Thursday headlines: Petrom makes loss in third quarter, Romanians to send EUR 4.5 bln from abroad, trains produced locally under Bombardier license

Romanian media

BNR about the idea of adding supplementary tax for banks: we will respect the European decision – in Ziarul Financiar Unpleasant surprise for Petrom in the third quarter: strong RON and Kazakhstan have taken the company on the loss side – in Ziarul Financiar UniCredit's strategy is to increase lending and stop expenses – in Ziarul Financiar The Romanian – German Chamber of Commerce proposes a commercial arbitrage court for companies – in Ziarul Financiar Cheaper insurance policies brought a drop of business for Allianz – in Ziarul Financiar Romanians working abroad still send EUR 4.5 billion of remittances this year – in Ziarul Financiar Remarul 16 Februarie will produce trains under the Bombardier license – in Ziarul Financiar BCR installs 32 ATMs in metro stations, to recharge metro cards – in Ziarul Financiar Food, 24 percent more expensive – in Gandul Hidromecanica Brasov asks for insolvency – in Adevarul Petrom cuts 25 percent of investments this year – in Adevarul Good bye, the biggest hotel in Europe. Affected by crisis, Rin Grand gives up on half of the rooms and turns them into apartments – on Dailybusiness.ro The first three profitable banks in Romania made 48% of the system profit – on Wall-street.ro A two-room apartment costs as much as a studio in 2008 – on Wall-street.ro Digital Cable Systems invests EUR 0.4 million in call center– on Wall-street.ro Vega Company bought Faleza hotel in Galati with EUR 2.6 million – on Wall-street.ro The first two licenses for digital TV could be offered by January 2012 – on Wall-street.ro

International media

Greenspan warns over weaker dollar- in FT London student protest turns violent- in FT Iraqi deal on forming new government- in FT Japan stocks rally and hit highest level since June |- on Reuters Home Seizures in U.S. Decline 9% as States Probe Foreclosures- on Bloomberg