*Carrefour Romania sales down 2.8% in third quarter, to EUR 270 million - in Ziarul Financiar
*Treich, Erste: They should deliver flyers about the risks of financial products, similarly to drugs - in Ziarul Financiar
*Wizz Air doesn't see Romania as a crisis country. “Our business brings a profit margin of 5 percent” - in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. introduces fiscal stimuli for the production and acquisition of electric cars - in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian buy EUR 2.5 million of holidays in 2010 – in Gandul

British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Low cost airline Wizz Air transported 1.6 million passengers on flights to and from Romania in the first nine months of the year, with an airplane load factor of 86 percent, the company has announced. The company's profit margin in Romania is of 4 to 5 percent, said its vice-president John Stephenson. Romania is one of the company's most successful markets, said Stephenson, who thinks the airline industry is coming out of the crisis.

Clothing retailer Sprider Stores has opened a new store in Promenada Mall in Braila, following a EUR 1 million...

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.

Local telecom company RCS & RDS has launched its mobile telephony service Digi Mobil in Italy, catering to the needs of over 1 million Romanians living there. Italy is the second destination country for Romanian workers where RCS &RDS launches its services, after launching Digi Mobil in Spain in 2008.

Banks active in Romania could lose over EUR 500 million if the Government Ordinance (OUG) 50/2010 stays in its current ambiguous form, according to the head of the Romanian Banks Association (ARB), Radu Gratian Ghetea (in picture).

Romania has seen the most significant growth in sentiment about companies’ financial outlook, according to the fourth edition of the Deloitte Business Sentiment Index (DBSI). 63 percent of interviewed executives shared optimism - an almost 48 percent increase since the first survey in September 2009 and more than three times higher than the previous edition, issued in April.

Intersnack has bought the Nutline sunflower seeds, preanuts and dried fruits brand from Alka Group, owned by Amir Krenzia, according to Ziarul Financiar. The deal was estimated at around EUR 10 million, but the two companies have not offered details.

*Carrefour Romania sales down 2.8% in third quarter, to EUR 270 million - in Ziarul Financiar
*Treich, Erste: They should deliver flyers about the risks of financial products, similarly to drugs - in Ziarul Financiar
*Wizz Air doesn't see Romania as a crisis country. “Our business brings a profit margin of 5 percent” - in Ziarul Financiar
*Govt. introduces fiscal stimuli for the production and acquisition of electric cars - in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian buy EUR 2.5 million of holidays in 2010 – in Gandul

British companies invested a total of EUR 1.9 billion in Romania in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 36 percent on the same period of last year, according to data from the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce. British companies invested EUR 2.6 million in Romania in the first nine months last year.

Low cost airline Wizz Air transported 1.6 million passengers on flights to and from Romania in the first nine months of the year, with an airplane load factor of 86 percent, the company has announced. The company's profit margin in Romania is of 4 to 5 percent, said its vice-president John Stephenson. Romania is one of the company's most successful markets, said Stephenson, who thinks the airline industry is coming out of the crisis.

Clothing retailer Sprider Stores has opened a new store in Promenada Mall in Braila, following a EUR 1 million...

*M&A market shows signs of revival – in Ziarul Financiar
*Foreign investments drop and the current account deficit grows – in Ziarul Financiar
*Gazprom president signs South Stream memorandum in Bucharest – in Ziarul Financiar
*RCS &RDS- We went to Italy for the one million Romanians working there – in Ziarul Financiar
*Romanian industry takes a break. Last place on growth in August – in Gandul

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will send a team of experts to Romania to analyze the opportunity of a joint venture with local peer Romgaz, Gazprom’s president Alexei Miller said Wednesday. Miller met with Romanian officials in Bucharest to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the South Stream pipeline project.

Local telecom company RCS & RDS has launched its mobile telephony service Digi Mobil in Italy, catering to the needs of over 1 million Romanians living there. Italy is the second destination country for Romanian workers where RCS &RDS launches its services, after launching Digi Mobil in Spain in 2008.

Banks active in Romania could lose over EUR 500 million if the Government Ordinance (OUG) 50/2010 stays in its current ambiguous form, according to the head of the Romanian Banks Association (ARB), Radu Gratian Ghetea (in picture).

Romania has seen the most significant growth in sentiment about companies’ financial outlook, according to the fourth edition of the Deloitte Business Sentiment Index (DBSI). 63 percent of interviewed executives shared optimism - an almost 48 percent increase since the first survey in September 2009 and more than three times higher than the previous edition, issued in April.

Intersnack has bought the Nutline sunflower seeds, preanuts and dried fruits brand from Alka Group, owned by Amir Krenzia, according to Ziarul Financiar. The deal was estimated at around EUR 10 million, but the two companies have not offered details.