Friday headlines: new Carrefour openings, local iPhone 4 battle, cigarette prices up from July, low cost flight move from Baneasa

Romanian media

Gold sparkles for Romanians, with 40 percent yields a year – in Ziarul Financiar 150 MPs stay in Centre Ville apartments, where prices start at EUR 2,200 a month – in Ziarul Financiar Low-cost flights to move from Baneasa – in Ziarul Financiar Carrefour enters Botosani, a city avoided by large retailers – in Ziarul Financiar iPhone 4, the war of the year on the telecom market – in Ziarul Financiar Oriflame expects increase of sales under 5 percent – in Ziarul Financiar eMag expects several millions of euros in Apple product sales – in Ziarul Financiar JTI: The next price increases in cigarettes will happen in July 2011 – in Ziarul Financiar Bergenbier moves its media account with Initiative – in Ziarul Financiar Tax authority uses 10 gods to fight cigarette smuggling – in Gandul Deutsche Bank sees exchange rate at RON 4.4/a EUR for next year – in Gandul Three out of four Romanians go out less often to restaurants and bars because of the crisis – in Gandul Snow blocks several national roads – in Adevarul Basescu gives up: the Rompetrol debt will be paid in tranches – in Adevarul JTI gives dogs and cars to state to fight cigarette smuggling – on Dailybusiness.ro Peter Weiss is the new head of Bancpost Romania, replacing Mihai Bogza – on Dailybusiness.ro Cosmote and Vodafone launch iPhone 4 the same day in December – on Dailybusiness.ro Head of The Group: The TV market in Romania, EUR 200 million in 2010 – on Dailybusiness.ro Romanian airports will have 3D panels to inform travelers – on Dailybusiness.ro Unirii, Tineretului and Herastrau skating rinks open this week – on Dailybusiness.ro Romania ranks 9th in investment top among 40 emerging countries – on Wall-street.ro Swedish Skanska could develop real estate projects in Romania – on Wall-street.ro

International media

Investors cautious amid Eurozone debt worry- in FT Skanska launches housebuilding arm- in FT Iceland strikes new deal over failed bank- in FT MasterCard buys Travelex prepaid unit for $459 million- on Reuters