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
China Trade Surplus Tops Estimates, Adding to Tension - on Bloomberg
Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges to give away wealth - in Forbes