| VW Opens Huge Factory Near Moscow
Kaluga, after all, has not always been a boom town. As recently as the 1990s, the town struggled mightily as the region's heavy industry failed to adjust to the market economy and went under. Thousands of residents moved away to Moscow. Now, though, the city is back on its feet, and the massive new VW factory is one of the reasons. Local companies supply the new factory with parts, hoteliers rub their hands together at the prospect of foreign guests and the construction industry has plenty to do. Success, however, breeds new problems. "We don't have enough people who speak English and German," says Vitkov. Accordingly, the city is planning to build a center for education. But that's not all. Because city leaders are concerned that the area's gastronomy isn't up to European standards, the local government is encouraging new restaurants to open up with European cuisine.
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In November, Sky reported a record 14 per cent quarterly growth in subscribers to Sky+, up 323,000 on the previous quarter to 2.7 million. The service is now in almost a third of Sky homes, allowing viewers to skip through ads. Nonetheless the ad industry will also be buoyed by the news that two key demographics - 16- to 24-year olds and ABC1 viewers, have experienced a growth in impacts. Impacts for 16-24s increased by 1.5 per cent to 31 TV ads a day, while impacts for ABC1s increased by 3.6 per cent to 32 ads a day. Thinkbox, the commercial TV marketing body, attributed the growth to digital TV penetration, which has now reached 85 per cent of UK homes, and the growing attraction of digital channels among viewers. Back to top Free downloads from CBS Radio CBS said that it would expand its Internet music service, Last.fm, to allow users to listen to any song on their computers whenever they wanted, up to three times.
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