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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Under the radar: Pepsi plans to invest another $1 billion in Russia ]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/pep/" rel="tag">PepsiCo (PEP)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/russia/" rel="tag">Russia</a></p><strong>Under the radar:</strong> Some trends are obvious enough and visible to all investors. Others are more-subtle, but are just as potent, and these often slip 'under the radar.'<br /><br /><strong>Case in point: </strong>Lost among President Barack Obama's trip to Russia to meet with president Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/pepsico-inc/pep/nys">PepsiCo, Inc.'s</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/pepsico-inc/pep/nys">PEP</a>) decision <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=78265&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1304443&amp;highlight=">to invest $1 billion in Russia</a> over three years, on expectations for retail sales growth in the country.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Under the radar: Pepsi plans to invest another $1 billion in Russia </em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/">Under the radar: Pepsi plans to invest another $1 billion in Russia </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19091160/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/08/under-the-radar-pepsi-plans-to-invest-another-1-billion-in-rus/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>azov</category><category>moscow</category><category>pepsi</category><category>russia</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Lazzaro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian casinos go bust -- gamblers head elsewhere]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/russia/" rel="tag">Russia</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/employees/" rel="tag">Employees</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><p><img width="220" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="179" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/02/blackjack.jpg" />Thanks a lot, Vladimir Putin. The former Russian president (now prime minister) signed an anti-vice law in 2006 that has led to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6612860.ece">closure of most casinos</a> in the struggling nation. This move quickly killed more than 400,000 jobs as of July 1 in a country already in the throes of an economic crisis. More than 40,000 casino workers were impacted in Moscow alone, which was home to 30 major casinos and 500 smaller operations. </p>
<p>Four remote Russian regions have now been established as special gambling zones, and gambling is now illegal anywhere outside of these locations.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Russian casinos go bust -- gamblers head elsewhere</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/">Russian casinos go bust -- gamblers head elsewhere</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19087529/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/06/russian-casinos-go-bust-gamblers-head-elsewhere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bulgaria</category><category>casino workers</category><category>casinos</category><category>gambling</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Moscow</category><category>online gambling</category><category>russia</category><category>Vladimir Putin</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Gaston Moon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
