Jun 11, 2012 | Deals
Acquire a large interest in an important and green construction materials industryThe BusinessThe Company is one India’s leading sellers of fly ash, which is a byproduct of power plants. Fly ash is used to replace up to 50% of clinker in cement production, and it is...
Jun 11, 2012 | News
The Moscow Times 7 June 2012 Burger King announced Tuesday that it plans to open several hundred new restaurants in Russia with the help of its franchise operators. The deal is another confirmation of the vitality of franchising in Russia, which has seen the number of...
Jun 10, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 8 June 2012 MirVracha.ru, a major Internet portal for physicians and medical students, has completed its first round of financing, totaling $1.4 million. The round was led by Japanese fund UMJ Russia, which received a majority stake, with the...
Jun 10, 2012 | News
Venture Beat 29 May 2012 Facebook’s rumored interest in purchasing facial recognition startup Face.com may become a reality thanks to some help from an unlikely source. Russian-based search engine Yandex is said to be mulling the sale of its share in Face.com to the...
Jun 8, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 5 June 2012 A major player on the Russian e-commerce scene suddenly emerged in late May: a cash-back e-commerce platform called Clickandpay.ru that raised $60 million, according to its founders, to finance just the first stages of its...