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Androsch Criticizes Political Inactivity
The former Austrian Finance Minister and industrialist Hannes Androsch thinks that both austerity and growth strategies are needed and criticizes the government sharply.
May 18, 2012
Slim to Enter Telekom Austria?
The Mexican investor Carlos Slim, who is currently the world´s richest man, is said to acquire stakes in Telekom Austria.
May 18, 2012
„I´m Glad That It Is Over“
Andreas Treichl, CEO of Erste Group had to present the first annual loss to the shareholders since its IPO in 1997.
May 15, 2012
Keuschnigg Worries About Austria´s Competitiveness
The new director of IHS (Institute of Advanced Studies) Christian Keuschnigg suggests reforming the Austrian labor market. The welfare state would be too sophisticated.
May 15, 2012
Eder: „Not Making Mistakes of UK and USA“
The CEO of Austria´s largest steel producer voestalpine warns of a de-industrialization in Europe. Today, the UK and the USA would regret their decisions of the past.
May 14, 2012
Telekom Austria: Crucial Shareholder Meeting Comes Closer
On May 23, Telekom Austria holds its next annual general meeting. The new shareholder Ronny Pecik will enter the supervisory board. Conflicts are built in.
May 12, 2012
„Combining Austerity and Growth Measures“
The Austrian Minister of Economics and the President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce claim a European growth strategy without turning down austerity policies.
May 11, 2012
Ruttenstorfer Enters Serbian Gazprom Subsidiary
The former CEO of Austrian OMV becomes a member of the supervisory board of the Serbian NIS.
May 9, 2012
Alpine Launches New Corporate Strategy
The Austrian construction company underlines its commitment to the energy sector. Profitability should be enhanced, CEO Dotter emphasized.
May 7, 2012
Kommunalkredit: Search for Buyer Goes on
In 2008, the former interest of VBAG was nationalized. The market environment would be too insecure, CEO Steinbichler says.
May 5, 2012
RBI´s Hauptmann Enters ICC
Raiffeisen Bank International´s Andrea Hauptmann appointed new chairwoman of the International Chamber of Commerce Task Force.
May 5, 2012
ÖIAG Seeks For Partner Against Pecik
The Austrian Industrial Holding ÖIAG, which is still the largest shareholder of Telekom Austria, wants to gain a strategic investor.
May 5, 2012
Leitl: „EU Needs Budget Consolidation and Growth Measures“
The President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce claims to create a European fund in order to support small and medium-sized enterprises.
May 5, 2012
Albrecht Wants Common Collective Agreement
After the transfer of undertakings, the CEO of Austrian Airlines aims to create a collective agreement for the whole workforce. Further cuts are not excluded.
May 4, 2012
Haselsteiner to Leave Strabag Earlier
Hans-Peter Haselsteiner is mandated as CEO of Austria´s largest construction company until 2015. Nevertheless, he will leave the management board earlier.
May 4, 2012
Budapest Stock Exchange´s CEO Resigns
György Mohai ceases his position as chief executive officer of BSE (Budapest Stock Exchange), a member of CEESEG.
May 2, 2012
RZB´s Rothensteiner: „Not Interested in VBAG“
Walter Rothensteiner, CEO of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB), does not see a suitable takeover target in the partly nationalized VBAG.
April 28, 2012
OMV: „Nabucco is More Alive than Ever”
Despite the exit of Hungarian MOL, the Austrian oil company underlines the importance of Nabucco. CEO Roiss holds on Nabucco.
April 28, 2012
Strabag: Haselsteiner Underlines Importance of Russia
In 2007, the Austrian construction company announced to establish its third core market in Russia. However, Strabag is still far from that.
April 28, 2012
Schelling Elected Chairman of VBAG
Hans Jörg Schelling, former CEO of the public accident insurance company, was elected supervisory board chairman of financially stricken Austrian banking group Volksbanken AG (VBAG), in which the state just got a 43 percent stake.
April 27, 2012
Drastic Profit Decrease at Raiffeisen´s Interests
In 2011, profits of interests held by RLB Lower Austria – Vienna Holding went down by 59%. CEO Hameseder is “not satisfied at all”.
April 27, 2012
Spindelegger Appeals Israel and Palestine to End the Conflict
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs: “Idle run in Middle East increases extremist danger for the region”
April 26, 2012
Vavti Appointed new CEO of UniCredit Bank Slovenia
With Stefan Vavti, the subsidiary of Bank Austria, UniCredit Bank Slovenia gets a new chief executive officer.
April 26, 2012
Scharinger to Enter ÖBB´s Board
The former CEO of RLB Upper Austria becomes supervisory board member at Austrian Railways.
April 25, 2012
Tumpel-Gugerell Won´t Head VBAG´s Supervisory Board
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell will not become chairwoman of the Austrian bank VBAG as planned.
April 25, 2012
Vienna Airport Considers Entering at Bratislava Airport
Bratislava Airport starts a request of proposal for airport operations. Vienna International Airport is interested. In Vienna, the third rope will be built in 2016 at the earliest.
April 25, 2012
MOL May Leave Nabucco Project
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that MOL the country’s largest company by market capitalization, is leaving the € 7.9bn ($ 10.4bn) Nabucco natural gas pipeline project.
April 24, 2012
Fekter meets British Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne
The Austrian Minister of Finance Maria Fekter and George Osborne talked about Basel III, the EU budget and taxation.
April 23, 2012
Agrana Aims for Expansion into Balkan Region
The Austrian sugar and starch company Agrana is looking for acquisition targets in the Western Balkans.
April 23, 2012
Leitl: Increasing Foreign Trade with Russia
The President of WKO (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) wants to raise bilateral trade volume up to € 10bn by 2015.
April 23, 2012
Nowotny: “ECB Uses Bond-Buying Program Extremely Cautiously”
The governor of Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) Ewald Nowotny said the bank only buys government bonds in certain situations and with “extreme” caution.
April 21, 2012
RHI to Cut Costs
The Vienna-listed manufacturer of fire-proof products starts a cost-cutting program. CEO Struzl pushes for more efficiency.
April 20, 2012
AUA Resolves Transfer of Undertakings
The supervisory board of Austrian Airlines decided to switch to cheaper collective agreements. The transfer of undertakings is “crucial for AUA´s survival”.
April 20, 2012
Roiss Claims European „Fracking“ Strategy
OMV´s CEO Gerhard Roiss calls for a common strategy to exploit shale gas. The European industrial sector should become more competitive.
April 18, 2012
Austrian Railways Aims for Expansion in SEE
ÖBB (Austrian Railways) wants to establish a new freight subsidiary operating in Southeastern Europe. In Austria, ÖBB performs better than expected.
April 16, 2012
Fekter Nominates Koren as VBAG´s Chief Executive
Maria Fekter, the Austrian Minister of Finance said that Stephan Koren already agreed to become CEO of the partly nationalized bank VBAG.
April 14, 2012
Austria Tries to Adapt its Image
In order to attract foreign investors, Austrian companies are attempting to amend the country’s image. Instead of tourism and culture, the industrial sector and the expertise should be underlined.
April 13, 2012
Fekter to Remain as Finance Minister
This week, rumors on the replacement of the Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter occurred. Claus Raidl, who was said to replace Fekter, denies this.
April 13, 2012
Verbund Focuses Investments on Austria
The Austrian energy company plans investments of € 2.4bn in the next five years. About 66% of these investments will be made in Austria.
April 12, 2012
Voestalpine Indicates Significant Increase in Revenues
The Austrian steel company recorded about € 12.0bn in revenues last financial year. 25% of the revenues are based on exports apart from Europe.
April 12, 2012
Raiffeisen Fixes Change in Leadership
The supervisory board of Raiffeisenlandesbank Lower Austria - Vienna approves the changes in leadership. Hameseder succeeds Konrad.
April 11, 2012
Nowotny Ask For Alternative to Financial Transaction Tax
The governor of the Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) sees a good sign in Austria´s low interest rate on sovereign bonds. The introduction of a European financial transaction tax is unrealistic, the governor says.
April 11, 2012
Telecommunication Industry Faces Declining Revenues
Telekom Austria´s CEO Hannes Ametsreiter forecasts declining revenues and profits at the Austrian telecommunication industry. For his own company, Ametsreiter is slightly optimistic.
April 11, 2012
Ruttenstorfer Enters RHI
The former OMV executive becomes supervisory board member at the Austrian RHI.
April 11, 2012
AVE Needs Fresh Funds
The waste management company, which is held by the Upper Austrian energy company Energie AG, intends to pursue its growth strategy in CEE. New capital is needed therefore.
April 10, 2012
Financial Transaction Tax: Schieder Raises Pressure on EU
Austria´s Financial State Secretary Andreas Schieder threatens to vote against higher EU contributions. To discuss about alternatives of the financial transaction tax is “too early.”
April 10, 2012
Eder Ticks Off Rail Cartel
Voestalpine´s CEO Wolfgang Eder underlines the new compliance rules of voestalpine. Another participation in a cartel would be “impossible”.
April 7, 2012
„AUA Must Achieve Turnaround on its own“
Christoph Franz, CEO of Lufthansa explains that the Austrian subsidiary will act independently also in future. Also the restructuring must be completed without Lufthansa´s help.
April 7, 2012
„Natural Gas to Become Most Important Energy Source“
Gerhard Roiss, CEO of the Austrian oil and gas group OMV pushes the EU to recognize the importance of natural gas.
April 7, 2012
Foreign Trade: „We are on the Right Way“
Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce comments the export development: “The data of January show that we are on the right way.”
April 7, 2012
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