The FINANCIAL -- International monitors decided Wednesday to pull out of the sensitive Bosnian town of Brcko, whose neutral status has been a source of tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan state.

The FINANCIAL -- NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext announced its market data partnership with the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

The FINANCIAL -- DoubleTree by Hilton proudly announces the opening of a upscale, full service  hotel in the heart of downtown St. Paul's thriving retail and business district, just miles from Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport , blocks from the St. Paul River Centre Convention Complex and ten miles from the Minneapolis Convention Center.

The FINANCIAL -- Chaired by Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Strategic Development Department of Gazprom and Marc Florette, Research and Innovation Director at GDF SUEZ, a regular meeting dedicated to the sci-tech cooperation between Gazprom and GDF SUEZ took place today in France.

The FINANCIAL -- Zurich Insurance Group announced the appointments of Claudia Dill (46, Swiss) as Chief Operating Officer or the General Insurance (GI) business, effective July 1, 2012, and Dirk De Nil (49, Belgian), who will become Head of Sales and Distribution for GI, effective June 1, 2012.