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Arrival of Subway giant spurs investment in niche franchises, too
The Romanian franchise market has entered an upward trend, with the bet of some giants such as Subway (the fast-food outlet chain) on Romania spurring smaller, niche, businesses, such as pas...
Provisions slow down: monthly growth, no higher than half a billion lei
The monthly growth pace of provisions started to slow down from the fourth quarter of 2010, and February brought bankers a new breath of fresh air.
Cataramă, Elvila: Costs are minimal now, so it's time for investments
Businessman Viorel Cataramă, one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the furniture industry, who controls the Elvila business, is planning to expand the store network this year, having sig...
One more suitor for Oltchim
Britain's Carlson Ventures International fund has come to own 12% in Oltchim Râmnicu-Vâlcea (OLT) chemical plant and is likely to enter the race for the company's privatisation, in which Ger...
Roland Berger boss: Romania's chance is to become an R&D lab for Western companies
One of Romania's main competitive advantages at this moment, its being a low-cost location for major Western companies, will lose its edge in 2020 and the alternative is for the country to b...
ECB gives signal for euro-denominated loans to become more expensive
The European Central Bank (ECB) gave the signal for euro-denominated loans to become more expensive yesterday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, to 1.25% a...
Dumitru, Fiscal Council: Fiscal consolidation and public sector personnel cuts are mid-way
Next year's budget deficit target, of 3% of GDP, seems to be challenging and ambitious and may require additional measures of tightening budget spending and an improvement in tax collection,...
"First Home" 4 reaches one billion-euro cap
Four top-ranking banks - BCR, BRD, Banca Transilvania and Bancpost - have so far announced they will participate in the "First Home" 4 scheme, with an overall cap of one billion euros, compa...
Nvidia: Video card sales growth beyond expectations, PC market is rebounding
The video card (graphics processing units) market for desktop computers could grow to 170,000 units this year if sales continue at the same pace as recorded in the first quarter of the year,...