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Cheap credits are not necessarily the most appropriate
Which is the most worthwhile credit: the lei or foreign currency-denominated one? At a first glance, the answer is the dollar-denominated credit because it is cheaper and the interest rate i...
Global GDP went up 150%
In the 20th century, a quarter of the world population became three times poorer, while another quarter became six times richer. This is the conclusion reached during the first day of the an...
Advertising, commerce's unbottled genie
Early-year statistics reveal a sharp polarisation in consumption, against a general drop in domestic intake. The same statistics point to a drop in investments and a saturation of household...
The Czechs of Tepro Iasi get ready to pack
Two investors, a Romanian and a foreign one, are negotiating with the Czech firm Zelezarny Veseli a contract for the cession of Tepro Iasi stock the company bought from the State Ownership F...
Two terms are given: Isarescu and Stolojan. With whom to combine them?
Negotiations among parties on certain President-Premier tandems that can win the general elections have brought to the spotlight two very frequently mentioned names, Mugur Isarescu and Theod...
Times and people
We couldn't make it beyond the quarter finals. Perhaps because we did our job and qualified in the groups and already achieved "the best performance" at the European Championship. In the mat...
Petrom invests $10m in Hungary
Petrom National Oil Company (SNP) will invest ten million dollars in Hungary over the next years, according to the company's spokesperson, Gabriel Nastase, quoted by the Hungarian daily Napi...
OECD to cast cloud of sanctions on tax havens
The OECD yesterday published a much-feared list of tax havens in an increasingly hard-hitting bid to clamp down on big banking centres which thrive off investments by foreigners evading tax...
The big bucks come from selling businesses, not scrap iron
In Romania, a country with a free falling economy, there are investors willing to offer millions of dollars for several kilometres of cables linking houses or satellite transmitters, while n...