3 Nov 2009 05:00

Russian political and economic calendar: November 3

*** Russia's Finance Ministry will hold an auction to place temporary idle budget funds in bank deposits for four weeks, the ministry said in a statement. Total funds up for auction come to 50 billion rubles.

*** Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) plans to start placing a fifth series of 10 billion rubles in exchange bonds.

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