HomeMaterials for 24.12.2007
24 December 200709:17

Ural Airlines gets new business class menu

Ural Airlines now has special hot breakfasts on its business class menu; some of the company’s customers have already tasted the fresh omelets, yogurts, cottage cheese puddings, and jam-filled pancakes offered by the carrier now. The spokesperson for the company says these new breakfasts are only available for Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights for the time being, since this direction is most popular with passengers who prefer European-style cuisine, including European breakfasts. 'A carefully thought-through menu is one of the major components of a good mood in the mornings. If our passengers
24 December 200709:13

Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s assets go up 27% in January-November 2007

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development looked at the results of its activity in January-November 2007. Over these eleven months, the bank’s assets rose by 27% and reached 33,699,753,000 RUR. The volume of clients’ accounts increased by 31.9% and came to 27,618,408,000 RUR; this includes a 36.1% increase in the volume of natural persons’ deposits (these amounted to 19,269,971,000 RUR). The bank’s experts believe this growth has been brought about by two factors: firstly, people are now less interested in making savings in foreign currencies due to the dollar’s plummeting exchange
24 December 200709:09

Uralmashzavod’s average wage goes up 40% in May-November 2007

Uralmashzavod’s average wage went up by 40% in May-November 2007 and reached 23,300 RUR a month. The enterprise now has one of the highest wages among machine-building enterprises based in Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region, with skilled workers’ wages being considerably higher than the company’s average pay. For instance, lathe operators and electrical/gas welders get up to 45,000 RUR a month, gear-tooth grinding operators, drillers, oxygen-cutting operators, blacksmiths, fettlers, metalwork locksmiths, and smelters get up to 40,000 RUR a month, and bench molders get up to 35,000 RUR a