• Quarterly Russian & CIS IPO Review: Q1 2008. This issue of the Quarterly Russian & CIS IPO Review provides data on IPO activity during Q1 2008, along with comparison data for 2005-2007. April 10, 2008. Read

• Natalya Miroyevskay joins The PBN Company as Senior Account Manager. The PBN Company, the market leading international strategic communications firm in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic States, today announced the appointment of Natalya Miroyevskaya as Senior Account Manager in the firm’s 50-member Moscow office. April 08, 2008. Read

• PBN Appoints New Moscow Director of Corporate & Crisis Comms. Jeanette Hamster, formerly of Hill & Knowlton International, Belgium, joins The PBN Company as Moscow Director of Corporate and Crisis Communications. March 12, 2008. Read

• Russia Tops European IPO League for 2007. PBN releases its annual scorecard on 33 Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh IPOs. February 26, 2008. Read

• PBN Sells Strategic 49.9% Stake to WPP. WPP’s Investment in PBN to Support Growth in the former Soviet Union and other High-Opportunity Emerging Markets. September 06, 2007. Read

• Leading Emerging Market Expert Joins PBN in London. Stuart Leasor, one of London’s most experienced emerging market and financial communications specialists, has joined The PBN Company's London office as a Senior Vice President & Managing Director. May 17, 2007. Read

• The PBN Company Releases IPO Pioneers 2. In 2006 Russian companies raised over $17 billion, and other CIS companies raised over $4 billion, by listing their shares in Moscow, London, New York, Frankfurt, Almaty and Warsaw. IPO Pioneers 2, the sequel to last year’s Russia’s IPO Pioneers, provides key data and analysis on all 18 Russian listings in 2006, as well as on 11 additional CIS IPOs from Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Georgia. April 12, 2007. Read

• PBN Appoints Sir Andrew Wood, Igor Yurgens and Vyacheslav Nikonov. The PBN Company announced today that Sir Andrew Wood, former UK Ambassador to Russia, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors, and that Igor Yurgens, Chairman of Bank Renaissance Capital and Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, has been elected to the Board. Vyacheslav Nikonov, a leading political strategist and Kremlin advisor, was re-elected Senior Strategist for Political Affairs to the Board of Directors and the Firm. April 10, 2007. Read

• Blake Marshall Joins The PBN Company. Z. Blake Marshall, one of Washington DC’s leading experts on the Russian economy and US-Russian relations, joins The PBN Company. Marshall is currently Executive Vice President and COO of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC). He will join The PBN Company’s Washington DC office effective November 15 as Senior Vice President – International. September 12, 2006. Read

• Lufthansa Russia Appoints The PBN Company as its Communications Advisors. Deutsche Lufthansa AG today announced its decision to hire The PBN Company to provide media relations and PR support in Russia and the CIS. July 03, 2006. Read

• Russia Becoming More Competitive with Other Markets, According to Foreign Investors. The full report on the second survey of 155 current and potential investors was released by the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) and The PBN Company. May 29, 2006. Read

• Counterfeits, Hijacking, Corruption & Lax Enforcement Top IP Owners’ Concerns. The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights releases the results of the latest survey of international and Russian IP owners. May 24, 2006. Read

• Vladimir Razdukhov Elected General Director of Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Today an Extraordinary Meeting of CPC-R and CPC-K shareholders approved Vladimir Razdukhov as the new General Director of the two companies. April 26, 2006. Read

• Telenor Proposes that VimpelCom Acquire Kyivstar for Cash. Telenor believes that if the transaction is completed as proposed, it will be beneficial for Kyivstar, VimpelCom and VimpelCom's shareholders, as well as for Telenor's shareholders, and will create a framework for ending Alfa’s attacks on Telenor’s ownership interests in VimpelCom and Kyivstar. March 20, 2006. Read

• Baltika Shareholders Give Green Light to Merger with Pikra, Vena and Yarpivo. Baltika Breweries, the leading brewer in Russia and Eastern Europe, announced that its shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed merger of Baltika with brewing companies Pikra, Vena and Yarpivo. March 09, 2006. Read

• New "Food Trade Alliance" To Press For Global Trade Reforms Benefiting Consumers, Producers. January 11, 2005. Read

• 175 Russian CEOs Speak Out on Reputation, Corporate Governance and Transparency. PBN along with market research firm IRG, leading investment bank Renaissance Capital and investor relations specialists Taylor Rafferty conducted the first-ever survey of 175 Russian CEOs on issues of corporate finance, crisis planning, governance and other reputation management practices. The results were released on 21 October 2004 at a Moscow news conference. October 27, 2004. Read

• Coalition Launched to promote U.S. Port Security; Stakeholders in Marine Cargo Chain to Advocate for United Approach to Improving Security. September 23, 2004. Read

• Shrimp Task Force Welcomes U.S. Government Analysis That Domestic Shrimp Industry Must Downsize and Restructure to Survive.
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• Furniture Retailers of America: Mirrors Belong in the Bedroom — and Should be Taxed, Says Department of Commerce. August 12, 2004. Read

• Furniture Retailers of America: U.S. Furniture Retailers Hail Hooker Furniture's Formal Withdrawal From China Wooden Bedroom Furniture Trade Petition. July 30, 2004. Read

• CITAC Shrimp Task Force: Shrimp Task Force Blasts New Food Tax on Shrimp Imports From Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand; Vows to Continue Fight to Defeat "Unnecessary, Undeserved, and Unwise Protectionism". July 29, 2004. Read

• CITAC/ASDA Shrimp Task Force Launches Ad Campaign Warning Consumers of Higher Prices as a Result of Shrimp Import Duties. July 07, 2004. Read

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