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The number of shares of all Russian banks being traded on the market more than doubled in the year between July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006. Even the slowest-growing bank, Promstroibank SPb, grew by 133%, overtaking the growth rate of the Russian Stock Exchange (111%). The fastest-growing bank, Vozrozhdeniye, grew by 441%, outperforming the RSE nearly fourfold. It would seem that this result is better than good. But there is a caveat: for the period from January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2006, almost all of the banks posted stronger growth than for the period from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006. For example, the year�s best performer, the bank Vozrozhdeniye, grew in the earlier period by 605%, versus its current 441%. Uralsib Bank�s share growth was 341%, versus the current 280%; Promstroibank SPb was 166% versus 132.6%; Bank of Moscow was 376% versus 353.7%; and Sberbank was 164% versus 155.8%.
Good news and bad for SNP: He's popular - but independence isn't
Almost 1,300 interviews were carried out between May and August this year and the full results will be presented to a conference in Edinburgh today. Researchers repeated questions asked in 2003, before and after that year's Scottish election, to find out how attitudes to parties and their leaders had changed. .
Microsoft SMS Gains New Name, Fresh Focus
At the Microsoft Management Summit in late April, it was announced that the update to Systems Management Server 2003, currently called SMS v4 Beta 1, will be known as System Center Configuration Manager 2007 when it is released next year. The new name reflects the growing importance of system configuration management tools, and eWeek Labs' tests of the beta show that it would be well worth IT managers' time to start working with the product. .
Child porn conviction nets man home confinement
Those charges were part of a five-count indictment that accused Wooten of child pornography incidents dating back to July 2006. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss three of the counts in return for Wooten's guilty plea. West Virginia State Police said Wooten photographed himself with a 14-year-old girl at his residence, which was located at White's Trailer Park in Culloden. Investigators said he distributed the explicit image over the Internet via a Webcam. Wooten had no comment after court Monday. Assistant prosecutor Jara Howard said the plea deal was a fair agreement. Her side did not contest the home confinement sentence. Wooten's attorney, Virginia Weed, said her client is not the typical criminal. She said he had no criminal record prior to the child pornography allegations.
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