The U.S. stock market has suffered a $700 billion paper loss in a single session, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, which tracks the stocks of 5,000 U.S.-based companies.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 05:36 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a CIS foreign ministerial meeting in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on October 9, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 06:13 GMT
Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is expected to be out for three weeks with a partially torn knee ligament and will miss Russia's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Finland.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 06:27 GMT
Russian steel producer Severstal [LSE: SVST; RTS: CHMF] has said its investments in U.S.-based assets are set to reach $6 billion by the end of 2009.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 06:33 GMT
On October 7, 2008, Russiaâ™s Kamov Helicopter Design Bureau, named after Nikolai Kamov [19<span class="nobr">02–197</span>3), one of the founders of the Soviet helicopter industry, celebrated its 60th anniversary. </p>
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 06:48 GMT
The leaders of the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) will gather in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on October 10 to discuss joint measures to tackle the global financial crisis.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 07:35 GMT
The Russian stock exchanges MICEX and RTS suspended trading from 11:05 a.m. Moscow time (07:05 GMT) after their indexes plunged shortly after opening, spokesmen for the exchanges reported on Wednesday.
// Oct. 08, 2008 - 07:57 GMT