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Shymkent faces construction boom Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent will become a major metropolis in 4 years: chief architect of South-Kazakhstan oblast Ashirbayev.

01 March 2013

Facebook buys advertising firm from Microsoft Facebook agreed Thursday to buy Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft as part of an effort to boost ad revenues at the massive social network.

01 March 2013

Royal Bank of Scotland posts 2012 net loss of £5.971 billion State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said Thursday that net losses almost tripled to £5.97 billion in 2012, when it was hit by compensation payouts, Libor rate-rigging fines and a vast accounting charge.

28 February 2013

Sony sells Tokyo office building for $1.2 bn Sony said Thursday it has sold one of its main buildings in Tokyo for $1.2 billion as the embattled Japanese electronics giant offloads assets to help repair its tattered balance sheet.

28 February 2013

Astana to get high-speed buses This will allow us to transport a good number of passengers and improve organization of road traffic in general: Astana Mayor.

28 February 2013

Australian government pension fund dumps tobacco The Australian government's pension fund for public servants Thursday announced it would sell off its Aus$222 (US$228) million holdings in tobacco companies following the nation's move towards plain packaging.

28 February 2013

Kazakhstan government to pay $3 million for seeds Seeds deficiency is expected in the amount of 80 thousand tons this year in Kazakhstan: Agriculture Minister.

28 February 2013

US drug firm Mylan to buy Indian firm for $1.6 bn US generic drugs specialist Mylan said Thursday it would buy a unit of India's pharma firm Strides Arcolab for $1.6 billion, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.

28 February 2013

KazRosGas supplied 4 billion cubic meters of Karachaganak gas to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan-Russian KazRosGas supplied 4.4 billion cubic meters of commercial gas from Karachaganak field to Kazakhstan in 2012.

27 February 2013

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Russia to increase oil export to China via Kazakhstan in 2014 Russia is planning to increase its oil supplies to China via Kazakhstan in 2014.

27 February 2013

US lawsuit claims 'King of Beers' is watered down The makers of Budweiser faced accusations on Tuesday of watering down the popular American lager in search of higher profits, in a class action lawsuit flatly rejected by the brewery.

27 February 2013

Looming US cuts raise fears for world's poor With the United States days away from billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts, anti-poverty campaigners fear that reductions in foreign aid could potentially lead to thousands of deaths.

27 February 2013

Samsung defends working practices in China plants Samsung Electronics defended its working practices Wednesday after a lawsuit was filed in France against the South Korean giant over conditions at its supplier plants in China.

27 February 2013

Forecasting harvest is like shooting in the dark: Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister told about his expectations for this year's harvest.

27 February 2013

Ikea pulls meatballs from Europe stores as horsemeat found Swedish furniture giant Ikea has withdrawn its own-label meatballs from sale in at least 16 European countries after Czech authorities found horsemeat in the product.

26 February 2013

Marchenko points at Kazakhstan private pension funds' mistakes Kazakhstan private pension funds were over-investing in public securities inside Kazakhstan and under-investing abroad: Marchenko.

26 February 2013

Chinese oil giant CNOOC buys Canada's Nexen The Chinese oil giant CNOOC completed its $15.1 billion purchase of Canada's Nexen energy group on Monday, in what analysts have said is China's largest foreign investment.

26 February 2013

Kazakhstan Religious Affairs Agency to receives 1 billion tenge in 2013 The Agency's budget for 2013 grew 1.5-fold comparing to 2012: executive secretary.

26 February 2013

BP accused of greed, lax safety at US oil spill trial The US government accused BP of letting greed triumph over safety Monday in the opening arguments of a multi-billion dollar trial over the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

26 February 2013