| 13.02.2009 - Metals merger is a bailout in disguise |
| From Mnweekly.ru: A possible merger between Russia's largest metals and mining firms looks far from realistic after both Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service criticised such deals as a back-door way of debt restructuring. "There is no prospect in such a merger other than unloading debts to the state," said Alexei Ulyanov, head of the service's industry department, RIA Novosti reported. .... Full Article: Source |