Economics
Turkish investors confirm interest in Oltchim, Cuprumin and Romanian Post
October 31, 2013 12:20
Turkish business community is interested in the privatization of Oltchim, Cuprumin and Romanian Post, some of the priorities on the agenda of Romania’s Ministry of Economy announced TIAD (Turkish Businessmen Association in Romania) during a meeting with Andrei Gerea, the recently-appointed minister, also attended by the Turkish Ambassador, Omur Solendil. ...more »
Economic growth slightly higher than the 2% estimated by IMF
October 30, 2013 14:50
The 2% economic growth IMF (the International Monetary Fund) estimated for Romania this year will be marginally higher, somewhere between 2.3% and 2.5% announced Daniel Daianu, First Deputy President of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), according to Agerpres. Yet, the improvement is mainly due to the agricultural production which registered record volumes this year....more »
Chinese investors interested in Oltchim, welcomed by Gerea
October 30, 2013 13:27
Romania’s Minister of Economy, Andrei Gerea, continues his campaign through which attempts to attract foreign investors to possibly take over Oltchim. Gerea met yesterday with the presidents and specialists of two Chinese companies, BAOTA Petroc...more »
BCR announces a 127 million euro profit after Q3
October 30, 2013 11:51
While after Q3 in 2012 BCR reported losses of more than EUR 172 million, the Group announces a net profit of almost EUR127 million within the first nine months of this year, keeping the improvement tendency reported for Semester 1. Besides that, the costs related to the risk provisions went down significantly compared to the same period in 2012, registering a decrease by 37.9% to EUR371 million according to the data showed in a BCR release....more »
Ford continues the production suspension program in Craiova
October 29, 2013 15:59
Ford continues the production adjustment policy due to the difficult situation on the European automotive market and reflected by a lower demand for the B-Max model. Hence, the car production is currently suspended in accordance with the afferent plan that stipulates a 13-day suspension of the operations at the Craiova plant, plan that will be extended for November 2013, according to the company’s spokesman quoted by Mediafax....more »
WBG: Romania ranks 73 based on the ease of doing business
October 29, 2013 14:21
Romania maintains the ranking established last year by the World Bank Group (WBG) as per the Doing Business 2014 report. The recently released report ranks the global economies based on the overall ease of doing business, Romania being the 73rd out of 189 countries....more »
Airports in Bucharest – increased revenue and more passengers
October 29, 2013 11:48
Bucharest Airports National Company (BANC) reported a 7.5% growth of its revenue within the first nine months of 2013 over the past year, reaching almost EUR110 million while the total revenue estimated for the current year is EUR146 million. Additionally, the gross profit registered – about EUR17 million, is three times higher than the amount budgeted for the whole year, states a press release of the company....more »
Astroenergy Solar Netherlands buys a PV project in Cluj
October 28, 2013 15:08
Astroenergy Solar Netherlands acquired a photovoltaic project of 5.98 MW ACV Solar Technology developed in Cluj County. The Dutch company has been assisted in this transaction by Wolf Theiss Bucharest, states a press release from the law firm....more »
Toshiba’s subsidiary builds two solar plants in Brasov
October 28, 2013 11:02
Energreen Investment Europe expects to finalize by the end of this year one of the two solar power plants projects developed in Brasov County, according to Mediafax. The plant has an estimated power of 5 MW and is located in Halchiu, being managed by Elisolar, a local company controlled by the investment group. Same it is Vis Solaris that implemented a photovoltaic project of 17MW, but in Hoghiz....more »
Innovation is the ‘must’ for shopping centers
October 25, 2013 17:49
Some of the shopping malls in Romania and especially in Bucharest have already understood that in order to succeed, retain their customers and attract new visitors they should stand out of the crowd and come with something fresh, different, innovative.  However, the majority still follows the same standard recipe – shopping area, food-court, cinema -, despite the ongoing changes in customers’ needs....more »
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