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Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).

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Specialist banks cherry pick from lay-offs

By Reuters

Small investment banks and brokerages in Europe are making the most of a hiring shutdown and cuts at bigger rivals, cherry picking staff frustrated by new pay rules and uncertainty over strategy. (9:35 am)

MORE TOPICS: DEUTSCHE BANK, GOLDMAN SACHS, FIXED-INCOME, INDIA, EMERGING MARKETS, CREDIT SUISSE

SpaceX rocket lifts off for space station trial run

By Reuters UK

An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday on the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. (1:35 am)

MORE TOPICS: NASA, TWITTER, JAPAN, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, AIDS

UK steps closer to renewing nuclear firepower

By Reuters UK

Britain moved a step closer to renewing its Trident nuclear weapons system on Tuesday, awarding 350 million pounds worth of contracts to design a new generation of submarines that critics say are the result of outdated, Cold War thinking. (9:14 pm)

MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ELECTIONS

Exclusive: Spy agency seeks cyber-ops curriculum

By Reuters

The National Security Agency is trying to expand U.S. cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations against adversaries on computer networks through a new cyber-ops program at selected universities. (8:49 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, IPHONE, CONGRESS

IBM's Expanion into Growth markets
High Tech Vietnam: IBM Opens Da Nang Office

By IBTimes

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, said it opened a new center in Da Nang, Vietnam, its third center in the Southeast Asian country. (8:20 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, IBM, NYSE, INTEL, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Spacex: The Future of Galactic Travel [VIDEO]

By IBTimes UK

A new chapter in spaceflight was opened today as Spacex became the first private firm to launch a vessel to the International Space Station. (6:22 pm)

MORE TOPICS: NASA, TWITTER, FLORIDA, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

China Approve Google's $12bn bid for Motorola
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility for £7.9bn

By IBTimes UK

Google has finally announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $40 per share and promises to keep Android 'free and open' for five years. (4:14 pm)

MORE TOPICS: LARRY PAGE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SMARTPHONE, ANDROID

Pre-Opening Wheat Market Report

By CME Group

July wheat was trading 15 1/2 cents lower near 7:30 am central time. Outside market forces look mixed to weaker as the stronger US dollar and weakness in gold clash with a firm equity market. The market is showing significant weakness overnight as th... (3:45 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, IRAQ, UKRAINE

Iran nuclear demands
Senate Backs Tougher Iran Sanctions Ahead Of Baghdad Talks

By IBTimes

The measure grants President Barack Obama the power to impose sanctions against any country or company that enters into a joint venture or offers technology to assist Iran's uranium or oil industries. (3:06 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BARACK OBAMA, GERMANY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EUROPEAN UNION, WHITE HOUSE, IRAQ

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano briefs the media after his trip to Tehran at the international airport in Vienna
IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano Confident Of Nuclear Inspection Accord With Iran

By IBTimes UK

The chief of the UN nuclear agency said he expected to sign a breakthrough deal with Iran to boost cooperation on a probe into the country's controversial atomic activity. (1:14 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY