflict, have once again intensified the long-running disagreement in Russia between pro-West and anti-West factions. Facebook is full of passionate arguments as yesterday’s ...
Wall St ends up for second day on hopes for Russia relief
August 12th, 2014
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia’s move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. Earlier in the day, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
ExxonMobil’s Russian ‘Cooperation’ in Arctic Despite Sanctions
August 12th, 2014
Despite sanctions from the West on Russian oil companies, President Vladimir Putin is praising ExxonMobil as a potential cooperator to begin an oil drill project in the Arctic. “Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Putin told ...
Yen Falls as Russia Eases Ukraine Tension
August 11th, 2014
The yen fell versus 14 of its 16 major peers as concern eased about tensions in Ukraine after reports last week that Russia’s warplanes ended drills and the nation is seeking to mediate between Kiev and rebel forces. The ...
