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Catalina Apostoiu

Reporter

Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Analysts’ Confidence In Romanian Economy Rebounds In November After Five Months Of Pessimism
Macroeconomics

Analysts’ Confidence In Romanian Economy Rebounds In November After Five Months Of Pessimism

The mainly good news brought by the main macroeconomic indices in the second half of 2014 and the easing political tensions rebuilt analysts’ optimism after several months of plummeting conf...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.12.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Gerald Schweighofer Makes RON2.3B From Romanian Wood With 2,500 Employees
Companies

Gerald Schweighofer Makes RON2.3B From Romanian Wood With 2,500 Employees

Holzindustrie Schweighofer group of companies, controlled by Austrian businessman Gerald Schweighofer, will end 2014 with total revenue worth 2.3 billion lei (EUR512 million), up 9% from 201...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.12.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania Has 164 Ski Slopes With Totaling 146 Km, Equivalent Of Single Ski Resort In France Or Austria
Analysis

Romania Has 164 Ski Slopes With Totaling 146 Km, Equivalent Of Single Ski Resort In France Or Austria

Romania has 146 km of ski slopes in 20 counties in the wake of some new investments in ski areas operated this year, from 136 km in 2013, according to a ZF survey based on data provided by t...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.12.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Adama: First Home Scheme Supports Residential Sales, But Bigger Efforts Are Needed
Real Estate

Adama: First Home Scheme Supports Residential Sales, But Bigger Efforts Are Needed

Real estate developer Adama, owned by Austria’s Immofinanz group, sold almost 200 apartments this year and readies to start works on a 77-apartment block in Berceni district of southern Buch...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.12.2014 · 01:09 · 2 min
Burger King’s Plans At Its Second Try In Romania: 30 Restaurants In 4 Years And Investments Of Tens Of Million Euros
Retail&Consumer

Burger King’s Plans At Its Second Try In Romania: 30 Restaurants In 4 Years And Investments Of Tens Of Million Euros

US fast-food chain Burger King has already set its plans for its second try on the Romanian market: 30 restaurants for the next four years and investments of several million euros, according...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.12.2014 · 00:59 · 2 min
Bounced Payments Hit Ron800M In November, Up 55% On The Year
Banks-Insurance

Bounced Payments Hit Ron800M In November, Up 55% On The Year

Checks and promissory notes worth 807 million lei (EUR180 million) bounced last month, 55% above the level of the same period of last year, according to central bank data. The payments bounc...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.12.2014 · 00:52 · 1 min
Vodafone Romania's Priorities In 2015: Internet Services, Business Clients And M-Pesa
Technology &Telecoms

Vodafone Romania's Priorities In 2015: Internet Services, Business Clients And M-Pesa

Eight months after taking over the reins of Vodafone Romania, Ravinder Takkar says the priorities set for the company were the right ones, and that these are the main targets for 2015 as wel...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.12.2014 · 00:42 · 2 min
Real Estate

Tiriac Invests EUR30M In Downtown Office Building

Tiriac Imobiliare, the real estate unit of businessman Ion Tiriac, is set to invest EUR30 million in an office building in Buzesti street, near Bucharest’s Victoriei Square.

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.12.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
But For The 7-Cent Excise, The Price Of Gasoline In Romania Would Have Hit A Four-Year Low
Energy

But For The 7-Cent Excise, The Price Of Gasoline In Romania Would Have Hit A Four-Year Low

Around 58% in the price of one liter of gasoline and 54% of the diesel oil price are going to the state under the form of the excise and VAT. At this moment, gasoline prices reached some 5.2...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.12.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Businessman Gabriel Comanescu Wants To Take GSP To London
Energy

Businessman Gabriel Comanescu Wants To Take GSP To London

Gabriel Comanescu, the Romanian businessman who controls offshore drilling company Grup Servicii Petroliere, mulls floating the company on the London stock exchange, but plans are hindered b...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.12.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Real Estate

Romania’s Prognosis Commission Sees Constructions Rise By 5% In 2015

The Romanian construction field, one of the hardest hit during the crisis, contracting by over 40% between 2009 and 2014, will resume growth starting next year, when it will see a 5.4% incre...

Catalina Apostoiu · 19.12.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
2014 In Review: Ten Most Important Events In Transport Infrastructure
Analysis

2014 In Review: Ten Most Important Events In Transport Infrastructure

2014 meant fewer investments in transport infrastructure and also fewer inaugurations. Compared with 2013, when over 100 km of highways and a new bridge over the Danube, in Calafat-Vidin, em...

Catalina Apostoiu · 19.12.2014 · 00:00 · 4 min