'There is concern over the uncertain state of President Yeltsin's health, at the continuing extremely high level of criminal penetration of the financial system and over the impact on Russia of the Asian financial crisis, ' Mr. Goldman said.

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As smartphones come down in price and achieve greater penetration among the masses, Google says its free Android operating system will allow it to take advantage of the open Web to generate more advertising and search-related revenue.

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