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Dutch court rules in Nigerian farmers' suit against Shell A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers' land, a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility.

31 January 2013

Philips returns to profit, sells entertainment business Electronics giant Philips on Tuesday reported 2012 net profits of 231 million euros (311 million dollars), after losses of 1.29 billion euros in 2011, and announced the sale of its entertainment business to focus further on health products.

31 January 2013

Kazakhstan planning to issue $1 billion of Eurobonds in 2013 We believe it possible to issue sovereign Eurobonds in the H1 2013 to finance the budget deficit and set a benchmark for Kazakhstan’s issuers: Finance Minister.

30 January 2013

Tech entrepreneur Musk offers to help Boeing Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, founder of the electric carmaker Tesla and aeronautics firm SpaceX, has offered to help Boeing fix apparent problems with the batteries in its grounded 787 Dreamliner.

30 January 2013

Kazakhstan and Russia agree on rocket drop zone for Soyuz launches The Russian side will pay $460 000 a year for the use of the rocket drop zone regardless of the number of Soyuz launches.

30 January 2013

Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Board Chairwoman comments on Russia’s Sberbank President German Gref’s concerns Mr. Gref earlier expressed concerns that Kazakhstan is taking steps to restrict operations of foreign banks in Kazakhstan, including those of Sberbank.

30 January 2013

Japan cabinet to approve $1.02 trillion annual budget Japan's cabinet was Tuesday set to approve a $1.02 trillion annual budget with boosts in defence and public works spending amid a festering territorial row with China and a renewed assault on deflation.

30 January 2013

Zimbabwe has $217 in the bank: Finance Minister After paying public workers' salaries last week, the balance in cash-strapped Zimbabwe's government public account stood at just $217.

30 January 2013

Kazakhstan may introduce temporary ban on importing petroleum products from Russia: media reports Astana’s moves may be driven by efforts of powerful lobbying groups that speak up for stronger cooperation with China: Alexander Karavayev, Vice Director of the Moscow State University Center for Post-soviet Studies.

30 January 2013

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Yahoo! shares bounce as profit tops expectations Yahoo! shares bounced in after-hours trading Monday as the struggling Internet pioneer topped Wall Street expectations despite a slip in quarterly profit.

30 January 2013

Kazakhstan boosting share of gold in gold and FX reserves According to National Bank Vice Governor Bissengali Tadzhiyakov, the share of gold in the country’s gold and FX reserves stands at 22% at the moment.

29 January 2013

Current pension funds could be transformed into asset management companies: Central Bank Governor According to him, the Government is to hire an assessment company to fairly and independently evaluate the assets so that they could be bought out later on at a fair market value.

29 January 2013

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas announces 2012 hydrocarbons production figures and 2013 outlooks In a separate statement the O&G Minister told that this year Kazakhstan would lift the moratorium on developing new hydrocarbons deposits.

28 January 2013

Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on joint use of freight wagons KazTemirTrans and Federal Freight Company signed a memorandum of cooperation in joint use of freight rolling stock.

28 January 2013

Kazakhstan's budget became more transparent Kazakhstan has improved the residents’ access to the budget information over the past 2 years.

28 January 2013

Striking drillers of Mangistau oblast promised 13th salary Striking workers of Si Bu Engineering Drilling Company went back to work after a successful meeting with their oblast's Governor.

28 January 2013

Profits from EXPO-2017 may reach $900 million Kazakhstan experts have calculated that the EXPO-2017 exhibition in Astana may generate from $520 to $910 million in profits.

28 January 2013

Сustoms generate seventh part of Kazakhstan budget In 2011 Kazakhstan’s customs authorities generated over 1 trillion tenge ($6.7 billion) for the country's state budget.

28 January 2013

Central Bank Governor on the upside and downside of the suggested single pension fund According to him, if there is a single pension fund managed directly by the Government or by the National Fund, there will be no deals closed with affiliated companies.

28 January 2013