Aug 4. Russia's MinFin has rolled back the deadline for submitting to the government a 15-year financial plan and proposals on the VAT rate, >>> Aug 4. Shareholders of Comstar-United Telesystems (Comstar-UTS) failed to adopt at the July 28 EGM a decision on proposed merger with Comstar-Direct1 set up as a result of a split of Comstar-Direct >>> Aug 4. Russian mineral fertilizer producer Akron has opted to float GDRs for a mere USD 2 mn this week in order to obtain a listing on LSE after rejecting an SPO in London on July 29 due to unfavor >>> Aug 4. The board of directors of Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works has recommended that shareholders approve 1H 2008 dividend payouts of RUB 2.0 per common share, >>> Aug 4. Gazprom deems it necessary to float the additional shares of its affiliates TGK-1, OGK-2 and OGK-5 in order to implement their investment programs, >>> Aug 4. Following the introduction of a price cap on the capacity market the supervisory board of non-commercial partnership ATS decided to even out prices on the energy market in August, >>> Aug. 4. In global petroleum market news, oil prices ended slightly higher Friday, pushing back above USD 125 a barrel as the threat of a conflict with Iran rattled energy markets after a week of wi >>> | 
