Interfax to acquire business news agency Finmarket
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Interfax information group announced it is acquiring 90% share of
Finmarket. According to Interfax's chairman Mikhail Komissarov, this decision was made considering Finmarket's strong positions in business & finance web segment of Russian web. Besides it would allow Interfax to enter the open information market - at the moment it distributes business and financial information only by paid subscription.