Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
The Story Of LiveRail, The Company Taken Over By Facebook
The story of LiveRail, the company Facebook acquired in early July for $500 million, starts with an outsourcing project signed by a British start-up that offered a Cluj-Napoca-based small co...
Balkan Floods Almost Doubled Romania’s Energy Exports In 1H
In the first six months of this year, Romania cemented its position of net electricity exporter, with an export/import ratio of 4.5 to 1, as domestic energy overproduction found an outlet in...
GfK Set To Develop Regional Hub In Iasi
Market research company GfK Romania is going to develop the office it owns Iasi (northeastern Romania) into a regional hub that will hire 400 people.
Insurers In Romania Take Restructuring Further
Most insurance companies in Romania in 2013 took the downsizing process imposed by the crisis further and closed down almost 150 units of their territorial network and 1,000 people left the...
Hidroelectrica's Profit Hit Record High Of EUR115M In 1H
Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest energy producer which went insolvent for the second time in early 2014, ended the first half of 2014 with gross profit of 509 million lei (EUR115.6 million)...
Romania’s Most Debt-Laden Counties
Gorj and Iasi lead by far in the ranking of Romania’s counties with the highest level of retail and corporate loans against the sums in current accounts and deposits set up with banks. The l...
The New Face Of Romania's DIY Market
In just 15 months, Romania’s do-it-yourself (DIY) market has undergone radical change, as four groups--Bricostore, Praktiker, BauMax and OBI--decided to leave, another two players, Britain’s...
Starbucks Wants To Double Romanian Network By Late 2015
U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks, present in Romania since 2007, wants to double its network in Romania by the end of 2015, and reach at least 18 units.
Romania Manufactures Just EUR30M Worth Of Toys And Games
Romania has just 102 toy producers left, with overall revenue of RON134 million (EUR30 million), with the 20 largest of them contributing over 90% of total revenue, according to Trade Regist...
Pawnbrokers, A RON700M Industry In 2013
Romania’s 20 largest pawn shop networks, included in the category of non-banking financial institutions supervised by the central bank, reported revenue worth 370 million lei (EUR84 million)...
Spain’s Gran Via Invests Another EUR8M In Bucharest Apartments
Spanish-held developer Gran Via started works for another two apartment blocks in western Bucharest after completing works on a first building several months ago, as it secured financing fro...
Though Barely Visible On The World’s Map, Bali Attracts 3 Million Tourists Each Year
Bali island is barely visible on the world’s map. But it is inhabited by 3.9 million people and in the touristic season another 3 million people from all around the world come to relax on th...