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Cristian Sima, one of the best-known players on the Romanian capital market, and Paul Miclăuş, former advisor with the CNVM, have been appointed by the CNVM as directors of the Sibiu Exchange, the company said in a communiqué.

The Macro store of Bran was inaugurated yesterday, following an investment of 500,000 Euros, according to a press release by Mercadia Holland BV, the company which manages the Macro and Mic.ro chains of stores.

The shareholders of Dafora Mediaş, specializing in drilling and construction, have approved the increase of the company"s share capital by 5.1 million lei, from 97.3 million lei to 102.4 million lei.

The Ministry of the Economy will increase the share capital of "Hidroelectrica" and "Nuclearelectrica" by 10%, in a public offering, the Ministry announced yesterday.

• Trading in the EUR/USD and SIBGOLD_USD contracts, suspended indefinitely 

The shareholders of Mechel Târgovişte have approved the contracting of two loans of 50 million Euros each, together with three companies in the group - Laminorul, Ductil Steel and Mechel Câmpia Turzii.

The shareholders of clothing factory "Comixt" of Roşiorii de Vede (symbol: COMB), decided on Saturday to increase the share capital from 773,994.45 lei to 8,753,994.45 lei by issuing 42 million new shares, according to a report sent to...

After losing the installations for making fertilizer in foreclosure, "Amonil" Slobozia (symbol: AMO) could become an electricity maker, more than three years after the shareholders of the company have approved a contract with...

"Nutritional supplements account for about 200 million Euros of the pharmaceutical market", said Ciprian Bostan, general manager at "Bio Integra" SRL, who added: "Sales have really increased, if we consider that they were...

Oil carrier "Conpet" Ploieşti (symbol: COTE) reported a net profit of 23.4 million lei in H1 2011, up from 15.3 million lei in H1 2010.

The turnover of IAR Ghimbav increased 39.45% in the first semester of 2011, from 28.911 million lei to 40.315 million lei, whereas the company"s profit fell almost 34%, from 5.434 million lei to 3.588 million lei, according to the report that...

"Uzinele Mecanice Timişoara" (UMT) intends to sell a plot of land with a total surface of 66,643 sqm to "Continental Automotive Products", in exchange for 3.99 million Euros, according to information published in the Official Gazette.

Tax evasion in the vegetable and fruit sector will fall by more than 90%, if the European Commission accepted the request of the Romanian government to enact reverse taxation, said Valeriu Tabără, the minister of agriculture: "We have...

Starting this month, Bank Leumi Romania has changed the interest margins and the commissions for home loans.

• The company led by the Paraschiv family has begun the studies for the construction of a new farm 

The state has once again become a shareholder of "Rompetrol Rafinare" Constanţa (symbol:RRC), with a stake of 44.69% of the company, after the latter recorded with the Trade Registry the 80.8% share capital increase, (by about 4.41...

Garanti Bank offers higher interest rates to customers opening term deposits through the internet banking system, according to a press release by the bank. Such deposits will receive an additional 0.5% over the standard interest rate upon opening...

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• The company has launched a new brand in Romania, "Staropramen", which will strengthen its market share 

With one exception - Mr. Siminel Andrei - the members of the Board of Directors remained silent when asked to express their opinions on the regularity of the "Petrom" Secondary Public Offering.

The reference price for shares of "OMV Petrom" (SNP) of the 9.84% block of shares put up for sale by the Romanian state via a Secondary Public Offering has been set at 0.3708 lei/share, in the Special Meeting of the Government which was...

The bids of the three investors who submitted the tender books for the acquisition of the mines of SC "Moldomin" SA Moldova Nouă were not opened yesterday, since some of the members of the commission were missing, said Răzvan Zăvăleanu,...

Businessman Cătălin Chelu bought another 2.96 million shares (8.27%) of Argus Constanţa, having paid 8.8 million lei so far.

In Q1 2011, SIF Transilvania had a net profit of 89.9 million lei, a four-fold increase YOY from 22.3 million lei.

• Shares of SCUT Constanţa have already been suspended from trading for two months, due to the dispute with the management of the company 

The foundations of the economic crisis, which shook the world"s economy, in particular in the US and in Europe, were laid as early back as 1981, when the global operation for brutal deregulation and liberalization of the North-American market...

The editorial office of BURSA has enquired on the position of the authorities and of the officials of the capital market on two controversial issues, tied to the ongoing Secondary Public Offering of Petrom.

Reporter: "Delta Valori Mobiliare" is a market-maker for the EUR/RON and oil contracts on the Sibiu exchange.

The sale of another 10% of Petrom should theoretically make Romania, the Bucharest Stock Exchange and the players of the capital market rejoice.

The shareholders of chemical plant Chimcomplex Borzeşti, approved the taking of a loan of 8.6 million Euros, which will be used for energy efficiency works.

Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin announced in a communiqué sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange that it intends to take out a loan of 2.35 million Euros from CEC Bank and Banca Transilvania.

Austrian oil group OMV, the majority shareholder of Petrom, announced on Wednesday that the Schiehallion joint venture, in which OMV owns 5.88% of the shares, is to spend 3 billion Euros on the re-development of the Schiehallion oil field to the...

The price of gold reached a historic high yesterday, on the London and New York exchanges, amid worries over the spread of sovereign debt in Europe.

Urban inhabitants are confused on the meaning of "organic food", a study made by ISRA Center Marketing Research, which emphasizes that "1 out of 10 Romanians say that they don"t know the meaning of the notion of organic products...

"Dafora" Mediaş (DAFR), controlled by businessman Gheorghe Călburean, has won a framework contract for the drilling of gas and oil wells, worth approximately 23 million Euros, from "Petrom", according to a press release sent to...

Spain and Italy going into a tailspin would affect Romania and steps need to be taken to mitigate the effects of such an event, Adrian Vasilescu, advisor to the governor of the Romanian Central Bank said yesterday, hinting at the potential...

Based on the principle "let"s make a mess of the law", the players of the capital market involved in the Secondary Public Offering of 9.84% of Petrom, are doing their best to construe the Code of the Exchange to fit their purposes, in...