Hy! My name is Andra and I’m a med school student. I enjoy riding horses at our local horse-riding school and playing massive multiplayer online role playing games or MMORPGs. Here at Metrolic, I try to update our readers on the latest news in business and economics.
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 16th 2010 | no comments
The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Barack Obama have congratulated each other on Sunday for the improvement of relations between Russia and NATO, waiting like for an important event the NATO-Russia summit in Lisbon next week, according to AFP.
Medvedev will arrive in the [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 16th 2010 | no comments
Private Equity Funds have invested from the beginning of 2010, in Romanian companies about half the value of investments in the same period last year. Although the amounts wagered are small - understandable, however, in the context [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 14th 2010 | no comments
We know that the Reuters news agency often makes inquiries by questioning approx. 70 economists from around the world. Given the events related to the Fed’s new implemented measures, here are some of the conclusions presented by the respondents.
1. We know that U.S. GDP in Q3 was 2%. I [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 14th 2010 | no comments
PC PlayStation, Xbox and Wii's latest dispute over world leadership. The computer becomes the past and the future seems to belong to the Wii. Around us, the Romanians, the PC is still the number one tool when it comes to video games. The consoles are also popular, but domination is not [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 14th 2010 | no comments
Agricultural subsidies and public procurement are areas where accountants from the European Court of Auditors found the most problems, although they gave their opinion on the budget "in accordance with laws and regulations".
The five areas that represent 92% of all EU spending - [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 14th 2010 | no comments
Professional notebooks are a niche market carefully sought after by several IT manufacturers - HP, Lenovo or Dell. This type of laptops, real portable workstations must meet several important conditions: have a strong configuration that can satisfy any requirement, ensure a [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 14th 2010 | no comments
Ferrari. The first three quarters results show revenues of 1.349 million Euros (+4.8%) and a total of 4598 cars delivered to dealers (+2.4%). Operating profit for the same period was 192 million euros, compared with 176 million euros last year (9%). There also was an excellent result in [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
Public and private debt in the United Kingdom (UK) will go to 10,000 billion pounds in 2015, warns a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which entitles the company forecast the Bank of England governor (BOE), Mervyn King, the country is before a decade of "abstinence." [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
Fortune magazine has compiled a top of the ten most valued companies in the world. In the first place is Apple, followed closely by Google. In the top we can also find Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Toyota. So, here is the Top Ten most [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
In a year of supreme austerity, no Santa Claus can afford to ignore the financial stringency imposed by the European space. However, it this matter because even more clear from the study conducted by Deloitte Consulting's office in [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
Everything indicates that this year the country that will beat the record gold sales is India. The passion for gold of inhabitants in this country, especially in the rural areas, is contributing to the global demand supply for yellow metal. Indians are [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
The Chinese financial evaluation agency Dagong has severely criticized the policy in the U.S. and the policy of the U.S. central bank (the FED or the Federal Reserve) and retrograded the grade for the debt [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
In parallel with the publication of quarterly results, the E. ON group, the first German energy producer, has revealed its strategic development plan in 2015 and aims to strengthen positions in emerging markets, especially those outside Europe.
Through this [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
It is still unknown what will be the effects on firms and consumers. Government goes ahead with the intent to promote the ordinance that requires cars will be equipped with winter tires during the period between November 1st to March 31st . Boagiu, the [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
In the third quarter of 2010, the European banking giants have reduced earnings. The losses incurred by investment banking units causes diminishing profits. UniCredit yesterday reported a 15% lower profits for the period July to September, compared with [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 13th 2010 | no comments
Federal Reserve announcement that it will inject 600 billion dollars in the market to stimulate the U.S. economy has led to increasing oil prices. The recent depreciation of the dollar could cause oil prices exceed $ 90 per barrel, which has never happened over two [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 12th 2010 | no comments
Irish ten-year bond yields have reached a historic high of nearly 9% Wednesday after investors have sold most of the debt securities of government in Dublin.
In an attempt to calm the markets, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has sent a strong [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | November 12th 2010 | no comments
The draft 2011 budget to include projections of Hungary in 2014 on revenues from special taxes imposed on financial and banking industries, retail, telecommunication and energy, according to an article published on the official website of the [...]
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