THE NUMBER OF ADSL SUBSCRIBERS INCREASED TWO TIMES

A City of Many Contrasts Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia By W. Bruce Lincoln Basic Books. 419 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Gene Sosin Author, "Sparks of Liberty: An Insider's Memoir of Radio Liberty" ON A rainy evening in October 1986, I arrived in Leningrad ......

During the short-lived coup in 1991, St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak almost single-handedly prevented Soviet troops from occupying the city. But with Russia in chaos and Boris Yeltsin in a fight for his political future, Sobchak has joined centrists in criticizing Gaidar's shock therapy--perhaps positioning himself for a national role....

I can't fathom why the Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg chose to open its season at the Metropolitan Opera House with a La Bayadère that took close to four hours in running time. And that is no exaggeration. By my trusty watch, I entered at 2 ......

BlackRock Inc. sold Jefferson on the Park, a 240-unit multifamily property, to Fairfield Residential for $43.2 million.

Frozen foods sold in retail stores were practically unheard of in Russia until the 1990s. But the market offers enormous potential for growth, and the fastest growth right now is in ready meat products and pancakes. Dumplings, however, still dominate the market. Saint Petersburg-based Darya, which was founded in 1998 ......

European electronics manufacturing services provider Elcoteq Network Corp. said Monday that it plans to build a new plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Elcoteq, which specializes in communications apps, anticipates construction on the 158,000-square foot (14,700-square meter) plant to begin in Q4, and be ready for operation by autumn 2005. The ......

Small businesses need to take notice of an important debate over broadband Internet service that could have profound implications for e-commerce and the future of telecommunications.

An odd thing happens when you ask people for their opinion. They always have one.

Media's Dirty Little Secret? There is no audience of the "right people" for your business. I´m constantly amazéd by all of the média reps from all of the different media outlets that can help your advertising to "reach the right people.�? Why am I amazed? Because they all reach the ......

But you know the biggest reason jokes and gags fail? Their primary job is to persuade someone to purchase something from the company paying for the ad. And as we already mentioned, any attempt at communication that draws attention away from the core message is beyond stupid. When it´s your ......