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Catalina Apostoiu

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Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Mortgage Loans, Cheaper In Lei Than In Euro
Banks-Insurance

Mortgage Loans, Cheaper In Lei Than In Euro

Standard rates for mortgage loans in lei have become cheaper than foreign currency mortgages, following the interest rate decrease on the Romanian market.

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 14:00 · 1 min
EBRD, EIB And IFC Propped Romanian Financial Sector With EUR400M In 1H
Banks-Insurance

EBRD, EIB And IFC Propped Romanian Financial Sector With EUR400M In 1H

The World Bank/IFC, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) extended loans of around EUR400 million in the first year-half to Roman...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 14:00 · 1 min
Austria’s OMV Comes Up With EUR41M For Service Center In Romania
Energy

Austria’s OMV Comes Up With EUR41M For Service Center In Romania

Austria’s OMV, which controls Romania’s leading oil and gas company Petrom (SNP.RO), invested EUR41 million to start activities at the OMV Petrom Global Solutions service center of Romania.

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Power Exports And Rising Prices In The Region Heat Up Bucharest's Energy Market
Energy

Power Exports And Rising Prices In The Region Heat Up Bucharest's Energy Market

“We export nice quantities,” says Octavian Lohan, member of Transelectrica managing board and the one who runs Romania’s Energy Center, the brain of the domestic electricity grid.

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Hagi's Hotel Has All Weekends Booked Until September
Companies

Hagi's Hotel Has All Weekends Booked Until September

The 4-star Iaki hotel in Romania’s seaside resort Mamaia, owned by former soccer international Gheorghe Hagi, has all its rooms booked until the first week of September. The price of a doubl...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania’s 20 Biggest FMCG Players After Five Years Of Crisis
Retail&Consumer

Romania’s 20 Biggest FMCG Players After Five Years Of Crisis

The 20 largest consumer goods producers in Romania posted last an aggregated revenue of 23.8 billion lei (EUR5.4 billion), up by 1.5% against 2012 and 37% higher than in 2008, the last year...

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Fresh Rumors About Asirom-Omniasig Merger
Banks-Insurance

Fresh Rumors About Asirom-Omniasig Merger

Austria’s insurer Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), which owns three companies in Romania, allegedly decided to embark upon a new merger on the Romanian market, namely between Asirom and Omniasi...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 14:21 · 3 min
Technology &Telecoms

RCS&RDS Takes Over Former Senator’s Cable TV Company

RCS&RDS, the largest group on Romania’s TV services market, in June took over the entire stake in cable company Vesatel, which operated in Reghin, Mures county, from former senator Petru Bas...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 14:13 · 1 min
Renault Wants To Bring All Its 2,000 Bucharest Employees To A Single Headquarters
Automotive

Renault Wants To Bring All Its 2,000 Bucharest Employees To A Single Headquarters

French group Renault, which owns Dacia plant in Mioveni, but also has significant commercial and research-engineering operations in Romania's capital city, mulls consolidating its Bucharest...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Ponderas Hospital To Relocate To Northern Bucharest And Double Its Area
Health

Ponderas Hospital To Relocate To Northern Bucharest And Double Its Area

This year’s main project for Ponderas hospital of Bucharest will be relocation to a new space, in Herastrau, with an almost double area, says Alina Ambrozie, the chief executive officer of t...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Bucharest Bourse, In Swedish And US Investment Funds’ Good Books
Capital Market

Bucharest Bourse, In Swedish And US Investment Funds’ Good Books

The managers of investment funds East Capital and BlackRock, which are among the biggest foreign investors in Romanian stocks, expect the Bucharest market to be among the those that will sta...

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romania’s Healthcare Market, Fastest Growth In The Region In 2013
Health

Romania’s Healthcare Market, Fastest Growth In The Region In 2013

Romania’s private healthcare market rose by 8% last year, to EUR550 million, according to data provided by market research company PMR.

Catalina Apostoiu · 22.07.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min