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Keuschnigg: „Raising ESM for Italy and Spain“
Christian Keuschnigg, director of the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS) argues for raising ESM funds to € 1,000bn.
June 4, 2012
Treichl: „Spain Needs Help“
The CEO of theAustrian Erste Group Andreas Treichl is in doubt whether Spain may conquer the crisis without help. Regarding Greece, Europe has to pay anyway, Treichl thinks.
June 1, 2012
The Euro - A Big Error (Part 4)
The common currency did not create convergence, but widened the gap between Northern and Southern Eurozone member states.
May 31, 2012
The Euro - A Big Error (Part 3)
The common currency did not create convergence, but widened the gap between Northern and Southern Eurozone member states.
May 29, 2012
The Euro – A Big Error (Part 2)
The system of the common currency has failed to work, but is still kept alive artificially. The euro brings enormous difficulties to stronger as well as weaker European economies.
May 23, 2012
Rising Revenues at Novomatic
The Austrian vending machine producer recorded a 17.2% in revenues. The gambling segment was Novomatic´s growth driver.
May 22, 2012
bwin.party: € 33m License Fees in Spain
The British-Austrian gaming company has to pay € 33m to Spain authorities.
May 21, 2012
Rothensteiner: Return to Drachma would be „Utter Chaos“
The CEO of the Austrian RZB (Raiffeisen Zentralbank) warns of a Greek exit. At the moment, there would be not contagiousness for Spain or Italy.
May 21, 2012
The Euro – A Big Error (Part 1)
The system of the common currency has failed to work, but is still kept alive artificially. The euro brings enormous difficulties to stronger as well as weaker European economies.
May 20, 2012
„ECB Must Help Spain“
If real estate price in Spain fall further, Spanish banks were not able to bear that risk. A Greek exit could cost Austria up to € 10bn.
May 18, 2012
Austrian Economy Grows Slowly
After a period of stagnation, the Austrian economy showed a small growth rate of 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012.
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
Keuschnigg: „Problem Countries Must Cut Wages“
The designated director of the Austrian IHS (Institute of Advanced Studies) thinks that a drastic wage cut in Greece, Portugal and Spain is inevitable.
May 12, 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
ESM: The Final Ruin of Europe
Solidarity with financially stricken EU countries cannot justify the irrevocable loss of national sovereignty. The transfer union will only work until the financial collapse of Germany and Austria.
May 2, 2012
Austrian Banks Only Reached Minor Profits in 2011
Last year, consolidated profits of Austrian banks were down by 85%. In total, profits after taxes amounted to € 0.71bn. At the moment, Spain and Portugal are not regarded as risk factors.
May 2, 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
Felderer: „Women Must Have More Children”
The director of the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS) sees a demographic problem in Austria as well as in Europe. Migration cannot solve the problem, Felderer says.
April 19, 2012
Big Exposure in Spain and Portugal
In total, Austrian banks have an exposure of € 4.3bn in the financially stricken EU-countries Spain and Portugal.
April 19, 2012
Waldner Wants Closer Cooperation with Spain
Austrian State Secretary Waldner is meeting his counterpart in the Spanish Foreign Ministry, State Secretary Gonzalo de Benito Secades, and EU State Secretary Inigo Mendez de Vigo today.
April 19, 2012
OeNB: “Nationalizations Are Clean Up”
Austria’s central bank (OeNB) said that the nationalization of three of the nation’s lenders helped clean up the structure of the domestic banking industry.
April 17, 2012
Alpine to Rebuild Railway in Macedonia
The € 7m contract to be fully financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
April 11, 2012
Economic Upswing for Austria?
The economic research institutes IHS and WIFO anticipate that the Austrian economy accelerates by summer 2012. Both warn of “too much euphoria”, however.
March 29, 2012
Alpine to Build Railroad Tunnel for Stuttgart 21
The Austrian construction company is involved in the German Railroad’s large-scale Stuttgart 21 project.
March 26, 2012
Austria Wants More Leeway for Hungarian Budget
The Austrian Minister of Finance Maria Fekter criticizes the EU. Hungary is not treated equally, Fekter says.
March 13, 2012
Alpine Received Major Order from Germany
The Austrian construction company was awarded for the construction of a motorway bridge in Germany with an order value of € 32m.
February 7, 2012
Spanish FCC Sole Owner of Alpine
The Salzburg-based construction group Alpine now has the Spanish FCC as sole owner. The industrialist Dietma Aluta-Oltyan sold his 13.5% stake.
February 3, 2012
No Further Rise in Insolvencies Expected
The bad debt insurers Euler Hermes and Prisma expect business insolvencies to stagnate in 2012.
February 2, 2012
New Records for Viennese Tourism
In 2011, the Austrian capital registered 11.4 million guest nights, which is a new record.
January 24, 2012
TGW to Expand in China and Brazil
The Austrian storage logistics supplier gained a first contract from China after having established a distribution company. In Brazil, TGW agreed on a joint venture.
January 20, 2012
Dotter Takes Over Management of Alpine
The second-largest Austrian construction company has a new Chief Executive Officer, the 50-year-old Johannes Dotter.
January 12, 2012
Airport Zagreb: Strabag Not Awarded
Two offers for were submitted for the enlargement of Zagreb Airport. Strabag´s offer has been rejected.
December 13, 2011
Austria Considers to Employ South Europeans
Especially the tourism and the construction industries are ready to take on high-skilled workers from Spain, Greece or Portugal.
December 8, 2011
FCC Acquires Remaining Shares in Alpine
Supervisory board chairman Aluta-Oltyan will sell his 20% stake in Austria’s second largest construction company to the Spanish majority owner.
November 23, 2011
Potential for Austrian Suppliers in Spain
The Austrian AWO started a market exploration journey to Spain in order to create first business contacts. In the first term of 2011, exports to Spain grew by 6.6%.
October 3, 2011
World Tourism Day 2011: Guests from 50 Countries Visit Austria
According to statistics Austria, the diversification of the guest´s nationalities further increased. Culture-oriented travels become increasingly important.
September 26, 2011
Alpine Reports Drop in Earnings
Austria’s second largest construction group incurred a loss of € 3.1m in the first half of the year. Strong growth in construction output was offset by increasing material and personnel expenses.
August 31, 2011
Bronze Medal for Austria’s Economy
According to a study by Allianz, Germany is the euro zone country with the healthiest economy. Luxembourg comes on the second rank followed by Austria.
June 21, 2011
Stable PIGS-Exposure of Austrian Banks
The last quarter of 2010 has brought only minor changes in the total amount of lending to the four countries in southern Europe by Austrian banks.
June 6, 2011
Austria’s Exposure to Portugal: € 433m
France is clearly the larges creditor of the troubled country. Portugal owes Austria € 433m.
April 8, 2011
AE&E Quota only 5%
The largest division of the insolvent Austrian technology group A-Tec is likely to offer only very little to its creditors.
February 17, 2011
Below Average Privatization in Austria, according to ECEG
Regarding privatizations, Austria is still far behind, according to the European Coalition for Economic Growth (ECEG).
February 4, 2011
Spanish FCC reaches for Alpine
The Spanish construction group FCC already has a share of 80% of the Austrian Alpine. The remaining 20% is to be also purchased now.
February 4, 2011
Austrian Resistance Against Euro Bonds
Massive criticism comes from Germany, the Netherlands and Austria against the proposal to implement euro bonds to stabilize the currency in the EU.
December 8, 2010
Kapsch CarrierCom Gets Major Contract for GSM-R Project in Spain
Kapsch was commissioned by the Spanish railway authority Adif with the implementation of a GSM-R network.
November 9, 2010
Constantia Packaging subsidiary with acquisition in Spain
A 100-percent subsidiary of the packaging manufacturer Constantia Packaging AG, which was incorporated a few weeks by the U.S. financial investor One Equity Partners (OEP) is buying in Spain.
July 21, 2010