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Ben Aris (Berlin) editor-in-chief & publisher
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6 THE MONTH THAT WAS COMPANIES & MARKETS
10 CEFC chairman revealed to be under investigation
11 Russian IT major IBS prepares $100mn IPO
12 CEZ Republic no more as Czech utility faces major shake-up
14 Chinese loans hike risk of debt distress in Central Asia
16 Edadeal and Russia’s cashback retail revolution
19 Turkey hit by another slew of market setbacks as lira slides further
20 Romania’s Transgaz takes over Moldovan pipeline operator
21 Sberbank ousts supermarket Magnit as international investors' favourite Russian stock
22 Mail.Ru Group to accept bitcoin in payments for ads
23 Romania to draw up euro-adoption calendar
25 Czech investment firm buys Telenor’s units in Central and Southeast Europe
COVER FEATURE
26 Russia’s M.Video and Eldorado
in gizmo giga-merger to create a global consumer electronics giant
CENTRAL EUROPE
30 Fico’s resignation fails to stem growing tide of protests in Slovakia
32 Collapse of ABLV prompts new questions about stability of Latvia’s leading banks
33 EBRD keeps supporting BRUA gas pipeline at a critical moment
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