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At the end of 2016 KAMAZ managed to increase its revenue, by receiving operating profit, while the company had a negative performance in the previous year.

Russian dealers of KIA in February of 2017 will start accepting orders for the updated crossover KIA Soul, including the "charged" version of the KIA Soul GT.

Furthering the Swedish retailer’s investment in fuel cell technology, this project complements the company’s focus on other renewable energies such as solar and wind.

Prices of major food commodities declined for the fifth year in a row in 2016, averaging 161.6 points for the year as a whole, some 1.5 percent below their 2015 levels. In December, the FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 172 points, unchanged from November.

Commercial property investment in Europe will be strong in 2017 as bond prices weaken and investors seek safe but growth-orientated opportunities, according to an analysis released in a report by Cushman & Wakefield’s European Capital Markets team.

Korean automakers Hyundai and KIA in January updated price lists for their bestsellers. 

AvtoVAZ at the beginning of January of 2017 raised the recommended retail prices for the cars: basic versions of LADA became more expensive by 2-3%. This information was taken from the company's website. 

Denny’s Corporation, franchisor and operator of one of America's largest franchised full-service restaurant chains, reported preliminary results for domestic same-store sales and restaurant openings and closings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 28

Russian dealers Volkswagen have sold in November 6973 cars - less by 8 % than a year before. For eleven months of 2016 sales of Volkswagen in Russia were 66,632 cars, which is less by 5% than the indicator for the same period of last year.

The Nissan Altima and the Nissan Rogue each earned top-honors from the National Association of Minority Automotive Dealers (NAMAD). The Altima is recognized as the top-selling vehicle among African American consumers in 2016. 

AUTOSTAT Analytic agency carried out a research on the prices of new passenger cars, which covered all the automakers, officially represented in the Russian market. According to the research, 10 of them changed their prices in the second half of December.