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Romania To Appoint Private Managers At Key State-Owned Companies By Yearend
HR

Romania To Appoint Private Managers At Key State-Owned Companies By Yearend

Romania’s Government and the International Monetary Fund have set new deadlines to appoint private managers at multiple state-owned companies, such as gas producer Romgaz, natural gas transp...

Ioana Tudor · 23.08.2012 · 13:23 · 2 min
Hidroelectrica Administrator: Bad Management Widespread In State-Owned Companies
Energy

Hidroelectrica Administrator: Bad Management Widespread In State-Owned Companies

Hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, which filed for insolvency on June 20, is not the only Romanian state-owned enterprise plagued by bad management, as many of the companies controlled by t...

Radu Bostan · 22.08.2012 · 16:10 · 1 min
Liliana Solomon Promoted To CFO Of Vodafone Group For Europe
Technology &Telecoms

Liliana Solomon Promoted To CFO Of Vodafone Group For Europe

Liliana Solomon, 48, was promoted in July as chief financial officer (CFO) of British mobile telephony group Vodafone for Europe, and will be in charge of the company’s activity in eight cou...

Radu Bostan · 22.08.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romanian Economy Loses EUR20B A Year From Workforce Migration
Social/Politics

Romanian Economy Loses EUR20B A Year From Workforce Migration

Almost EUR20 billion could go towards consumer spending and the state budget if the 2.5 million Romanians aged over 18 working abroad were employed in Romania, according to ZF calculations t...

Radu Bostan · 22.08.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Large Banks Still Spend More Than Half Of Expense Budgets On Salaries
Banks-Insurance

Large Banks Still Spend More Than Half Of Expense Budgets On Salaries

BCR, BRD and Banca Transilvania, the three largest banks on the Romanian market, spent more than 1.8 billion lei (EUR0.4 billion) on employee salaries last year. This means 56% to 59% of the...

Radu Bostan · 21.08.2012 · 00:00 · 4 min
Hidroelectrica's Oversized Staff - One Of The Causes Of Insolvency
Energy

Hidroelectrica's Oversized Staff - One Of The Causes Of Insolvency

Hidroelectrica's personnel structure is "oversized" and the salary fund is "clearly out of proportion" with the company's economic indicators, says a report on the causes of the insolvency o...

Radu Bostan · 17.08.2012 · 17:17 · 1 min
Volksbank Cuts 170 Jobs And Restructures Its Network
Banks-Insurance

Volksbank Cuts 170 Jobs And Restructures Its Network

Volksbank Romania, which ended last year with a loss of around EUR95 million according to international reporting standards, has decided to shed almost 170 jobs as part of restructuring meas...

Neagu Bogdan Mircea · 16.08.2012 · 12:20 · 1 min
Transport Ministry Asks Headhunters To Drop Recruitment Of CEOs For State Companies
HR

Transport Ministry Asks Headhunters To Drop Recruitment Of CEOs For State Companies

The biggest campaign to recruit CEOs for state-owned companies subordinated to the Transport Ministry, which started a few days ago, risks to lose its credibility, after on Thursday represen...

Radu Bostan · 10.08.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Higher Healthcare Contributions Seen Leading To Illicit Labor, Layoffs
Social/Politics

Higher Healthcare Contributions Seen Leading To Illicit Labor, Layoffs

Charging healthcare contributions as a share of the national average wage for employees earning less will encourage illicit labor, layoffs and restrict the hiring of young graduates, especia...

Radu Bostan · 09.08.2012 · 15:49 · 2 min