Today in Russian Business – October 7, 2009
Robert Amsterdam (October 7th, 2009) Writes:
At the International Nanotechnology Forum, President Medvedev announced that the
global nanotechnology market is worth $250 billion today, and may
increase to $2 trillion to $3 trillion by 2015, placing it on a par with the natural resources market. Russia will spend $10.7 billion by 2015 on its nanotechnology industry to diminish the country's reliance on raw materials. Renault has apparently agreed to invest in ailing Avtovaz, under warnings from Vladimir Putin that the French company's stake may be diluted otherwise. Russia's first IPO since the crisis could be undertaken by the Stem Cell Institute. This month the central bank may reduce its key interest rate to a record low, says Bloomberg. The rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest in two years as food prices dropped. The government expects that the privatization of state property over ...
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central bank, Federal Property Management Agency, Food Prices, head, Investing Lessons, Medvedev, president, Putin, Renault, Russia, Russia, Stem Cell Institute, USD, Valery Nazarov
central bank, Federal Property Management Agency, Food Prices, head, Investing Lessons, Medvedev, president, Putin, Renault, Russia, Russia, Stem Cell Institute, USD, Valery Nazarov


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