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French retailer Carrefour invests EUR 20m to open another store in central Romania
Carrefour, the unit of Europe's largest retailer, will spend some 20 million euros to open a hypermarket in Sibiu (central Romania), this being slated to be completed next year, people with the company said.…
Romania's BCR Leasing IFN sees 37% hike in financed goods last year, to EUR 400m
BCR Leasing IFN, the leasing division of the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR), financed 37 percent more goods last year against the previous, according to the company's general manager, Claudiu Emanuil Stanescu.…
Sales of Ikea reach EUR 70m in the first nine months of activity on the Romanian market
Ikea Romania, the unit of the world's largest retailer of home furniture, posted 70 million euros nine-month sales, according to a release by the company.…
The hike in salaries will not exceed labor productivity in 2008, Romania's PM says
The government will not afford this year salary increases which will exceed labor productivity, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said.…
Mobile phone operator Cosmote Romania spends EUR 2m on the development of customer services
Mobile phone operator Cosmote Romania, member of Greece's OTE Group, invested 2 million euros in a new customer service center, located in Iride Business Park, near Bucharest.…
Romania could witness the doubling of its mortgage loans market by 2009, bank official says
Romania's mortgage credits market could double next year reaching to 8 billion euros, according to the estimates of mortgage loans division manager with Bancpost, Ana Cernat.…
Mazda's sales in Romania up seven-fold in January due to higher demand
Mazda, Japan's fourth-largest automaker, sold seven-times more cars on the Romanian market in January this year against the same month last year, according to the company.…
Romania can ask Gaz the France for help regarding its part in the Nabucco project, official says
The government can ask Gaz de France for a collaboration concerning Romania's part in the Nabucco project, said the country's Foreign Affairs Minister Adrian Cioroianu; the official admitted tackling the subject during his visit in France, in mid January this year.…
Famous fast-food chain Burger King to break into the Romanian market this spring
Burger King, the second-largest U.S. hamburger chain, plans to expand activity on the Romanian market this spring, according to the company's representatives.…