The FINANCIAL -- (finchannel.com) uSocial, an advertising service, no longer offers the paid social bookmarking services on their site as they state they have a large number of regularly contracted corporate clients who fill all their available slots. -»

ICC Chairman addresses major Chinese economic conference
 04/07/2009 11:34 (18:21 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- ICC Chairman Victor Fung told a group of high-level international business leaders and government officials on July 3 that governments must avoid the temptation to seek isolation from the global recession through protectionist measures to restrict imports and foreign investment. -»

Travelodge to spend £52m building three hotels in Spain
 04/07/2009 11:23 (18:32 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- According to catereresearch, Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to spend €61m (£52m) building three new hotels in Spain. -»

MP Azarov (Party Of Regions) Forecasts 23-24% Fall In Ukraine’s GDP In 2009
 04/07/2009 11:12 (18:43 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- Parliamentary Deputy Mykola Azarov of the Party of the Regions, who is the shadow finance minister, has forecast that Ukraine’s GDP will fall by 23-24% in 2009. -»

Party Of Regions Proposes Raising Living Wage With Bank Recapitalization Funds
 04/07/2009 11:11 (18:44 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- The Party of Regions stands for financing increase in the subsistence and floor wages at the cost of the funds allocated by the national budget for recapitalization of non-system banks, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Deputy Mykola Azarov, finance minister of the oppositional Cabinet of Ministers, told a press conference. -»

Saakashvili Says Some Politicians ‘Begging for Money from Our Enemies’
 04/07/2009 11:09 (18:46 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili said on July 3, that attempts by “corrupt representatives of old elites” to undermine Georgia “are doomed for a failure” -»

More than 90% of Ukrainians are for canceling of deputy immunity- poll
 04/07/2009 11:07 (18:48 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- More than 90% of Ukrainians are for canceling of the deputy immunity. -»

Saakashvili Says EU’s War Inquiry Commission to Say ‘Georgia was Right’
 04/07/2009 11:06 (18:49 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili said on July 3 he was sure that the EU-funded mission probing into the August war would produce a report in which it would say that “we were right.” -»

Traffic police to allow drivers to have some drink
 04/07/2009 11:05 (18:50 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- The State Traffic Police wants to establish maximum permissible presence of alcohol in blood of a driver at level of 0.3 ppm. -»

Nokia #1 choice for mobile navigation in Europe and Russia
 04/07/2009 10:52 (19:03 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- According to the study conducted by Frost & Sullivan amongst European and Russian consumers, Nokia is the number one choice for mobile navigation over other leading handset manufacturers.  -»