July 22, 2014. A study of Yekaterinburg shopping malls market in the first half of 2014 proved that quantity started turning into quality, an analytical report drawn up by Ural-Hermes states. For one, developers have already decided to set up a planetarium, a dolphinarium, an oceanarium, a theater stage, a concert stage, and theme park zones in the new and reconstructed shopping malls of Yekaterinburg. In the long term, Dreamworks Entertainment Park is expected to appear as well. Ural-Hermes analysts see the potential for the development of Yekaterinburg shopping malls market in the

July 22, 2014. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) set up an independent division of TMK Trading House in Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous District. According to TMK press service, the division was set up to ensure speedier communication between TMK and the oil and gas companies operating in Western Siberia. The division aims to determine the oil and gas producers' demand for TMK produce (which is widely used at deposits with difficult production conditions), to collect orders and to control the way they are processed and fulfilled. TMK's Surgut division is located at 11

July 22, 2014. Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) upgraded the diagnostic equipment at its medical unit, the corporation's press service reports. 'The company bought some up-to-date equipment and invested in medical staff professional development programs. The measures taken are targeted at improvements in the quality of medical services and, in particular, at enhancing the efficiency of early-stage detection of various diseases,' the press service says. For one, a mobile mammography cubicle is fitted with equipment for

July 22, 2014. As of July 1, 2014, Sverdlovsk Region's official unemployment rate stood at 1.17%, which was 0.12% lower than on July 1, 2013, Sverdlovsk Region's Economics Ministry's press service reports. The number of the unemployed registered with the local employment agencies came to 27,088 people on July 1, 2014, while the number of job openings advertised by employers was 54,291 (which was 6,691 vacancies more than on July 1, 2013). This means the tension coefficient was 0.6 people per vacancy.

July 22, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region division of the Federal Public Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) is holding a public auction aimed at selling shares of Metrological Equipment Pilot Production Plant (OZ MERA) based in Sredneuralsk, the agency's official website states. Offered for sale are 317,840 ordinary paperless shares, which comes to 100% of the plant's authorized capital. The total face value of all the shares stands at 3,178,400 RUR; the opening bid was set at 6,861,000 RUR. These are non-encumbered shares. Applications can be submitted between July 18 and August