Wednesday headlines: state prepares for trial with Rompetrol, companies, population debt at EUR 72 bln, BRD pays EUR 13.7 mln bonuses

Romanian media

Companies' and population debt reaches EUR 72 billion – in Ziarul Financiar Tiriac merges its car dealers – in Ziarul Financiar Lidl takes 100 Romanians to Germany to train them to become managers – in Ziarul Financiar BRD pays its employees EUR 13.7 million in bonuses for last year – in Ziarul Financiar PwC: Romania will produce 520,000 cars in 2014 – in Ziarul Financiar State prepares for trial with Rompetrol – in Ziarul Financiar Over 500,000 Romanians have to queue up to pay their social contributions – in Gandul Interest on deposits has decreased Romanians' savings – in Gandul 2010, a weak year for the wine industry – in Adevarul eMag wants to sell over 1,000 Dell Streak tablets by the end of the year – on Dailybusiness.ro Lending doesn't comeback, even if the Credit Bureau issues 350,000 credit reports every month – on Wall-street.ro Inquisition at Ursus headquarters in the Dan Diaconescu case – on Wall-street.ro BNR report: Half of Romanian banks have externalized EUR 10 billion of loans – on Hotnews.ro

International media

Santander executive charged with insider trading - in FT Facebook’s ‘value’ soars as investors seek pre-IPO stake - in FT WPP raises forecasts as advertising rebounds - in FT AWB accepts Agrium’s A$1.2bn offer - in FT China crash kills 42 as plane overshoots runway - on Reuters Apple talks with media giants to rent shows: sources - on Reuters Editor: Deal in Works to Sell The Washington Times- in ABC News