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Radu Bostan

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Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Traditional Online Advertising Brought In RON22.6M In 1H 2011

Traditional online advertising brought 22.6 million lei (EUR5.2 million) in revenue in the first half of last year, says the Romanian Online Advertising Study (ROADS), conducted by IAB Roman...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 15:13 · 1 min
Automotive

Pirelli Boss: Protests In Romania Won’t Change Our Plans, We’re Moving Ahead With Investment

Italian tire maker Pirelli, which owns a plant in Slatina (southern Romania), says the EUR160 million investment in the expansion of the facility is not being reconsidered as a result of the...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Real Estate

Urdareanu Sells UTI HQ In Downtown Bucharest To Greek Millionaire

Businessman Tiberiu Urdareanu, who controls the UTI group, a business worth almost EUR160 million in 2010, is negotiating the sale of the UTI Headquarters building in downtown Bucharest to a...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania Agrees To Tighter Fiscal Discipline
Macroeconomics

Romania Agrees To Tighter Fiscal Discipline

Heads of state and of government in the European Union have sought once again in Brussels to prove to markets that they can work together to find solutions to the debt crisis. Politicians, a...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Stock Exchange Investors Gain Two Years’ Bank Interest In One Month
Capital Market

Stock Exchange Investors Gain Two Years’ Bank Interest In One Month

The Bucharest Stock Exchange had a very good start of the year, with the main index BET closing January with a 12.7% rise. The BET-FI index, which tracks the shares of Fondul Proprietatea (F...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Why The Largest Tractor Dealer In The US Came To Romania
Companies

Why The Largest Tractor Dealer In The US Came To Romania

Titan Machinery, the largest dealer of farming equipment in the US, which recently entered Romania through the acquisition of Agroexpert Timisoara, chose the local market as its first expans...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Banks Granted EUR1B Mortgage Loans Last Year
Banks-Insurance

Banks Granted EUR1B Mortgage Loans Last Year

Loans granted by Romanian banks for home acquisitions rose by EUR1 billion last year, reaching the equivalent of EUR7.75 billion, according to data from central bank BNR.

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
US Investors Throw $7B At Romania, Finance Ministry Takes Only $1.5B
Capital Market

US Investors Throw $7B At Romania, Finance Ministry Takes Only $1.5B

Romania’s Finance Ministry attracted the highest financing offer in dollars ever registered by a country in the region.

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Genpact Looks To Hire 400 For Bucharest And Cluj Centers
Technology &Telecoms

Genpact Looks To Hire 400 For Bucharest And Cluj Centers

Genpact Romania, which provides Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services continues expansion and looks to hire 400 people this year at service centers in Bucharest and Cluj.

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Portable Computer Market Up 10% In 2011
Technology &Telecoms

Portable Computer Market Up 10% In 2011

Sales of portable computers (laptops, netbooks, and ultrabooks) rose by 10% to approximately 450,000 units in Romania in 2011 from the 400,000 units sold the year before that, according to t...

Radu Bostan · 01.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Basescu: Even I Would Be In Trouble If Gas Prices Were Deregulated Tomorrow
Social/Politics

Basescu: Even I Would Be In Trouble If Gas Prices Were Deregulated Tomorrow

Romanian President Traian Basescu met Tuesday with officials from the IMF, World Bank and European Commission, and made it plain that even he would have difficulty paying his bills, were the...

Radu Bostan · 31.01.2012 · 19:49 · 1 min
Technology &Telecoms

Electronic Prescription System To Become Operational On June 1

Romania's electronic prescription system has been approved and must be completed by the end of May, so that it can begin operation on June 1, said Lucian Duta, president of the National Heal...

Radu Bostan · 31.01.2012 · 17:12 · 1 min