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Radu Bostan

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Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Bitdefender: We Might Have A Round Of Investments Next Year
Technology &Telecoms

Bitdefender: We Might Have A Round Of Investments Next Year

Bitdefender, the company created by Florin and Mariuca Talpes, might have a new round of investments next year to get funding for the expansion of its enterprise security solutions business.

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 13:22 · 1 min
Number Of Counterfeit Bills Doubled Last Year To Four In A Million
Banks-Insurance

Number Of Counterfeit Bills Doubled Last Year To Four In A Million

Four in one million bank bills are forged in Romania, half as many as in Europe, where the likelihood of coming across a fake bill is 8-9 out of one million bills in circulation.

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Political Instability Worsens As Romanians Vote To Keep Or Remove President From Office
Social/Politics

Political Instability Worsens As Romanians Vote To Keep Or Remove President From Office

The start of suspension proceedings against president Traian Basescu makes way for a long period of uncertainty because after suspension will come weeks of campaign ahead of the referendum w...

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
This Year’s Wheat Harvest Is Lower But Better, Top Farmer Says
Companies

This Year’s Wheat Harvest Is Lower But Better, Top Farmer Says

The wheat harvest will be lower but better this year because of the high temperatures of the last few weeks, says Adrian Porumboiu. The former football referee turned entrepreneur owns the R...

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Energy Trader Makes Four Times More Money Than Hidroelectrica
Energy

Energy Trader Makes Four Times More Money Than Hidroelectrica

While the Romanian state’s most valuable asset, Hidroelectrica, is insolvent, companies that buy energy at below market prices and sell it on make significant profits, ending up with turnove...

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Sports Retailer Hervis Expects 22% Higher Sales This Year After 16% Growth In 2011
Retail&Consumer

Sports Retailer Hervis Expects 22% Higher Sales This Year After 16% Growth In 2011

Catalin Pozdarie, the Romanian who has been running sporting goods retailer Hervis since its arrival on this market in 2007, expects sales to be 22% higher in 2012, in line with the first ha...

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Health

A&D Pharma Aims For Over EUR800m In Revenue This Year

A&D Pharma, the largest company in the local drug industry, expects consolidated revenue of more than EUR800 million this year, slightly up from the EUR772 million in 2011.

Radu Bostan · 05.07.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Government Considers Lowering Drug Clawback Tax
Social/Politics

Government Considers Lowering Drug Clawback Tax

Romania's Government is considering lowering the clawback tax charged to drug producers, with the hit in budget revenue to be borne by the Health Ministry.

Radu Bostan · 04.07.2012 · 19:39 · 1 min
Moody's Downgrades Transelectrica To Non-Investment Grade
Energy

Moody's Downgrades Transelectrica To Non-Investment Grade

Moody's Investor Service has downgraded the long-term corporate family rating of Romanian power transmission company Transelectrica from Baa3 to Ba1, the first non-investment grade, and assi...

Radu Bostan · 04.07.2012 · 19:12 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Government Reorganizes Consumer Protection Authority

Romania's Government has issued a decision on the organization and operation of the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC), which will have eight regional offices instead of 42 office...

Radu Bostan · 04.07.2012 · 19:11 · 1 min
Hidroelectrica To Renegotiate Contract With EFT On Friday, Alro And Alpiq Next Week
Energy

Hidroelectrica To Renegotiate Contract With EFT On Friday, Alro And Alpiq Next Week

The administrators of Romanian state-owned power producer Hidroelectrica, which is insolvent, will renegotiate the company's direct energy sale contract with EFT on Friday, and then with Alr...

Radu Bostan · 04.07.2012 · 17:57 · 2 min
Automotive

CNADNR Awards RON150M Contract For Road Modernization In Gorj County

Romania's public roads authority CNADNR has awarded a contract worth 149.7 million lei (EUR33 million), for the rehabilitation of a 33 km segment of national road DN66, between Bumbesti-Jiu...

Radu Bostan · 04.07.2012 · 16:46 · 1 min