Friday headlines: ABC Data buys Scop Computers, Medicover plans to double sales, new Ford Romania GM, World Cups in Russia and Qatar

Romanian media

Consumption survives after VAT increase and drop in salaries – in Ziarul Financiar Medicover plans to double sales and add 500 employees – in Ziarul Financiar Owner of AFI Palace Cotroceni delays Warsaw stock exchange listing – in Ziarul Financiar The second management change in Ford Romania in less than two months – in Ziarul Financiar Adamescu makes 25 percent smaller profit with Unirea Shopping Center – in Ziarul Financiar Niculae of Interagro wants to create food group – in Ziarul Financiar Norwegian investor, with EUR 45 million: “I want to buy apartments, but I don't have what to buy...” - in Gandul State will take EUR 1.1 billion from banks during the holidays – in Gandul Culture Ministry, illegal payments of EUR 26 million -in Adevarul BCR replies to BNR: Romanians took loans for a decent living. It was not an excess, but a need – on Dailybusiness.ro Scop Computers bought by Polish ABC Data – on Dailybusiness.ro Rohde & Schwarz buys majority package in Topex – on Wall-street.ro Air France and KLM discount ticket prices by 30 percent – on Wall-street.ro Endava plans to hire 200 more people in Romania by June 2011 – on Wall-street.ro Greiner buys Amplast – on Wall-street.ro Pope Pepa signs best friends deal with SpanishMartinez-Echevarria – on Wall-street.ro Medicover wants to double business in Romania in next five years – on Wall-street.ro McDonald's communication account moves from DDB to TBWA – on Wall-street.ro

International media

ECB steps up push to calm markets- in FT Crisis-hit banks flooded Fed with junk- in FT Europe faces fresh rules for trading- in FT Russia and Qatar to host World Cups- in FT World opinion cools on WikiLeaks- in FT BAE seeing high interest in sale of unit- on Reuters Pepsi sweet on Russia, in $3.8 billion WBD deal- on Reuters