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Reporter: What are your estimates on the evolution of the capital market for this year?

Reporter: Concisely, could you discuss what 2011 was like for the stock market and for the Bucharest Stock Exchange?

Răzvan Furtună, the head of the Treasury Products Sales to Retail Customers of BCR, part of the Financial Markets Division of the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR), considers that the price of gold will continue to rise, as portfolio investments in...

Alina Piciorea, the head of the Corporate and Retail Sales Department and of the Treasury and Financial Markets Department of Piraeus Bank, said that the price of gold is still supported by the demand for gold bars and coins, by the purchases...

Răzvan Rusu, the investment director of Certinvest, considers that the price of gold will not go above 1,900 dollars/ounce.

Reporter: How did you come to run for the position of member of the Board of Directors of the Bucharest Stock Exchange?

Romania, just like the US and even the EU have escaped the economic crisis.

The Board of the Bucharest Stock Exchange has postponed for today the decision concerning the summoning of a new General Shareholder Meeting, to discuss the amendment of the change of the company's articles of incorporation by introducing the...

Reporter: What is your opinion on how stocks have evolved in 2011?

Lucian Anghel, the candidate proposed by BCR for the presidency of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, wants to take the market operator "to the next level" and to turn it from "a boat" into "a cruiser".

Products that use 3D technology are increasingly present in retail stores, and their prices are dropping due to an increase in competition.

Under the threat of dismissal, the current management of the Bucharest Stock Exchange shows off its weapons in a move meant to intimidate.

Romania is far more prepared than it was in the past to handle next year's "financial storm" PM Emil Boc said.

Lucian Bute and Cristi Chivu were the best paid Romanian athletes in 2011. Admired, criticized, cheered, or cursed at, athletes are some of the most envied people on the planet for two reasons: their fame and their income. Even if we are in full...

Schaeffler Romania, which owns a plant in Cristian, in the county of Braşov, expects its output to increase 15% in 2012 compared to the level of 1.2 billion lei which will be reached at the end of this year, said Alexandru Blemovici, the managing...

Rumors concerning the replacement of Dominic Bruynseels as the CEO of BCR has been going around at an increasing rate.

The shareholders of the Bucharest Stock Exchange have already begun preparations for the General Shareholder Meeting of January, in which the stake is the leadership of the exchange operator.

• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania had suspended the Approval of Force Majeure granted to "Hidroelectrica" 

On Friday, the Romanian authorities signed loan agreements with the European Investment Bank (BEI). The loan is taken on at an interest rate of less than 4%, for the co-financing of the Universitate-Pantelimon subway segment and for environmental...

District 1:The "Gemenii" ("Twins"), "Sadoveanu", "Buba", and "Capone" clans. The "Twins" are accused of being involved in the theft of luxury cars, as they were involved in the theft of the...

FM Romania, one of the most important logistics players in the FMCG sector, expects its turnover to increase 22 million Euros this year, as it succeeded in raising new customers.

A burning wish of investors - the raising of the maximum holding limit in the SIFs - was fulfilled yesterday, after a wait of approximately two years.

In a visit to China, Prince Paul of Romania has proposed "Huawei" officials to invest in Jucu, taking the place of "Nokia".

The development of the stock market depends on the privatization of companies through IPOs and on the raising of the holding threshold in the SIFs from 1% to 5%, several investors said yesterday, in a press conference.

Aerostar Bacău yesterday announced that it has scheduled investments of 20.9 million lei for next year.

The government in Budapest hopes to raise 15-20 billion Euros through a 3-4 year loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, which could be used as a solution of last resort, if the country's economy stagnates.

Investors will be able to bet on the general evolution of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, through a simple trade, after the Romanian National Securities Commission (CNVM) has established the framework for the creation and operation of ETFs (ed....

The tense situation on a European level has succeeded in getting the domestic party in power and the opposition to sit down at the same table.

According to analysts consulted by BURSA, the likelihood of meeting the schedule for the privatization of minority stakes in several state owned companies, which was agreed with the International Monetary Fund, are minimal, according to the...

The chain increases in the price of natural gas for non-household consumers over the last six months, compounded by the rise in price of electricity to occur next year, will affect Romania's industry, said Cristian Pârvan, the secretary...

The rebuilding of the financial stability of Europe's economy was approached from the wrong end, by trying to deal with the effects rather than the causes of the crisis which was brought about by the vortex caused by unshackling of the...

Romania's joining of the fiscal pact, concluded by the European leaders at the summit which was held in Brussels at the end of last week, will have a favorable effect on the economy, and will result in more disciplined macroeconomic policies,...

Romania is currently consolidating its exit from recession, Adrian Vasilescu, advisor to the governor of the Romanian National Bank (NBR) said at the EU-COFILE seminar held yesterday, hosted in Sinaia by the NBR, the Romanian Banking Association...

Switching to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), in 2012, will not result in unhealthy lending, but the Romanian National Bank (BNR) has established prudential filters that would prevent the artificial increase of banks'...

The summit of European leaders in Brussels, scheduled to take place between December 8th and December 9th, whose main topic is the French-German proposal of a fiscal union intended to set tighter rules for the national budgets, is causes...

The events that the Euro crisis is feeding on are becoming increasingly strange lately.

În cadrul vizitei sale de astăzi la Bucureşti, directorul FBI, Robert Mueller, s-a întâlnit cu preşedintele Traian Băsescu, procurorul general, Laura Codruţa Kovesi, Ioan Dascălu, secretar de stat, şef al Departamentului ordine şi siguranţă...

In the month of December, nothing is greater than people's appetite for shopping. This is proven by concrete figures.

Romania will be allowed to export pork meat to the European Union (EU), starting with January 1st, 2012, Valeriu Tabără, the Romanian minister of Agriculture.

The Euro yesterday depreciated on the international market, after Standard & Poor's warned it might downgrade 15 words in the Eurozone, as well as the rating of bonds of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF).

The maximum AAA rating of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) was placed on watch by ratings firm S&P yesterday, with a view for a downgrade, after making a similar decision on the 15 states of the Eurozone.