Economics

Consumer prices went down by 0.3 percent in June 2014 compared to the previous month on cheaper food and services, pulling down annual inflation rate to a new historic low of 0.66 percent, according to the data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INSSE). ...more »

Petromidia refinery processed a record amount of more than 465,000 tons of raw materials in May, the highest level since 1979 when it was commissioned, KMG International announced. The previous production record of 14,000 tons per day was therefore surpassed upon the upgrade and production capacity increase to over 5 million tons annually....more »

Building materials manufacturer Adeplast recorded an increasing turnover of 134 million lei (some 30.4 million euro) in the first half of the year, an advance by 35 percent year-on-year, according to Agerpres which cites a company informing. The export segment was one of the growth engines, accounting for nearly 4.5 percent of the reported revenues after an increase of 184 percent compared to H1 2013....more »

Fondul Proprietatea (FP) has completed the bookbuilding process for private placement on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, announced on July 8, 2014, of all securities held in Transelectrica. According to an informing from Franklin Templeton, the fund’s manager, the final number of offered shares is 9,895,212, equivalent to a 13.5 stake, valued at 21.5 lei each (approximately 4.88 euro per share)....more »

Romanian International Bank (RIB) is rebranding to Idea Bank following the recently closed transaction in which Polish bank Getin Holding took it over. The bank has also announced the relocation in Hermes Business Campus where leased 3,500 sqm for its new headquarter and the debt recovery division....more »

The Do It Yourself chain bauMax has reached an agreement for selling its domestic chain comprising 15 stores to French-based Adeo Group according to Agerpres which quotes APA. The sale was concluded through a “share deal” transaction, pending competition approval, whose price has not been disclosed....more »

eMAG IT Research will set up a software development center in Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, which will support the expansion of eMAG platform in Europe. The new center will employ about 200 people and will deliver the first software application this fall in October, expecting to come up with some 25.8 million euro for the regional development in the coming seven years....more »

Franklin Templeton, the manager of Fondul Proprietatea (FP) has announced its intention to sell up to 9,895,212 of shares, equivalent to the 13.5 percent stake currently owns in Transelecetrica, Romania’s system and transmission operator....more »

The deadline for joining the EU Business Avenues is approaching, so companies planning to expand their businesses in South Asia through this initiative launched by the European Commission can apply on the campaign’s website www.businessavenues.eu by July 11, 2014, announces Deloitte, the programme operator in Romania....more »

Lafarge assets’ in Romania could be sold as part of the strategy relative to the planned merger with Holcim to create Lafarge-Holcim, a giant group in the building materials industry, the two companies announced....more »
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