Soros group warns of Kazakh close
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The Open Society Institute (OSI), financed by billionaire George Soros, accuses Kazakhstan officials of trying to close down its local office.
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BP Plc&#39;s Russian venture is likely to  lose its license for the giant Kovykta gas field on Friday,  although Moscow could postpone the tough action until after the  G8 Summit and its landmark economic forum.
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THE BACKGROUND: Street protests in Kazakhstan 20 years ago this weekend foreshadowed the demise of the Soviet Union four years later, but an ex-communist still rules the country and many Kazakhs still harbor grievances.
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Business & money: Â· EC concern at company's grip on supply linesÂ· Russian state monopoly may be forced to divest
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ALMATY, Jan 7  A ban on one of Kazakhstan's main opposition parties is part of a new clampdown on dissent in the authoritarian oil-rich Central Asian state to prevent a Ukrainian-style ''orange ...
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UNION officials have warned of the threat to up to 2000 Scottish jobs if Spanish bank Santander sells Abbey - s closed funds after it completes its 8.4 billion takeover of the British bank next month.
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Billionaire and Bush-blaster George Soros might help sway the US electorate this fall.
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The son-in-law of Kazakhstan's autocratic president has appealed to Austrian authorities not to extradite him to his homeland to face kidnapping charges, a magazine reported Saturday.
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Mikhail S. Gutseriev, a former owner of Russneft, published a letter last month critical of the government on a company Web site and in a Russian business newspaper.
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They worry that its quest to topple the Western-backed government will hurt their long-term interests.
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A top Gazprom official ended weeks of speculation, saying aid that the natural gas company wanted to bid in the auction for Yukos&#39;s main subsidiary, Yuganskneftegaz.
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RBC, 04.11.2004, Moscow 13:20:52.The intention of Group Menatep to appeal to international courts against Russian state authorities concerning the YUKOS case is an aggressive attempt of its major shareholders to retain some of YUKOS&#39; assets, some analysts
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ASTANA. June 13 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan plans to close down a project to create the Ishim aircraft-based space launch system, given its economic inexpediency.  The project was proposed by the national space agency Kazcosmos and was backed by the defense ministry.
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For make benefit sub-prime crisis Forget the good, old US of A. HSBC wants to bet on places like Kazakhstan for its financial future.â¦
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Russian oil giant Yukos is very close to insolvency, Yukos&#39; CEO Steven Theede was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Wednesday.
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He may be experienced at fielding  questions on geopolitics but when the Kazakh president logs on  next week for his first Internet news conference he will have  to tackle some more bizarre matters.
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Who needs Borat? Kazakhstan just might. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose government initially bristled at a British comedian's portrayal of the country, is using the famous name to his own ends.