Roman Abramovich

LONDON, May 8- Foreigners brought almost two-thirds of all lawsuits heard in London's leading commercial court over the last five years, according to a new survey, cementing the city's reputation as the venue of choice for "legal tourists".

The appointment of Sergei Chemezov follows a government-backed deal in December to end a long-running power struggle between Norilsk's main owners- billionaire Vladimir Potanin and aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska.

*Full-year loss of $55 mln in 2012. MOSCOW, March 4- Russia's United Company RUSAL Plc, the world's largest aluminium producer, reported a net loss of $55 million for 2012 and said it would shrink output for at least three years to curb market oversupply.

*Glencore, Trafigura meet Norilsk management. LONDON/ MOSCOW, Feb 14- Norilsk Nickel may start working with Glencore or Trafigura to penetrate new markets, the Russian mining major said, signalling a thaw after years of refusing to do business with large trading houses.

MOSCOW, Jan 28- Russia's Norilsk Nickel has asked the Kremlin for a tax break worth $500 million a year, a newspaper said on Monday, in a move that drew scepticism from analysts who said the world's top nickel and palladium miner did not need the cash.

MOSCOW, Dec 17- Norilsk Nickel named longtime co-owner Vladimir Potanin as its chief executive on Monday under a deal to end a boardroom war at the world's top nickel and palladium producer.

MOSCOW, Dec 11- Roman Abramovich, the Kremlin's enforcer on a peace deal at Norilsk Nickel, will pay cash straight to the Arctic giant's two main oligarch owners for a stake in the company, depriving other investors of the windfall from an end a billionaires' feud.

LONDON, Dec 7- The Economist Intelligence Unit has just issued a report on doing business in Russia. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained: Changing international perceptions of Russian business" is based on a survey of 195 senior executives from outside Russia, with particular focus on those who have been or are considering joint venturing with Russian corporates.

BRUSSELS- Germany and France publicly clash over plans to put the European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of Europe's boldest reforms. (EU-BANKING/UNION, moved, by John O'Donnell and Robin Emmott, 850 words).

BRUSSELS- Germany and France publicly clash over plans to put the European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of Europe's boldest reforms. (EU-BANKING/UNION, expect by 1500 GMT/ 10 AM ET, by John O'Donnell and Robin Emmott, 850 words).

BRUSSELS- Germany and France publicly clash over plans to put the European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of Europe's boldest reforms. (EU-BANKING/UNION, expect by 1500 GMT/ 10 AM ET, by John O'Donnell and Robin Emmott, 850 words).

MOSCOW/ HONG KONG, Dec 4- Two Russian billionaires ended a four-year battle over the world's biggest nickel and palladium mine on Tuesday by giving the biggest voting stake in their $30 billion company to Kremlin-favoured tycoon Roman Abramovich.