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Austrian Banking Package: Losses total € 1.9bn
According to Austria´s Financial State Secretary Andreas Schieder, preliminary losses of the banking package come at € 1.9bn. Further losses are expected.
December 13, 2012
Wienerberger reduces Managing Board from Three to Two Members
Johann Windisch to leave the Managing Board and take over responsibility for the Bricks & Tiles Division in Europe. Contracts of Heimo Scheuch and Willy Van Riet extended for five years.
December 13, 2012
Immofinanz Develops New Project in Poland
The Austrian real estate company expands activities in Poland: Start of construction on Nimbus office development project
December 13, 2012
CA Immo: Gazprom New Tenant
ZAO AVIELEN A.G., a joint venture of the Austrian real estate companies Warimpex, CA Immo and UBM, is renting two thirds of its office space at AirportCity St. Petersburg to Gazprom Invest Zapad, a subsidiary of OAO Gazprom.
December 13, 2012
EVN Posts Mixed Results
The Austrian energy company records an increase in revenues. EBIT fell by 7.0%, net profits grow slightly. Outlook 2012/13: Group net profit is expected to be on the prior-year level.
December 13, 2012
Czech Finance Minister: „No Reason to Veto Banking Union“
The Czech Minister of Finance Miroslav Kalousek announced that the Czech Republic has no concerns against the banking union in the Eurozone.
December 12, 2012
Poland Grants State Aid to LOT
Poland´s national airline LOT gets financial support of more than € 100m.
December 12, 2012
South Stream: No Pipelines to Austria
Austria will not be connected to the Russian pipeline project. Neither OMV nor Gazprom make a comment.
December 12, 2012
Orange Takeover Finally Approved
After more than ten months, the EU Commission approved the takeover of the third-largest Austrian telecommunication operator by the competitor Hutchison Austria.
December 12, 2012
Zavarovalnica Maribor Remains Slovenian
The Slovenian insurance company was taken over by the Sava Re. NKBM has to increase its equity quota.
December 11, 2012
Austrian Airlines Increases Number of Passengers Carried
Traffic Results from January to November 2012: 1.7 percent more passengers carried. November 2012: Rising passenger volume despite fleet reduced by four aircraft. Positive trend in capacity utilization continues.
December 11, 2012
Bank Austria: Major Losses in Kazakhstan
In 2007, Bank Austria took over the Kazakh ATF Bank. In total, the banking group is threatened to record losses of up to € 1.8bn. Now, Bank Austria is said to leave Kazakhstan.
December 11, 2012
Austrian Airlines Cuts 150 Jobs
“Austrian Airlines Group sets forth its restructuring process.” the company announces and aims to achieve “further savings through the elimination of duplicate operations.”
December 11, 2012
Slovakia: Industrial Sector Grows
Today, the Slovak Statistical Office published data on turnover in selected sectors of economy in October 2012. In most industries, turnover is increasing.
December 11, 2012
Wienerberger Ends External Rating by S&P
Rating relationship with Moody’s (Ba2, stable outlook) remains unchanged, the Austrian brick producer says.
December 10, 2012
Hypo Group Expects Enormous Challenges
„Next year will be very difficult.“ CEO Gottwald Kranebitter says in an interview with “WirtschaftsBlatt”.
December 10, 2012
Slovak Industrial Production Grows Significantly
Industrial production index (IPI) increased by 8,1 % in October 2012, compared with October 2011. The development was affected by a rise in manufacturing by 8,7 %.
December 10, 2012
Slovak Construction Shows Strong Growth
In October, construction output decreased, year-on-year, by 11 % to EUR 484 million. After seasonal adjustment, it increased by 1 % compared with September 2012.
December 10, 2012
Czech Construction Output Decreases
In October 2012 the construction output decreased by 4.3%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in real terms. Even a higher number of working days has not stopped the decline in construction output.
December 10, 2012
Czech Industry: More Working days, More Production
In October 2012, industrial production increased at constant prices by 4.1%, year-on-year; working days adjusted industrial production decreased by 3.3%.
December 10, 2012
CA Immo: New Tenants in Hungary
CA Immo was able to acquire new tenants for some 9,300 sqm office space in five Hungarian office properties over the past six months.
December 10, 2012
Austrian Industrial Sector: Uncertainties Grow Massively
Due to the economic slowdown, the degree of predictability is declining. The industrial output tends to stagnate.
December 8, 2012
Orange-Takeover: Commission to Announce Decision Next Week
EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that the final decision will be published next week. The deal is likely to be approved.
December 8, 2012
OMV and RWE Talk About Stakes in Nabucco
The German energy group plans sells its shares to Austrian OMV. OMV´s CEO Roiss expects that the consortium of Nabucco will change.
December 8, 2012
RBI Sells Stake in RHI
The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International sells the 7.3% interest in the Austrian refractory company.
December 7, 2012
Russia Starts South Stream Pipeline
Today, the Russian gas group Gazprom has officially begun the construction works of the pipeline project.
December 7, 2012
Voestalpine Acquires Canadian Sturdell Industries
The Vienna-listed voestalpine Group continues to further expand its market position in North America by undertaking an acquisition in its special steel segment.
December 7, 2012
Hypo Group: Deadline Expires
Today, the first deadline for the sale of Hypo Group´s subsidiaries in Southeast-Europe expires.
December 7, 2012
Telekom Austria: Reappointment of CEO Ametsreiter Uncertain
The future of Telekom Austria´s top management is still open. Anyway, the company gets a third management board member.
December 6, 2012
Voestalpine Expects Stable Development
Regarding the next quarters, CEO Wolfgang Eder is slightly optimistic. Steel demand will remain stable, he says.
December 6, 2012
Austrian Airlines: Up to 100 Jobs to be Cut
In order to reduce redundancies, Austrian Airlines (AUA) wants to streamline its company structure.
December 6, 2012
Immofinanz: New Major Project in Germany
With the Casa Stupenda, a pioneering plus-energy house is under construction in Duesseldorf’s MediaHarbor. The outstanding construction costs total approx. € 100m, and completion is scheduled for 2015.
December 6, 2012
Summer season 2012: Holidaying in Austria Continues to be Very Popular
Over 19 million guests in the 2012 summer season did not only lead to a new record, but also to 65.6 million overnights.
December 6, 2012
Bulgaria Puts Pressure on Nabucco
Bulgaria wants the Nabucco project to start as soon as possible.
December 5, 2012
Retail Trade: Highest Increase In Baltic Countries
Volume of retail trade was down by 1.2% in the euro area.
December 5, 2012
Czech Republic Still May Use Veto Against Banking Union
The Czech government wants to secure the rights of national regulation authorities.
December 5, 2012
EU Approves State Aid for Hypo Group
The EU Commission has no objections against the state aid with a size of € 1.5bn.
December 5, 2012
CNB Underlines Stability of Czech Banking Sector
According to CNB, the banking industry is able to bear potential external shocks.
December 5, 2012
Sberbank Intensifies its Relations with Turkey
In future, the Sberbank of Russia is to step up its activities in Turkey and on December 3, 2012 signed two landmark agreements to this end.
December 5, 2012
Energie Steiermark and Verbund Simplify Shareholding Structure
Verbund sells STEWEAG-STEG shares to Energie Steiermark and is buying Energie Steiermark’s shares in Verbund Thermal Power.
December 5, 2012
Legal Merger of Raiffeisen Bank Polska and Polbank EFG Approved
Approval is starting point for unification of market approach and operational merger process. Cost synergies to be achieved by optimization of the branch network and the staff number, among other measures.
December 5, 2012
Lower Profits for Zumtobel
In the first six months of Zumtobel´s financial year, net income was down by 42.3%. Earnings decreased from € 43.6m to € 32.7m.
December 5, 2012
Slovakia: Turnover in Internal Trade Decreasing
In October, the Slovak retail trade sector shrank by 1.8%. The wholesale sector still expands.
December 5, 2012
Hungary: Tourism Industry Booms
In October, public accommodation establishments saw a 9.1% rise in arrivals.
December 5, 2012
Czech Republic: Retail Industry Shrinks
In October, sales in retail trade including automotive segment after seasonal adjustment decreased by 1.5% at constant prices, month-on-month, and working days adjusted by 3.0%, y-o-y.
December 5, 2012
Banking Supervision: Fekter Calls for Flexibility
Today, the meeting of the Finance Ministers of EU countries was unsuccessful. Austria´s Finance Minister Maria Fekter comments that quality is more important than speed.
December 4, 2012
Verbund Focuses on Hydro Power
After the deal with German E.ON, the biggest Austrian energy company has a new core market and a new core product.
December 4, 2012
Immofinanz: Major Contract in Budapest
Immofinanz Group announces extension of three leases covering 18,000 sqm at Atrium Park in Budapest.
December 4, 2012
Rothensteiner: „No Credit Crunch“
Walter Rothensteiner, CEO of Austrian Raiffeisen Zentralbank, thinks that the capital shortfall of European banks does not limit credit supply.
December 3, 2012
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