Wednesday headlines: La Fantana buys Rokor Ecostyle, UniCredit Tiriac lends Argus EUR 8.5 mln, 10% EU funds absorption mid-year

Romanian media

Five bankers cashed in over EUR 1 million in 2009 for their 2008 results – in Ziarul Financiar Alcatel Lucent continues to hire software producers and engineers – in Ziarul Financiar Horvath & Partners: Romania ranks third in region in terms of investment potential – in Ziarul Financiar Gregory's changes director and strategy – continues with franchises – in Ziarul Financiar Romania, the sixth largest beneficiary of EU funds with EUR 1.7 bln. The absorption capacity by mid-year – 10.1% – in Ziarul Financiar Painting by Grigorescu, 'Car cu boi”, could be the most expensive painting ever sold in Romania – in Ziarul Financiar Romanians with loans could be asked by banks to sign additional contracts to the additional contracts – in Ziarul Financiar La Fantana buys Rokor Ecostyle for EUR 4.35 million – in Gandul Nokia produces intelligent mobile phone at Jucu – in Adevarul Romania could sell 15% of Transelectrica by mid-2011 – on Dailybusiness.ro Brainient, a company set up by a 24 year old Romania got a USD 0.8 million financing – on Wall-street.ro UniCredit Tiriac lends oil producer Argus EUR 8.5 million – on Wall-street.ro Radu Enache turns three-star hotel Gaiser in Timisu de Sus into training center – on Wall-street.ro

International media

AOL Tries to Restore Clout With TechCrunch, Two Other Dot-Com Acquisitions - on Bloomberg US aims to unveil plan to end AIG support: report - on Reuters China Manufacturing Sector Improves - on Wall Street Journal Endo to buy generic drugmaker Qualitest for $1.2 billion - on Reuters