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Bwin’s successful World Cup record
bwin, the world's leading online gaming operator, recorded a record sports betting turnover at the 2010 Football World Cup compared to previous major events.
July 13, 2010
Local banks in stress test "within normal range"
OeNB Governor criticizes EU Commission: State aid procedure too long - debt reduction, dampening the economy Austria's banks performed within "the normal range, in midfield," the Governor of the Austrian National bank (OeNB) and Governing Council memb
July 13, 2010
Andritz Hydro to supply propeller turbines for Lower Mattagami hydropower project, Canada
International technology Group Andritz has been awarded a contract by Kiewit-Alarie a Partnership to supply three propeller turbines and generators for the Lower Mattagami River Project being developed by Ontario Power Generation in Ontario, Canada.
July 13, 2010
Slowdown expected in the third quarter
A return to recession is not expected according to economists at Bank Austria, but the peak was now surpassed.
July 13, 2010
UniCredit's Profumo proposes 20-billion rescue fund
Head of Bank-Austria parent UniCredit, Alessandro Profumo, has announced his ambitions for a privately financed € 20 billion heavy rescue fund for troubled European banks.
July 12, 2010
Duel for lead of construction group
At the Board meeting next Thursday the new head of the construction at “Porr” could be decided.
July 12, 2010
Transaction tax - OECD European solo attempt
According to Jeffrey Owens, head of the OECD's tax department, a transaction tax only makes sense if it relates to the financial centres on a global scale.
July 12, 2010
Crisis causing private bankruptcy
Unemployment and less income: more than 50,000 people last year turned to a debt counselling bodies.
July 12, 2010
Pröll on economic status quo, "thunder and lightning are over"
The EU has demonstrated that "it is able to act in one of the worst crises, even if there were some mistakes," says Austrian Finance Minister Josef Pröll.
July 12, 2010
Foreign Trade Deficit, despite growth
Statistik Austria has published Austria’s trade balance. There are, increases in imports and exports.
July 12, 2010
Magna International AGM - Shareholders will vote about Frank Stronach’s future
The Austrian-Canadian supplier Magna International set a new general meeting for July 23rd, to vote about the retreat of founder Frank Stronach.
July 9, 2010
Vienna Stock Exchange - Strong rebound situation similar to 2009
Despite a poor image in the chart last week the ATX registered a strong rebound.
July 9, 2010
Hungarian burden for Austro-banks
Raiffeisen International (RI) CEO Herbert Stepic expressed his concerns during a general conference.
July 9, 2010
The high debt burden of Austria as target for speculators
In the crisis years 2008, 2009 and 2010, the public debt mountains are exploding. In the EU, the debt within three years has increased from 60 to 80 percent of GDP.
July 9, 2010
Voestalpine AG - Resolutions of AGM
Voestalpine AG Annual General Meeting approves dividend and share repurchase program.
July 8, 2010
Siemens - Major contract in the Czech Republic
Siemens to build a photovoltaic system for about €10m
July 8, 2010
International companies discover Austria again
In the first half of 2010, 93 companies settled in Austria; in the same period in 2009 there were only 84. Total investment volume tripled from €37m ($46,95m) to almost €103m ($130,69).
July 8, 2010
Banks swap gold - Caused by Central banks?
European banks have tons of bunkers gold at the "Super Fed" BIS (Bank for International Settlement). But they could have acted only as intermediary.
July 8, 2010
Fight against early retirement - Companies should pay
The Wifo suggests that firms should pay if their employees are sick and are sent into early retirement.
July 8, 2010
Stress tests - Erste Bank and RZB on the list
91 European banks will have to undergo stress tests of European regulators. Two Austrian institutions will be tested as well.
July 8, 2010
REWE takes remaining 25 percent od ADEG
Rewe acquires Adeg. Two years ago, the group took over 75 percent of the retail chain in Austria. The deal does not require to be registered at the European Commission. Adeg is already completely integrated into Rewe.
July 7, 2010
AWD - Commercial Court allows class action
Consumer information association (VKI) goes to court on behalf of 1,300 investors.
July 7, 2010
Hungary rejects amendments to bank levy
At the start of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Hungarian government ruled out an amendment of the introduction of the controversial bank tax.
July 7, 2010
More private consumption in Austria
In Austria the private consumption expenditure has increased by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2010.
July 7, 2010
OECD’s criticism of low labour force participation of older people
In Austria, the labour market has weathered the global economic crisis better than most other OECD countries.
July 7, 2010
No share price manipulation in Immoeast, confirmed by court-appointed expert
An investor claimed that the price of Immoeast shares had been inflated manipulative trading activities of former Constantia Privatbank (now Aviso Zeta Bank)
July 6, 2010
Immofinanz - Sale of 55m shares hasn't started
The placement of the 55m Immofinanz shares from settlement with Constantia Packaging has not yet begun as reported in today’s published "Company Flash" of UniCredit.
July 6, 2010
Zumtobel AG - Announcement pursuant to § 93 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act
Zumtobel, internationally leading supplier of integral lighting solutions for a variety of applications, announces that the capital decrease of 2009 led to an increase in the voting rights held by the members of the syndicate agreement to 35.3%.
July 6, 2010
Conwert Immobilien Invest SE extends share buyback programme
At the AGM of conwert Immobilien Invest SE, the Administrative Board was authorised to purchase treasury shares up to the legally defined maximum.
July 6, 2010
Austrian companies are innovative
More than half of domestic companies may be the labelled innovative.
July 6, 2010
Bank Austria’s Snowball clause illegal
The unilateral termination right of Bank Austria in its "Callable Snowball Floater " is unlawful according to the Supreme Court (OGH).
July 6, 2010
Federal loans increased to 1.32b
The Austrian taxpayers will be pleased: The federal government has been able to borrowing loans for extremely favourable terms. The 3.9-percent government bond (from 2005 to 2020) was increased by € 770m ($972.02) to an average yield increase of 3.008 per
July 6, 2010
Strabag loses job over €3b ($3,7b) in Bosnia
Strabag will terminate its order for a highway bypass in Bosnia. The project was not advertised, which is why the EBRD did not participate in the financing. The Austrian construction group Strabag is negotiating the resolution of a €3b motorway contra
July 5, 2010
Cross Industries AG - Changes in Management Board and Supervisory Board
Mr. Rudolf Knünz resigns from the management board, Mr. Friedrich Roithner will take over the function of CFO.
July 5, 2010
C.A.T. Oil AG wins two hydraulic fracturing tenders in Western Siberia
C.A.T. oil AG, one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakhstan, has been announced as the winner of two tenders for hydraulic fracturing services in Western Siberia.
July 5, 2010
Higher property tax could bring a billion
A convergence of calculation basis to real market values could, according to the Wifo, generate additional income of half a billion Euros.
July 5, 2010
Commercial Court - 17 illegal clauses at Bank Austria
17 clauses at Bank Austria conflict with the new payment service law, according to the Vienna Commercial Court.
July 5, 2010
Lending decreased in April
More long-term loans to enterprises, decline in foreign currency loans in private sector.
July 5, 2010
MAN-Chief
The Austrian Georg Pachta-Reyhofen remains at the top of the German trucks and engineering group MAN.
July 2, 2010
Short-time work massively reduced
At the height of the crisis in April 2009, 57 000 employees were short-time workers , there were only 8313 at the beginning of July 2010.
July 2, 2010
Antitrust accusations against Polish subsidiary
The Polish Strabag subsidiary is under investigation for cartel collusion in public tenders.
July 2, 2010
Unemployment in euro countries unchanged
Lowest rate in Austria - Spain and Latvia, most affected Unemployment in the 16 euro countries will remain unchanged at high levels. In May the rate was ten percent, as the European statistics agency Eurostat announced on Friday in Luxembourg.
July 2, 2010
Vienna Stock Exchange - Weak week
With -6.2%, the ATX registers a weak week. The only positive factor is that recent annual lows were not crossed.
July 2, 2010
Intercell reports Phase II Study Results of its Vaccine Enhancement Patch for Pandemic Influenza
Intercell AG today announced the results of a Phase II clinical trial of its investigational Vaccine Enhancement Patch (VEP) system for avian H5N1 influenza.
July 2, 2010
Agrana Beteiligungs-AG - AGM approves unchanged dividend
The 23rd Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay a dividend unchanged from the prior year - of EUR 1.95 per share for the completed 2009/10 financial year.
July 2, 2010
Eco with surcharge above Austrian average
"Since the Austrian real estate companies with an average of four to five percent return on equity do not currently earn their cost of equity, an evaluation of net asset value is not justified in not justified in our opinion."
July 1, 2010
New management duo for Erste Bank Austria
Following the retirement of Bleyleben-Koren, the Bank will be lead by the duo Uher and Bosek.
July 1, 2010
EU needs a budget minister
For Austrian National Bank President Raidl, the Euro is a success story, however "the monetary union only functions as a political union "I think the Euro is a success story," said the President of OeNB and the Chairman of Voestalpine Claus Raidl to t
July 1, 2010
Unemployment significantly declines
For the first time since the beginning of the crisis the number of unemployed and trainees decreases significantly.
July 1, 2010
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