Aug 15. US secondary home sales declined to a 10-year low in Q208, with the average price of a single-family home dropping 7.6%. In April-June 2008, home prices stood at USD 206,500 compared t >>> Aug 15. Russia's Finance Ministry will hold an auction to place budget resources on bank deposits for a total of RUB 100 bn at 0.8% interest rate on August 19, 2008, the ministry said in a pres >>> Aug 15. The executive board of the Public Utility Reform Fund took a decision to hold two auctions on August 28, 2008 for the right to take deposits totaling RUB 20 bn, the fund said in a pres >>> Aug 15. The Federal Antimonopoly Service is about to adopt a decision to offer non-discriminatory access to Gazprom's pipeline systems for independent gas producers, head of FAS Igor Artemiev >>> Aug 15. The Federal Financial Markets Service registered on Thursday five bond issues of Gazprom Neft (series 01-05) for a total of RUB 35 bn, the regulator said. Maturity of series 1 RUB 5 bn >>> Aug 15. The Moscow State Labor Inspection issued instructions to TNK-BP Management on Thursday to eliminate violations of the labor legislation identified as part of an extraordinary probe by Septe >>> Aug.15. In global petroleum market news, oil prices pulled back about a dollar Thursday as waning U.S. demand for energy overshadowed supply threats from the Russia-Georgia conflict. >>> | 
