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Avio USA starts work on its Virginia manufacturing site
Avio USA starts work on its Virginia manufacturing site
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India's Cement Overhang: Capacity Is Being Built Faster Than Demand Can Fill It
Capacity additions of 115-125 mt over FY27-FY28 will outpace demand in India's cement industry, easing utilisation to 68-69% and testing pricing discipline.
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Samsung Opens Second-Half Entry-Level Hiring Across 19 Affiliates
Samsung's group-wide second-half recruitment opens September 8 across 19 affiliates, with applications via Samsung Careers until September 15, the aptitude test in October and interviews in November.
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Hyundai Mobis Opens Its First European EV Powertrain Plant in Novaky, Slovakia
Hyundai Mobis began mass production of power-electric systems at its 250-billion-won Novaky plant, a 280,000-unit-a-year base and its third electrification site in Europe.
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Sebi Clears Jio Platforms' ₹35,000 Crore IPO, Setting Up India's Largest Listing
Sebi's observation letter clears Jio Platforms' all-fresh-issue IPO of ₹35,000 crore, above the records set by Hyundai Motor India and LIC.
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Deere Lifts Its 2026 Outlook by $250 Million as Data-Center Construction Fills Order Books
Deere raised its 2026 outlook by $250M as construction order books filled for the year on data-center demand, with backlogs running into fiscal 2027.
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Inarctica Grows H1 2026 Revenue by 38% to 13.8 Billion Rubles on Salmon and Trout Sales
Inarctica's H1 2026 revenue rose 38% to 13.8 bln rubles as sales volumes jumped 57% to 13,200 t and biomass in water reached 27,700 t, the company said.
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KAMAZ Cancels Its Planned Four-Day Workweek for August–October as Orders Grow
Russia's largest truck maker scrapped the March order that introduced a four-day week from August to October 2026, citing order growth, a larger production plan and market stabilization.
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Pertamina to Build 30 MW Waste-to-Energy Plant for Yogyakarta Area Handling Over 1,000 Tonnes of Waste a Day
PT Pertamina is developing a 30 MW waste-to-energy plant for Yogyakarta, Sleman and Bantul, feeding PT PLN's regional grid under a 30-year regulated tariff.
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The Baikal's Final Stretch: Inside UZGA's Race to Certify and Replace the An-2
Rosaviatsia puts the LMS-901 Baikal type certificate in Q3 2027 and UZGA plans 69 aircraft by 2035 - the endgame of a seven-year An-2 replacement program with a from-scratch engine.
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Samsung Life Q1 Net Income Jumps 83.1 Percent to 1.24 Trillion Won, Beating Market Estimates
Samsung Life Insurance posted Q1 2026 net income of 1.24 tln won (US$832.1 mln), up 83.1% year on year, with operating profit of 1.35 tln won and revenue up 75%.
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Caterpillar Triples Its Power Bet: Gigawatt Data-Center Orders Rewrite a Machinery Company's Growth Plan
Caterpillar will triple large reciprocating engine capacity from 2024 levels, invest heavily in 2027-2029 and raise its 2030 targets to 6-9% annual growth as gigawatt-scale data-center, oil and gas orders push its backlog to a record $63 billion.
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SABIC Swings to a Q1 2026 Net Profit of $3.5 Million as Restructuring Bites
SABIC returned to profit in Q1 2026 with SR13.2 mln net earnings versus a SR1.21 bln loss a year earlier, as revenue fell 10.65% and asset sales advanced.
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Lotte Chemical Pivots to Four Growth Pillars as Korea's Petrochemical Restructuring Advances
Lotte Chemical will nurture advanced materials, fine chemicals, battery materials and hydrogen while cutting NCC capacity at Daesan and Yeosu.
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Komatsu Puts Service Closer to the Jobsite: $80 Million Mesa Facility, Edmonton Parts Hub and a Remanufacturing Acquisition
At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 Komatsu detailed its North American build-out: an $80M mining sales and service facility in Mesa, Arizona, a doubled parts hub in Edmonton and the SRC of Lexington reman deal.
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Scottish Sea Farms Wins Approval for Fish Holm, Set to Become Scotland's Largest Salmon Farm
Shetland Islands Council approved SSF's 8 mln pound Fish Holm redevelopment in Yell Sound, raising maximum biomass from about 2,000 to about 6,000 tonnes.
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Russia's Cement Market Opens 2026 With Its Weakest Month in Over 15 Years
January cement consumption in Russia may fall 20-30% year on year after a 9% full-year decline in 2025, with frost and record snowfalls halting concrete works.
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Russian Environmental Operator Plans 87 Waste Facilities for 2026 With 8.74 Mln Tonnes of Processing Capacity
PPK REO says 87 waste infrastructure objects with 8.74 mln t/yr processing and 3.66 mln t/yr recycling capacity are to be commissioned in Russia by end-2026.
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Bosch Braces for Another Tough Year and Pushes Its 7% Margin Target to 2027
The world's largest car-parts supplier warned of no let-up in cost and tariff pressure in 2026 and delayed its 7% margin goal after 2025 margin fell to 1.9%.
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Samsung Biologics Posts a Record 2025 as CDMO Orders Top 6 Trillion Won
Q4 net profit jumped 74.1% to 453.1 bn won as plant No. 4 ramped up; 2025 CDMO orders exceeded 6 trln won and 2026 sales target is 5.32 trln.
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The Year of the Obesity Pill: How Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly Are Rewriting the GLP-1 Market
Oral Wegovy at $149-$299 a month and Lilly's coming pill turn 2026 into the year obesity treatment moves from weekly injections to daily tablets.
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Versant Media Begins Nasdaq Trading After Comcast Spinoff, Opening at $45.17 and Closing Down 13%
The cable-networks portfolio spun off by Comcast debuted as VSNT on January 5, 2026, closing at $40.57 with a market cap of roughly $6.5 billion.
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The Crown Changes Hands: BYD Overtakes Tesla as the World's Biggest Electric Car Seller
BYD sold 2.26 million battery-electric cars in 2025 against Tesla's 1.63 million, taking the annual EV crown as US subsidy withdrawal and brand backlash drove Tesla's second straight yearly decline.
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Moskvich Starts Assembly of Two New M-Line Crossovers, the M70 and M90
The Moscow plant began knock-down assembly of the Moskvich M70 and M90 crossovers on December 16, 2025, opening a new M line ahead of sales planned for the end of Q1 2026.
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EU Clears Mars' $36 Billion Kellanova Takeaway: Nine Billion-Dollar Brands Under One Roof
The European Commission cleared Mars' $36bn Kellanova deal on December 8, 2025; closing is set for December 11 with nine $1bn brands combined.
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The Segment That Grew: Russia's Hotel Property Sets an All-Time Investment Record in a Cooling Market
Hotel property investment in Russia doubled to a record 27 bln rubles in 2025 (50-55 bln nationwide, +46%) while the wider commercial market fell about 35%, Kommersant reports.
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Coupang Admits Breach Exposing 33.7 Million Users, Nearly Its Entire Customer Base
Five months of undetected access exposed data of 33.7 million Coupang users; Seoul warns of phishing and weighs strict sanctions.
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KuibyshevAzot Drops Its Kursk Fertilizer Plant Site, Keeps the Project Vehicle Alive
The 75-billion-ruble ammonia-urea-UAN complex will not be built at the Kursk site; KurskAzot's capital was raised to 4 bln rubles as new locations are sought.
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Lada's Nine-Month Slide: Sales Down 24.9% as AvtoVAZ Cuts Its 2025 Production Plan
Lada sales fell 24.9% to 237,706 units in January-September 2025 while AvtoVAZ cut its yearly output plan from 500,000 to just over 300,000 cars.
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Anta Sports Posts 14.3% First-Half Revenue Growth to 38.5 Billion Yuan as All Brands Set Records
Anta Sports' H1 2025 revenue rose 14.3% to 38.54 billion yuan and net profit 14.5% to 7.03 billion yuan, with every brand at a half-year record and a 12th straight growth year.
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DP World Doubles First-Half Profit to $532 Million as Revenue Climbs 20.4% to $11.2 Billion
DP World's H1 2025 profit attributable to owners doubled to $532 million on revenue up 20.4% to $11.2 billion, with container volumes at 45.4 million TEU and a $2.5 billion capex plan.
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Neis Group to Build an 850-Million-Ruble Machinery Plant in Russia's Rostov Region
Neis Group signed an agreement at Innoprom-2025 to build a machinery plant in the Novocherkassk Industrial Park: filters, lifting, mounted and trailed equipment with 50% localization.
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Bunge Completes $34 Billion Mega-Merger With Grain Handler Viterra
Bunge closed its merger with Glencore-backed Viterra on July 2, 2025, creating a crop trading and processing giant to rival ADM and Cargill.
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LNG Canada Ships First Export Cargo From Kitimat, Opening Canada's Pacific LNG Route to Asia
Shell-led LNG Canada loaded its first LNG cargo onto the Gaslog Glasgow at Kitimat a week after first production at the ~C$40 bn Pacific terminal.
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PhosAgro Boosts Fertilizer Exports 10% in Five Months of 2025, Adding India and Africa
PhosAgro raised Jan-May 2025 exports 10% to 4.3 mln t after covering domestic demand, with almost 1 mln t to India and a third higher African shipments.
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Segezha Group Closes a 113 Billion Rouble Share Issue and Cuts Its Debt Threefold
Segezha Group raised 113 bln roubles in a closed share issue, cutting debt threefold to about 60 bln; AFK Sistema kept control of the timber holding.
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Segezha Lifts Plywood Output 7.5% and Exports 8%, Eyes South Korea With Tanker Plywood
Segezha Group raised 2024 plywood output 7.5% to 271,000 cubic meters and exports 8% to 169,000, and plans 1.5-fold growth of LNG tanker plywood in 2025.
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UPM to Shut Its Ettringen Paper Mill as Europe's Graphic Paper Market Shrinks Again
UPM will permanently close its Ettringen paper mill in Germany and cut 462 jobs group-wide, citing overcapacity in graphic papers.
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International Paper Closes Its Acquisition of DS Smith, Creating a Transatlantic Packaging Leader
International Paper completed its all-share acquisition of DS Smith, issuing about 179.8 million new shares and dual-listing in New York and London.
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MegaFon Shareholders Approve 73.5 Billion Rouble Dividend for Nine Months of 2024
An extraordinary general meeting on November 29, 2024 set the nine-month payout at 118.55 roubles per share, with the register closing on December 9.
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Doninturflot Carries 40,000 River Cruise Passengers in 2024 as Berthing Shortage Limits Route Growth
Doninturflot carried 40,000 river cruise tourists in 2024 after refocusing on the domestic market, while berthing shortages, staff gaps and fuel costs curb route growth, RUTI says.
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Ozon Lowers Its 2024 GMV Growth Outlook to 60-70% While Keeping the Profitability Target
Ozon cut its 2024 GMV growth forecast to 60-70% year on year from about 70% previously, while retaining its outlook for positive adjusted EBITDA in 2024.
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Yandex's E-Commerce Turns Profitable as Q3 GMV Grows 1.5-Fold
Yandex's e-commerce, ridetech and delivery group swung to positive adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2024 as e-commerce GMV grew 1.5-fold year on year.
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Russia's Egg Market Turns Again: Wholesale Prices Rise 5-12% After a Summer of Losses
Varaksino, Volzhanin, Okskaya and Praxis-ovo notified chains of 5-12% wholesale egg increases from October-November 2024 after prices fell a fifth in H1.
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Russia's Ozon Pharmaceuticals Prices Moscow Exchange IPO at 35 Roubles per Share
Ozon Pharmaceuticals priced its MOEX IPO at 35 roubles/share, raising 3.45 bn roubles at a 38.5 bn rouble valuation; trading starts Oct 17 under OZPH.
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Fast Retailing Books a Third Straight Record Year and Bets Its Next Decade on the West
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing posted record fiscal 2024 results, with revenue above 3 trillion yen and operating profit up 31%, as chief executive Tadashi Yanai targets number one in North America and Europe.
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Renaissance Insurance Closes the Raiffeisen Life Deal and Picks Up a Second Life Insurer in the Same Week
Renaissance Life became sole owner of Raiffeisen Life on Oct 3 and won FAS clearance for 58.64% of VSK Life Line assets, adding ~30 bln rubles of portfolio.
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Transcontainer Expects Russia's Rail Container Market to Pass 10 Million TEU by 2030
Transcontainer forecasts Russia's rail container market above 10 million TEU by 2030, a third above 2024, with exports the fastest-growing segment and containerization still far below developed markets.
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Samolet Paid Buyers 7.9 Billion Rubles in Late-Delivery Penalties in H1 2024
Samolet's H1 2024 late-delivery penalties doubled to 7.9 bln rubles — under 5% of revenue but 1.5x net profit; 34% of its commissioned homes were late.
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Russian Operators Route Around the YouTube Slowdown Without Waiting for an Official Word
With no official throttling announcement, Russian ISPs deploy bypasses as Google cache traffic to subscribers sits near 30% of July levels.
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Ingosstrakh Posts 57% Net Profit Growth in H1 2024 as Premiums Reach 103.8 Billion Rubles
Ingosstrakh's H1 2024 net profit rose 57% to 14.329 bln rubles on 12% premium growth to 103.8 bln, with capital up 12% to 130.6 bln, per RSBU interim accounts.
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Inter RAO Lifts H1 2024 IFRS Net Profit by 17.3% to 79.5 Billion Roubles
Inter RAO's H1 2024 IFRS net profit rose 17.3% to 79.5 bln roubles on revenue of 728 bln (+10.7%); EBITDA fell 9.8% and capex nearly doubled.
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The Building-Materials Squeeze: Four Years of 70% Price Growth and a 5% Developer Margin
Building materials in Russia added about 15% in H1 2024 and nearly 70% over four years, pressing developer margins down to roughly 5% and forcing hedging ideas.
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Paradise City Opens 2024 Paradise Super Week With Room Discounts of Up to 68 Percent
Integrated resort Paradise City runs its annual Paradise Super Week until May 22, 2024, with room discounts up to 68% at its Incheon and Busan hotels plus theme park and spa bundles.
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United Grain Company: Intervention Fund, NKHP Modernization and a Bulker Fleet on the 2030 Horizon
OZK CEO Dmitry Sergeev on the fund's 3.6 mln t of grain, 12 bln roubles into NKHP, 11.6 mln t target capacity, exchange trading and ~3 mln t exports.
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Russia's Titanium Champion Between Growth and Isolation: VSMPO-Avisma's 2024
VSMPO-Avisma's Q1 2024 revenue rose 13.4% while its financial result fell 34%, a snapshot of Russian titanium between tariff shields and closed Western markets.
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Seven New Foreign Brands Opened in Russia in Q1 2024, With Fashion Leading the Queue
Nikoliers counts seven new international brands in Russian retail in Q1 2024, mostly in clothing and footwear, with at least ten more announced for the year.
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Chernogolovka Closes the Purchase of Kraft Heinz's Baby Food Business in Russia
Chernogolovka's Aqualife Resource JSC closed the Kraft Heinz baby food deal in Russia: two plants, all jobs kept, new own brand this spring.
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Russia's Grocery Retail Loses Speed: What the 2023 Top-10 Numbers Reveal About 2024
Top-10 FMCG chains grew 14.1% to 9.1 trln rubles in 2023 as inflation cooled: X5 accelerated while Magnit, hard discounters and hypermarkets lost pace.
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Polymetal Sells Its Russian Gold Business to Mangazeya in a $3.7 Billion Deal Worth $300 Million in Cash
Polymetal agreed to sell its Russian gold business to Mangazeya in a $3.7 billion deal: $300 million in cash, but $2.2 billion of debt and sanctions risk shed.
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The Night the .ru Zone Went Quiet: What Russia's January DNS Failure Revealed About the Internet's Deepest Layer
On January 30, 2024, .ru websites across Russia stopped opening; a DNSSEC infrastructure fault, a day-long fix and a three-week probe followed.
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