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Shareholders in Banca Carpatica (BSE:BCC) have positively revised the net profit estimate for this year to 7.2 million RON, up by 7 per cent from the previously released estimate.

"Burberry Group" Plc, the largest British luxury goods producer, increased its dividend for the last time in the last year and a half, after posting a profit in the first half of its fiscal year.

Hungary will not draw the next tranche of the stand-by loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and will postpone taking financial assistance offered by the European Union, according to an announcement by Hungarian Finance...

One year after opening their first store in Timisoara, Bebeloo opened its second store in the city within the newly built extension of the Iulius Mall, which was inaugurated on 12 November.

National Liberal Party (PNL) Deputy George Scutaru, Vice Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday said that the MPs would discuss appointing a parliamentary inquiry panel for the Omar Hayssam Case by the end of the...

The Romanian durable goods (electrical appliances) market amounted to EUR 366 million in Q3 2009, up from EUR 308 million in Q2 2009. However, the market shrank 42.3% in the first three quarters of 2008, according to data compiled by research...

Without funding from the international financial institutions, without any chance to take loans from foreign markets and with domestic banks pressuring for higher interest rates, the National Bank of Romania has been forced to come once again to...

In recent weeks, several articles in the Romanian press have highlighted a campaign by ANAF to seize as much as three billion euro from our country"s own citizens.

Former DIICOT prosecutor Ciprian Nastasiu yesterday held a press conference on the occasion of the launch of the book by Romanian-American writer Victor Gaetan, which will be published under the title "The Robbing of Romania".

Mefin - Sinaia (BSE:MEF) achieved a net turnover of 15.14 million RON for the first nine months of the year, down by nearly 25 per cent from the year-earlier period, according to a financial report released on Friday.

Romania"s GDP continued to drop in the third quarter of 2009, (-0.7% over Q2 2009 and dropped 7.4% over Q3 2009, the first estimates of the National Statistics Institute show.

The economy of the Eurozone exited its deepest recession since WW2, as exports from France and Germany recovered in the third quarter, compensating for the drop in spending caused by consumer wariness.

Romania"s political crisis is having indirect effects, by causing a rise in the cost of foreign financing, as foreign investors are becoming increasingly risk adverse.

Major producers of coal-based energy have raised their open market prices by about 10-15% compared to last year.

Medias-based drilling company Dafora (RASDAQ:DAFR) has recently caught the attention of investors interested in acquiring significant share packages, according to Gheorghe Calburean, who holds 48.58 per cent in the company.

Shareholders in IAR - Ghimbav have decided to relieve Aurel Cazacu of his duties as Chairman of the Board of Directors and replace him with Constantin Stafie.

"ArcelorMittal", the world"s largest steel maker, today decided to acquire a 13.9% stake in its Czech arm "ArcelorMittal Ostrava" for $ 404.3 million (6.88 billion Czech Crowns) from a division of "PPF Group" NV.

Governments may need up to seven years to sell their stakes in banks bailed out during the financial crisis, due to the complexity of the bailout agreements, as well as due to the economic environment which is unfavorable to any divestment,...

The Ministry of Finance will not accept yields in excess of 10 per cent p.a. on governmental securities issued this year, Secretary of State Bogdan Dragoi told the CEI Summit Economic Forum.

• Farmers may not receive State aid in 2010 as the European Commission has not been notified and the dismissed Government cannot do so • The stake: over 1 billion RON • Parliament receives on the same day two different draft laws regulating the same...  

Romania will continue to resort to loans to finance its budget deficit for 2010, estimated at 5.9% of the GDP, Finance Minister Pogea yesterday said, during the CEI Summit Economic Forum.

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Privatizations in the energy sector should continue, World Bank officials said, during the CEI Summit Economic Forum.

World Bank officials expect Romania"s potential economic growth rate to remain around 2% over the next two years, down from the 4% forecasts made in the previous years.

AFI Palace Cotroceni, the largest mall in Eastern Europe, was officially launched Tuesday night, after being open for the public on October 29th.

The State Asset Recovery Authority (AVAS) has announced intent to organise an open auction to sell 1,128,055 shares equal to 9.5716 per cent in the share capital of Iasi-based poultry farming company Avicola (listed as AVIM on the RASDAQ platform...

Dutch-based financial group ING Groep NV concluded the third quarter of the year with a profit, following an improvement in market conditions.

The Ministry of the Economy yesterday sent to Brussels the necessary documents for receiving the opinion of the European Commission on the cancellation of the debts of the National Coal Company (CNH), which has 2.7 billion lei in arrears.

The amounts invested by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Romania nearly doubled this year, through loans and stakes in various companies.

Romania has passed the peak of the crisis and the economic condition has stabilized lately, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Chief Economist Erik Berglof stated yesterday during a roundtable of the ministers in charge of...

Members of the Parliament are now reviewing the extension of the measure adopted last year which subsidized the price of gas produced domestically for fertilizer makers.

After more than half a year of debates and procrastination, the Senate yesterday approved the draft law increasing the limitation of holdings in the financial investment firms (SIFs) from 1 per cent to 5 per cent.

Gold has reached yet another historical high on London and New York markets as the dollar continues to decline. Spot gold prices gained 11.53 USD (1 per cent) to a record 1,117.33 USD/once in London, then lost a little to 1,116.13 USD/ounce.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions the awarding of the EUR 1.5 billion installment that our authorities are expecting in December, and by the structure of spending mentioned in the Law of Budget for 2010, as the simple approval of...

The decision to move the Trade Registry from under the Authority of the Ministry of Justice and Citizen Freedoms (MJLC) under that of the Romanian Chamber of Trade and Industry (CCIR) creates major difficulties for Romanian companies, as the...

Loans will not get cheaper, at least not until next year, as banks will focus on lending to the state, since they are not willing to take the risk on lending to companies and individuals, analysts say

Russian energy group Gazprom could claim penalties from European Union customers for falling short of contracted purchase volumes by 8-9 billion cubic meters of gas.

Pfizer Inc., the world"s largest drug maker, will close six of its 20 research and development facilities and cut jobs in the U.S. and Britain.

"Vodafone Group" Plc, the world"s largest mobile telephony operator, reported a 2.9% increase in earnings, during the first fiscal quarter and plans to trim its expenses by an additional GBP 1 billion (USD 1.66 billion).

Banca Comerciala Romana (the Romanian Commercial Bank, BCR) has started a new line of business, the BCR Fleet Management, which will lease and rent light road vehicles.

The Romanian brokers" dream to trade shares in the Fondul Proprietatea (the Property Fund) on the newly set up Romanian Over The Counter (ROTC) platform of the Brokers Association seems farther and farther as several minority shareholders and...

The process began in July and included development workings in the former credit centers, located in 15 cities - Arad, Bacău, Braşov, Bucharest, Craiova, Cluj, Constanţa, Galaţi, Iaşi, Oradea,...

Most of the fertilizer produced domestically using subsidized gas gets exported, because Romanian farmers can"t afford to buy them.