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Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson's GAAP loss for 3 months of 2023 was $0.068 billion, compared to a profit of $5.149 billion in the previous year. Revenue rose 5.6% to $24.746 billion from $23.426 billion a year earlier.

X5 Group

Hard discounter chain Chizhik opened its first stores in the Samara region. Supply of stores will be provided by both federal and local suppliers from Chizhik distribution center in Kazan. Samara region became the tenth region of presence for the retail chain. By the end of the year Chizhik plans to open 55 more facilities in Samara, Ulyanovsk and Togliatti.

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works

MMK's sales of finished steel products in 3 months of 2023 decreased by 4.3% to 2.76 mln tonnes. Share of high value-added products decreased by 1.6 p.p. to 42.5%. Steel output decreased by 3.5% to 3.058 million tons, and pig iron output increased by 4.4% to 2.345 million tons. Coal concentrate production increased by 1.8% to 0.857 million tons, and iron ore...

Nebius Group

IT company Yandex launched sales in Russia of a new smart speaker Station Max and Yandex Hub - a gateway for smart home devices that connect using the protocol of local wireless communication Zigbee without connection to the Wi-Fi network. By the end of April, the station, the hub, and other Zigbee-enabled smart home devices will also start being sold in Bel...

X5 Group

X5 Group's net retail revenue for 3 months of 2023 was ₽695.37 billion, an increase of 15.3% compared to ₽603.07 billion in the previous year. Average check was ₽494.3, up 2.1%. Retail space increased year over year by 7.9% to 9,203,045 square meters. Revenue from digital businesses was ₽25.603 billion, up 35.9% from ₽25.603 billion in the same period last y...

Southern

The Southern Board of Directors announced a quarterly dividend of $0.7 per share. The last day to buy securities to receive the dividend is May 11, 2023. The annual dividend yield may reach 3.9%.

VK

Social network Vkontakte presented its own NFT collection - CryptoSpotty. Drop will take place from April 25 to 27 in several stages: a presale for early access holders, the main sale in the live queue and an auction in the chatbot. One NFT will be available for ₽379, and a set of three will be available for ₽849. All proceeds will be donated by VKontakte to...

O'Key Group

O'Key Group's IFRS net income for 2022 was ₽241.53 million, up 16.2% from ₽207.83 million in the previous year. Revenue increased 8.1% to ₽202.17 billion compared to ₽187.01 billion a year earlier.

Sistema

Agroholding Steppe bought about 26,000 hectares of land in Stavropol region for ₽2.9 billion. Deal will allow the company to increase its own grain exports amid a decline in the work of global traders in Russia. According to the results of 8 months of 2022/23 season Steppe ranks 7th among the largest exporters of grain with more than 1 million tons shipped,...

Segezha Group

Segezha Group's RAS loss for 3 months of 2023 was ₽0.099 billion against a profit of ₽6.835 billion in the previous year. Revenue increased 2.5 times to ₽1.033 billion from ₽0.408 billion a year earlier.