RUSSIA: VIMPELCOM PROFIT SOARS Vimpelcom, Russia's second-largest cellphone company by subscribers, said first-quarter net income rose 84
percent as the company added about 2 million subscribers in the period. Moscow-based Vimpelcom said first quarter net
income rose to $76.1 million from $41.4 million in the year-earlier period, beating analysts' estimates. Revenue
rose to $417.7 million from $244.4 million, and the company said it had 14.9 million subscribers. - (EMEconomy.com)
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