Arhiva Wall-Street - luna Octombrie 2008 - English-Version

Online election campaigns are inefficient in Romania, spin doctors say
1 Octombrie 2008
Internet and computers use has changed the way politicians interact with the public, according to Zsolt Nagy, former minister of Technology and Communication, who divides the history of Romanian election campaigns into B.C (before computer) and A.C...

Tens of million profit margins of stoneware business
1 Octombrie 2008
Founded seven years ago under motto “Just respect stone”, Venus Stones is focused on import, production and distribution of stone, with 20% market share. “The cornerstone of the company was seven years ago when the first logistic...

Romanian luxury car market rose twofold in August
1 Octombrie 2008
Luxury cars range in second-hand market in Romania include Bentley, Maserati, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Maybach and Wiesmann. The exclusive brand with biggest growth on used car segment in Romania was Bentley in first eight...

RTC’s strategy on a steady real estate market
1 Octombrie 2008
At present, Real Estate division of RTC is developing Theresianum project, located in Terezian neighborhood in Sibiu, now following to select the construction company for next project, that will be emplaced in Bucharest, where the construction works...

Pirelli pumps additional EUR 250 million in Romania by 2011
1 Octombrie 2008
According to company representatives, Pirelli’s new industrial pole in Romanian automotive sector has a strategic role into future development of the firm on the developing markets in Eastern Europe, and overall investment will mount to EUR 500...

AAA Auto might sell off 49% of the struggling Romanian subsidiary to a local car company
1 Octombrie 2008
The board of the company considers that in this way it will put up for sale cars with secure origin. “Lack of this kind of cars was a major problem for Romania” Czech-based AAA Auto representatives said at a media briefing. Due to...

Orange Romania: 15% of data activation sets are complete laptop and internet offers
1 Octombrie 2008
“The sale of complete laptop and internet offers represents 15% of overall Orange’s sales of broadband mobile data. Sale of subscriptions with mobile data and notebook computers started to grow at fast pace together with the implementation...

US financial meltdown hammers down Romanian national currency and Bucharest stock market. What’s next?
2 Octombrie 2008
A correlation of BSE with international markets, a weaker leu, a melting Romanian economic activity and lending against US and EU recession will be, according to specialists interviewed by Wall-Street, effects of the highest boiling point that...

Nine-months ‘aftermath’: BSE beats grimmest projections
2 Octombrie 2008
Bucharest Stock Exchange ended yesterday the first nine months of a very weak year. Evolution of the Bucharest trading beating the worst case scenario, prices of the issuers regressing to 3-4 years ago. Together with specialists in the Romanian equity...

How would a Bucharest trading developed of monetary instruments look like?
2 Octombrie 2008
A market developed of monetary instruments listed at the trading would have offers much more steady alternatives to investors compared to investments in stocks. “These instruments would have triggered a positive impact especially to...

What expansion strategy did local players adopt in the first nine months of 2008?
2 Octombrie 2008
Metro re-launches cash & carry expansion and continues real,-Hypermarket network extension After 3 years of focusing only on enforcing and developing own stores, German-based Metro decided to continue network expansion as of 2008. The...

P&G’s investment in Urlati to pose problems
2 Octombrie 2008
“Initial plans consisted in our attainability of investment to mount to 100 million dollars, as this effort will be backed by Romanian state – this way we can achieve our objectives much sooner,” added Ramona Brad, stressing that...

From passion to escalade to EUR 120,000 investment in own business
2 Octombrie 2008
“We wanted to be able to evolve in this sport, but we were limited by the existent wall, that covered some 12sqm. At first, we decided to set up a climbing wall for practice to meet European standards. The idea gained magnitude, and we own at the...

Wall-Street.ro, target of first phishing attack on domestic online publishing
2 Octombrie 2008
The message appears to be sent from a website whose URL is info@wall-street.ro saying: “Dear [e-mail address of the user], Wall-Street team has the pleasure to inform you that you are the winner of the contest «Win an iPhone with...

Historic rescue plan for American banks
3 Octombrie 2008
“Bucharest Stock Exchange had the same evolution as international stock markets, except FICs that climbed on shares buy-back hopes for FIC5,” Cristian Negoita, Asset Manager at Confident Invest stated for Wall-Street. Liquidity of the...

Wizz Air strategy for 2008-2009
3 Octombrie 2008
Thus, the first flight will be directed to Timisoara, the tenth operation airbase of the airline company, and the third in Romania, which will be opened in February 15 2009, following an investment estimated by the company at over 100 million euros....

Dacia unveils Logan MCV’s facelift version at Paris auto show
3 Octombrie 2008
The new Dacia Logan MCV will be available in Europe as of November this year. Laureate version of the new Dacia Logan MCV has a new dash board, inaugurated on Sandero model and a brand new board console. The new Dacia Logan MCV has a...

International crisis sweeps off BenQ Romania’s revenues
3 Octombrie 2008
According to last year’s earning report, the company registered 21 million euros turnover, while earlier this year, the producer forecasted a 30% growth up to 28 million euros. “If in first quarter market growth was mildly affected by...

Highlights of PR industry Oscars event
3 Octombrie 2008
With nine campaigns nominee and six coveted awards, Rogalski Grigoriu managed to prove that the cornerstone of a successful PR business is constancy, according to Eliza Rogalski, managing partner of the agency. “I am very proud of my co-workers,...

Nine-month outlook on Romanian PR market
3 Octombrie 2008
Final quarter is the most thriving one also for agencies that work based on long-term contracts, and the pay packages consist in monthly fees (not project-based pay packages), like in The Practice. “The final quarter is usually the...

J.Grunig: US Financial crisis was narrowly managed by PR persons
3 Octombrie 2008
“I’m not sure there’s a public relations person who had the knowledge that the financial products were so risky that he or she could have provided such advice. I’m not even sure that the CEOs of the investment banks really knew...

Drugstore chains pull off the plug from rural areas
6 Octombrie 2008
Although the chain covers 48 drugstores, Centrofarm holds only one unit in rural area, in Magurele, Ilfov county. “Drug market, same as all developing industries is very dynamic. This vitality entails big demand in specialized personnel...

Lending pace will slow 25% next year – Negritoiu said
6 Octombrie 2008
“Lending growth pace in economy will slow 25% from 60% in this year’s early months. Probably we will all live in smaller houses, people will buy less cutting-edge cars, motorcycles or expensive clothes,” Misu Negrotiu pointed out....

Acer Romania’s sales volume soars 194% in first nine months
6 Octombrie 2008
The company sold 42,000 notebook computers through local authorized vendors in first nine months. “Acer sold out, since early 2008, approximately 42,000 notebook computers, through local authorized vendors (SCOP Computers, ELKOTech Romania,...

Tango - a hobby that turned into a lifestyle
6 Octombrie 2008
Tangotangent is one of the most prolific Argentine tango schools in Romania, founded in December 2005 by Daniel Mandita, Amalia Iscu and Gilbert Iscu. The founders don’t see the activity as a business, but rather as hobby that sheds color into...

Head of AFI Europe: no need to quicken the leasing process of a mall
6 Octombrie 2008
AFI Cotroceni Park is located at crossroads of Timisoara and Vasile Milea boulevards in Bucharest, in the former plot of UMEB factory and covers 76,000sqm surface for rent. The project will include four more office buildings and a hotel, the investment...

RedesignMe.com, the compressed solution of a Dutch start-up
6 Octombrie 2008
Schram’s business was included in Design Academy of Eindhoven, where the Dutch taught Interactive Design classes “This means you analyze a product’s design not only for the way it looks, but for the interaction the user will have with...

How to turn a passion into a business?
6 Octombrie 2008
Thus, Internet business and sports club emerged, and so did London Club, one of the best known billiard clubs in Bucharest. “I watched the world’s snooker championship on TV, and I started being very drawn to it, therefore I started the...

20 biggest corporate deals in first nine-months
6 Octombrie 2008
Value of mergers and acquisitions in Romania closed in first nine months of this year amounted to 1.246 billion US dollars, after 126 million euros in third quarter, lower than Q3 in 2007, according to Wall-Street calculations. If in first half...

Banca Transilvania raises threefold nine-month net profit
6 Octombrie 2008
Thus, 223 million lei net profit is the funds received for a quarter of Asiban insurer’s shares. Without this contribution, Banca Transilvania’s operating profit amounted to 173.5 million lei in January-September interval 2008, 30%...

Banca Transilvania raises threefold nine-month net profit
7 Octombrie 2008
Thus, 223 million lei net profit is the funds received for a quarter of Asiban insurer’s shares. Without this contribution, Banca Transilvania’s operating profit amounted to 173.5 million lei in January-September interval 2008, 30%...

How to turn a passion into a business?
7 Octombrie 2008
Thus, Internet business and sports club emerged, and so did London Club, one of the best known billiard clubs in Bucharest. “I watched the world’s snooker championship on TV, and I started being very drawn to it, therefore I started the...

20 biggest corporate deals in first nine-months
7 Octombrie 2008
Value of mergers and acquisitions in Romania closed in first nine months of this year amounted to 1.246 billion US dollars, after 126 million euros in third quarter, lower than Q3 in 2007, according to Wall-Street calculations. If in first half...

How to turn a passion into a business?
7 Octombrie 2008
Thus, Internet business and sports club emerged, and so did London Club, one of the best known billiard clubs in Bucharest. “I watched the world’s snooker championship on TV, and I started being very drawn to it, therefore I started the...

Mihai Rohan, Carpatcement: Turnover will not be dented by foreign currency exchange rate, but will surely affect the profit margin
7 Octombrie 2008
“I believe the national currency will exceed even 4 lei/euro, and will probably stabilize at this level. This downside path of leu dents our activity, due to costs boost. The fuel used in technologic process and a part of the equipment is...

National currency’s meltdown spawns doom on local real estate industry
7 Octombrie 2008
Ilinca Paun, Head of Residential Department at Colliers International says leu’s downslide will affect individuals with pay packages in national currency and have to pay installments for housing loans contracted in national currency, but this...

Drug industry reels from leu’s downslide
8 Octombrie 2008
75% of the drugs in the market are imported from EUR/CHF zone, therefore this will be reflected in the major declines of profit margin compared to previous years,” Dragos Damian (photo), managing director at Zentiva said in a statement. It seems...

Leu’s downslide slips IT&C players into the red
8 Octombrie 2008
Foreign currency exchange rate’s sways will affect Romtelecom, biggest landline operator, due to major expenses expressed in euro, company representatives stated. “Companies in telecommunication segment are likely to feel the least...

Regulators halt trading session [UPDATE4]
8 Octombrie 2008
[UPDATE4] Bucharest Stock Exchange, likely to halt trading session for more than one day [UPDATE3]: BVB decides to maintain halt, brokers’ decision up next BSE regulators, gathered in the emergency session, have decided to keep halt...

Euro nears to 4lei threshold: who are the winners of this climate
8 Octombrie 2008
The national currency stabilized near to3.95lei/euro after plunging down to four-year lows during the day, as prime minister and NBR governor’s messages failed to lift the quotations of the leu. National currency might drop down to 4lei/euro...

Cosmetic market’s performance in Romania in the context of a melted national currency
8 Octombrie 2008
Tatoiu: Strategies implemented since late last year turns us into a bystander that watches the show If national currency reaches 4lei/euro, Monica Tatoiu, managing director at Cosmetics Oriflame Romania said the company’s budget was framed...

Bucharest, third most attractive for Europe’s 500 biggest multinational companies
8 Octombrie 2008
According to European Cities Monitor report, Bucharest is outcompeted by Moscow and Prague, tying with Warsaw, outranking Budapest. The 500 companies say Bucharest is making more efforts to upgrade conditions of the business climate than Moscow,...

Patriciu: NBR has a narrow cure for Romanian economy
8 Octombrie 2008
According to aforementioned businessman, measures are required in infrastructure works and a streamline of management procedures, to remove administrative barrier from capital investments. “The crisis has already spawned damages in real...

Tourism agencies: winter holidays will gear 20% of overall income
9 Octombrie 2008
“We forecast high demand in ski resorts destinations. The top destinations this year will remain resorts in Austria, Egypt, Malta, Dubai. If the charters to Egypt are already tradition to J’Info Tours, charter offers for Christmas and New...

On large telecommunication markets, clients’ loyalty is low
9 Octombrie 2008
Mobile telephony market leader, Orange Romania says that on a market with fierce competition, the clients’ loyalty plunged. “An important factor that influences loyalty level of the clients on a certain market is the competition on the...

NBR: No bank in Romania is facing liquidity shortage
9 Octombrie 2008
“I assure you that absolutely no bank in the system is facing liquidity problems, and that all banks in Romania are within normal parameters set by National Bank of Romania, “ Nicolae Cinteza said on Wednesday at a media briefing, aired by...

Romania, Europe’s third biggest agricultural country after France and Germany
9 Octombrie 2008
According to BCR report, “Romania’ agriculture between potential and reality”, external funding is vital for agriculture, as the governmental support will be limited in the following years. Same report reads that the fragmented...

CNVM passes Andrei Siminel’s intention to purchase 95% stake in Vanguard
9 Octombrie 2008
Sources in the market stated to Wall-Street that Andrei Siminel controlled Vanguard through Lapworth Holdings Ltd, former majority shareholder of the company. Although there is no information to certify the takeover of the brokerage company management,...

Head of VB Leasing: Leu’s downslide will lead to cost increase to end-user
9 Octombrie 2008
“Drop of national currency will not trigger any major changes in company’s profit margins. It is natural that together with international financial problems, refunding costs have started to rise, and these changes will lead, in the end, to...

P&G, ready to cope with national currency’s backdown?
9 Octombrie 2008
Focusing efforts on valuable brands within P&G portfolio and cutting production costs, as constant action, are few of the safety measures adopted by company representatives in the context of leu’s backdown against euro, Ramona Brad, external...

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