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Two opposite approaches to the energy problem
Poland and Hungary have segmented the energy generation and distribution chain and are about to make energy a market commodity, signalling the beginning of a competition-driven market, where...
Privatisation of tourism assets could happen in 2001
Privatisation of tourism commercial companies might be finalised in the year 2001, in line with the action plan related to the tourism section in the national strategy for medium-term econom...
A new SAFI, other "safiosi"
FNI managers are keeping a low profile after their fund went down. This is the best way to describe what happened at the FNI. What has actually happened will only crop up after the investiga...
Japan defends economic data amid fresh doubts
Japan defended itself yesterday against an allegation that it had cooked the books to make its economy look better, but the controversy revived doubts about the reliability of official data...
From the album, to oil deals and Iliescu posters
The "French affair" broke out when Le Parisien ran an article titled "French judge investigates in Bucharest." According to the article, judge Henri Pons had left for Bucharest to inquire in...
FNI scandal scares away investment funds depositors
The accounting situation of FNI (National Investments Fund) and SOV Invest will be assessed within 30 days, to the end of scheduling payment resuming, the National Securities Commission (CNV...
Astra Vagoane Arad posts profit, after three years of losses
Carriers and underground carriers manufacturer Astra Vagoane Arad managed to reach net profit standing at 15.58 billion lei on the first quarter of this year, an evolution occurring after th...
IMF calms down rating agencies
Rating agencies don't always have first-hand information, according to Horst Koehler, IMF general director. He referred to negative opinions on Romania, voiced by rating agencies, which are...
Carlton unveils pan-European "@lliance"
Britain's Carlton Communications Plc said yesterday it had forged a 250 million euro ($228 million) pan-European Internet and interactive TV venture with broadcasters in Germany, Italy, Fran...