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AMSTERDAM, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KEY RESULTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN 1Q13 Revenues of USD 5.6 billion; organic(1) growth of 1% YoY EBITDA of USD 2.3 billion, up 3% organically YoY EBITDA margin increased 0.9 p.p. YoY to 42.0% Total mobile subscriber base increased 4% YoY(2) to 215 million Net income attributable to VimpelCom shareholders increased 28% YoY to USD 408 million "VimpelCom Ltd" ("VimpelCom", "Company" or "Group") (NYSE: VIP), a leading global provider of...

MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS" - NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, today announces its unaudited US GAAP financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2012. Key Financial Highlights of Q4 2012 and FY 2012 - Consolidated revenues up 1.1% q-o-q to $3,168 million and up 1.0% y-o-y to $12,436 million -...

STAFFORD, Texas, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (TCAE) has announced details of the exhibits for its first Silk Road Festival set for October 4 to 7, 2012 at the Stafford Center in Texas. The massive-scale festival will bring together hundreds of dancers, musicians, artists, cooks and volunteers from the six participating countries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The event will focus on the...

MOSCOW, August 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS" - NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, today announces its unaudited US GAAP financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2012. Key Financial Highlights of Q2 2012 - Consolidated revenues up 3.6% q-o-q to $3,122 million - Consolidated adjusted OIBDA[1] up 9.1% q-o-q to $1,374 million with 44.0% OIBDA margin -...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Almost 50 executives from the top U.S. companies will take part in the upcoming 2012 Uzbekistan-U.S. Annual Business Forum that will take place in Tashkent on August 17, 2012 to concur with the Annual Bilateral Consultations between the governments of the United States and Uzbekistan, according to Carolyn Lamm, Chair of the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce (AUCC). "In the upcoming forum, the two governments will meet to...

LONDON and TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntsman Lewis are sad to announce we will have to close our Tashkent office. Because of the perceived threats to Western interests in Tashkent, our three lawyers specialising in the region will in future convene meetings on Uzbek-related matters on 'neutral soil' in London. We will continue to advise clients in the telecoms, property, textile, banking and oil sectors. Paul Lewis, the partner who...

EVERETT, Wash., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Uzbekistan Airways have partnered with Project Hope to transport a consignment of medical supplies destined for hospitals in Tashkent on a newly delivered 767-300ER (Extended Range). The 6,950-pound (approximately 3,150-kilogram) shipment is made up of 162 boxes of medicines and medical supplies and comes as part of Boeing's Humanitarian Delivery Flights program. "Boeing, through its Global Corporate...

By Andriy Tsintsiruk WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States' continued efforts to counter terrorism and secure reliable logistical networks for troops in Afghanistan have been a dominating factor in U.S.-Uzbekistan relations. Further, fluctuating U.S.-Pakistan relations have shifted the U.S. military's focus to Afghanistan's northern neighbor, Uzbekistan, which is a strategically important country for the viability of the Northern Distribution...

U.S. Gov Spends Billions Each Year on Secondary Products Like Chocolate and Uniforms Potentially Made with Exploitative Child Labor; Groups Seek to Close Loophole and Prevent Contractors From Potentially Selling Goods Made with Forced Child Labor to the Government WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week a coalition of twenty-four organizations representing organized labor, religious communities, socially responsible businesses, and consumers shared with the...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today South African energy and chemicals group, Sasol, together with partners Uzbekneftegaz and PETRONAS, signed an investment agreement with the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade for the Uzbekistan government, for the development and implementation of a Gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Uzbekistan. Under the investment agreement, the investors and the GTL project will enjoy investment protection and fiscal benefits, to...