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Afshin Rattansi goes underground on Google’s shady privacy record. Kristinn Hrafnsson, lawyer for Wikileaks, warns that it appears Google is ‘not a benign company, it has sinister aims’ and reveals that they want to be a dominant part of the military intelligence complex, handing information to the US government.
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Arms depot catches fire in Russia, over 28.000 evacuated !
"Over 28 thousand people were evacuated from their homes in Russia's Volga republic of Udmurtia as fire fighters battled a raging blaze and blasts in an underground arms depot storing 10,000 tonnes of shells.
Thirty people were injured in the series of blasts at the depot as more than 100 fire fighters tried to control the fire raging since last night, the regional emergencies officials said.
This is the second ammunition dump blast in a week in Russia.
Last week in Udmurtia's neighbouring republic of Bashkortostan, fifty houses were razed to the ground, and 160 people were left homeless as a result of powerful explosions at another ammunition depot.
Last night at around 1:20 am IST (11:50 pm Moscow time) shells began to explode in the artillery depot belonging to the army's missile and artillery munitions disposal facility near the village of Pugachevo in Udmurtia.
Almost 10,000 people were evacuated overnight from the town of Agryz in the neighbouring Republic of Tatarstan, as the area was declared to be within the blast wave radius.
The city residents were allowed to return to their homes in the morning, RIA Novosti reported.
The blast-hit facility stores from 5,000 to 10,000 railway carriages with various ammunition. It is believed that 18 storage facilities are on fire.
A total of 200 personnel, 30 fire fighting units and three fire fighting trains have been deployed, although it was early to move them to the still exploding depot, Vesti TV channel said.
The Russian emergencies ministry has also rushed two Il-76 fire fighting aircrafts, each able to carry 42 metric tons of water.
The accident has forced the ministry to temporarily close the Yelabuga-Izhevsk zone of the M7 federal highway, connecting Moscow and Ufa, the capital of the Urals republic of Bashkortostan.
The nearby railway line was also closed." source DNA
World’s Oil Giants Have Their Eyes Set On Romania
"France’s Total, US Exxon and Chevron, as well as Russia’s Lukoil are the oil giants that have in the past year set their eyes on Romania, trying to spot potential hydrocarbon reserves both on land and in the Black Sea.
France’s Total, US Exxon and Chevron, as well as Russia’s Lukoil are the oil giants that have in the past year set their eyes on Romania, trying to spot potential hydrocarbon reserves both on land and in the Black Sea.
Though Romania's entire territory has been deeply probed in the black gold race in the over 150 years of oil drilling, the domestic market is still catching the eye of some large players, being one of the few places in the region where crude oil can still be found.
New entries on the list of companies interested include Total and Chevron, which have asked the National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM) for several exploration permits for certain areas in Romania.
Dorin Cojocaru, head of the general department of management, assessment and leasing for resources and oil reserves with ANRM, says these giants' interest in the domestic market can be accounted for by the existence of some proven oil and gas reserves. This, in turn, points to the presence of a new reserve potential.
Aside from, Total and Chevron, ExxonMobil is already seeking oil in the Black Sea together with Petrom, Romania's largest company, and it will be joined by Russia's Lukoil.
Last year, the ANRM held the tenth round of oil perimeter allocations, at the end of which there were 20 areas leased. However, works cannot start until agreements undergo an intricate series of approvals." by ZF
EIB: Romania Registers Delays In All Stages Of EU Fund Absorption Process
"Romania registers delays in all phases of the EU fund absorption process, also because financing must be ensured before projects are approved, Thursday said Milena Messori, head of the European Investment Bank's office in Bucharest.
Messori said delays appear in the public procurement process, which is frequently contested, as well as in the implementation phase.
She pointed out the European Investment Bank did not impose a cap on the sums it may grant to Romania.
The EIB official stressed that the Government changed its EU fund absorption strategy from proposing new projects to using the sums already approved by EIB, the European Union and other financial institutions.
Messori said the fact projects are not approved unless financing is ensured first causes delays in the fund absorption process. She highlighted that in Poland the fund absorption process is successful, as applications to obtain funds for investments are filed after projects are approved.
A study compiled by consultancy firm KPMG reveals that Romania's European fund absorption continues to be the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with especially low payment ratios recorded for transport and environmental programs.
The study says Romania paid grants of only EUR1.5 billion by the end of 2010, or 7% of the EUR23.3 billion budget available for 2007-2013 through seven operational programs, from the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Social Fund." by ZF
Bucharest Subway Operator Goes Shopping For Power
"Metrorex, the operator of the Bucharest subway network, intends to buy one year’s worth of electricity for 52 million lei (EUR12.6 million), according to a company announcement.
It wants to buy 180,000 MWh from September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012 by open tender; the contract goes to the lowest bidder.
This is the amount of power Metrorex needs in one year. The deadline to submit bids is July 4, 2011.
Metrorex is currently buying power from Petrod, one of he biggest electricity traders in Romania, held by businessman Jack Cutisteanu.
"The contract was supposed to expire in June. Metrorex tried to organize a tender but no one came so that we negotiated the extension of the contract by three months until the end of August," Cutisteanu said.
"We are interested in this tender, because power trading is how we make a living," Cutisteanu said.
Considering the amount of power sought, the price Merorex is willing to pay is about RON289/MWh. On the OPCOM energy market, one MWh can be bought for about RON235 (next day delivery), while in case of long-term contracts, the price of power for 2012 is RON169.3 per MWh.
"Metrorex's price is reasonable. The prices displayed on OPCOM are mere power prices, but there are also other services that make up the final price per MWh besides them," explained Ion Lugu, general manager of CEZ Trade, the energy-trading unit of CEZ Romania." by ZF
Marfin Bank Posts EUR1M Loss In Romania In First Quarter
"Cyprus' second largest lender Marfin Bank Thursday said it has switched to first-quarter loss of EUR1 million in Romania, from net profit of EUR300,000 a year earlier, on lower revenues.
Marfin Bank said total revenue fell 34% on the year to EUR6 million in the first quarter. Revenue from interests was down 19% to EUR5 million.
Earnings before provisioning more than halved to EUR2 million in January to March, from EUR4.7 million in the year-earlier period.
The bank booked provisions on the local market worth EUR3.3 million, down from EUR4.2 million in the same month of 2010.
Worldwide, Marfin Bank reported a 70% increase in net profit to EUR71 million in the first quarter." by ZF
World Bank Lends Romania EUR500M For Social Assistance Reforms
"The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday approved a EUR500 million loan to support a social assistance program of Romania’s government estimated at EUR5.5 billion.
"Through this project, the World Bank is partnering with Romania to support the implementation of Romania's Social Assistance Reform Strategy, which was adopted by the Government in March 2010," the bank said in a news release.
It said the project's objective is to improve the overall performance of Romania's social assistance system by strengthening performance management, improving equity and administrative efficiency, and reducing error and fraud.
The project will focus on the government's programs for low-income households and vulnerable groups. The share of overall social assistance funds going to the poorest quintile is projected to increase from 37.7% in 2009 to at least 45% in 2014.
"The Government of Romania has launched an ambitious and comprehensive social assistance reform program," says Peter Harrold, Country Director for Romania at the World Bank.
"The World Bank welcomes the opportunity to work with the Government in implementing this program. We have together designed an innovative approach to achieving these ends, through the provision of financial support as each of twenty well-specified results are achieved in the Government's reform program for this key area."
The bank also said that the implementation of the Social Assistance Reform Strategy will bring the fiscal cost of social assistance programs in line with the level of the new EU member states, and will contribute to the fiscal sustainability of the social protection spending.
The approved project is a EUR500 million "results-based" specific investment loan over a three year period, supporting the Government of Romania's Social Assistance Program estimated at EUR5.5 billion." by ZF
Bankers, replaced in salary ranking by fuel and metal sellers
"Bankers, who in 2009 dominated the top half of the ranking of the 10 biggest net salaries in Bucharest, were last year replaced by fuel and metal sellers or fund managers, who were new entrants.
At the same time, the total value of the biggest gains generated by persons in the top ten reached 11.6m lei (2.75m euros), 3.4 times less than the 2009 net receipts of 39.8m lei (9.4m euros), in line with data released by the General Department of Bucharest Public Finances (DGFPB).
Whereas in 2009 the five largest salary-type incomes registered in Bucharest were posted in the banking sector, in line with DGFPB final data, in 2010 the situation changed.
The only link with the financial sector in the ranking of the biggest salaries of 2010 was a person positioned fourth, who gained 1.17m lei for "Other financial intermediation deals".
The biggest net salary in Bucharest was earned by a fund manager of district 1, who gained 1.7m lei (0.4m euros), in line with DGFBP data. The monthly salary would in this case stand at 144,679 lei.
Ranking second in the 2010 top, with an annual gain of 1.55m lei, is a person of district four, who brokered sales of fuel, ores, metals and chemical products for industry.
Business and management consultancy brought a Bucharest inhabitant of district one 1.2m lei, a sum that brought him the third position in the ranking.
From metal and metallic ore wholesale, two Bucharest inhabitants of district 4 last year cashed in almost similar salaries, of 1.09m lei and 1.06m lei respectively, with which they entered the ranking directly on the fifth and sixth positions." by ZF
Mitsubishi: couriers and energy firms, interested in electrical cars
"Electrical car demand domestically is double the most "positive" initial estimates, with companies wanting both to improve their image and slash fuel costs.
"We're in talks with several clients that will acquire over ten i-MiEV electrical cars.
All these orders will materialise more or less depending on government incentives. We originally did not expect such a potential. We expected sales of less than five units this year," said Daniel Antor, an executive manager with M Car Trading, Mitsubishi importer domestically, part of Ţiriac Holdings.
Antor underscored there are already advanced talks underway with Bucharest and Constanţa city halls for the creation of an infrastructure, such as fitting loading stations in public parking lots.
The first client that acquired a Mitsubishi i-MiEV was the domestic unit of Mitsubishi Corporation, a company owned directly by the Japanese concern. Besides this, couriers, electricity firms and fuel distributors are also interested in electrical cars." by ZF
Rise in food prices takes inflation to new high: 8.34%
"The rise in food prices underestimated by analysts again, and compounded by the increase in electricity price took annual inflation to 8.34% at the end of April, after a 0.66% monthly increase.
Foods became 0.92% more expensive in April compared with March, while non-food prices went up by 0.87%.
On the other hand, service tariffs fell slightly by 0.42%, as a result of the appreciation of the leu against the euro and the dollar.
What were the highest price increases? Fresh fruit price leapt by 7.7% in April, while sugar and potatoes became 4.99% and 4.5% more expensive, and the flour price rose by 1.6%.
As for the non-food products, the highest price increase was that of electricity, which weighs quite a lot in the consumer basket, with the jump compared with March standing at 5%." by ZF
Romania still core of cancer drug business for Actavis
"Claudio Albrecht, CEO of Actavis drug maker, with 1.7bn-euro turnover in 2010, which owns Sindan plant in Romania, says a Swiss or an Austrian would not have the same results as the Romanian team, with Romanians having capacity for improvisation, being intelligent and well-trained.
On the Romanian market, one of the most important in CEE, Actavis expects annual average growth of 15-20% in the following years because it started from a "very small" base.
Last year, Actavis posted 93m-euro sales (including exports) in Romania. In Albrecht's opinion, the local drug market also has "huge" potential.
The Sindan plant Actavis owns in Bucharest now works at full capacity and is one of the biggest pharmaceutical exporters.
"The more we grow, the more we have to move to Italy (where Actavis owns an cancer drug production facility," said Albrecht, adding he does not have any plans for a greenfield investment now, but that on long term it remains to be seen whether the plant keeps its current location (in the centre of Bucharest) or not." by ZF
Lending revival: BCR collects 75,000 consumer loan applications in 6 weeks
BCR, the biggest bank on the Romanian market, has seen daily applications for consumer loans double in the six weeks since launching a campaign to promote leu-denominated funding with a fixed 12.5 % a year interest rate and a maximum deadline of 10 years, to 2,000-2,500 applications, totalling around 75,000, says Dominic Bruynseels, the bank's CEO.
"We have been pleasantly surprised by the demand we have recorded for this product and we apologise to clients who have to wait for an answer longer than a day, as we promise in the advert. The BCR has been perceived in the past few years as being outside the consumer lending market, but now we want to show that we are ready to lend money through this type of products, as well."
The head of the BCR specifies that around 35% of new loan volumes are accounted for by refinancing, but hopes this significant demand will also be reflected in an increase in the volume of retail loans, a segment that continued on a downward trend in the first quarter.
On the segment of mortgage loans, the BCR is awaiting approval of the central bank to join the fourth edition of the First Home scheme." by ZF
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O fotografie şocantă a prinţesei Diana pe moarte după accident va fi arătată în cadrul unui documentar controversat la Cannes
O fotografie a prinţesei Diana făcută de paparazzi la câteva momente după accidentul în care şi-a pierdut viaţa va fi prezentată în cadrul unui documentar al actorului Keith Allen la Cannes, scrie Daily Mail. Documentarul se numeşte "Omucidere din neglijenţă" ("Unlawful killing") - după verdictul dat în 2008 în urma unei anchete care a conchis că vinovat pentru accidentul în care a murit prinţesa Diana a fost şoferului maşinii, Henri Paul.
Fotografia apare pentru o fracţiune de secundă la sfârşitul trailerului documentarului
Documentarul de 90 de minute a fost interzis în Marea Britanie, iar imaginea alb negru în care trăsăturile Dianei sunt clar vizibile nu a fost niciodată arătată până acum. Poze similare care au fost folosite în cadrul anchetei erau pixelate şi trăsăturile prinţesei nu puteau fi desluşite. Documentarul este promovat cu ajutorul lui Mohamed Al-Fayed, tatăl lui Dodi Al-Fayed, prietenul Dianei, care a murit şi el în accidentul din 31 august 1997.
Prietenii apropiaţi ai prinţesei Diana condamnă documentarul ca pe un mod de a face bani de pe urma morţii ei. Prinţii William şi Harry nu au comentat pe seama apariţiei unui nou film despre conspiraţii şi moartea mamei lor. Un purtător de cuvânt de la palatul St. James a declarat că cei doi fii ai Dianei speră ca oamenii să trateze filmul a cărui premieră va avea loc la Cannes cu dispreţul pe care îl merită. El mai spune că prinţii nu vor comenta pe seama documentarului pentru a nu-i face publicitate. Mohamed Al-Fayed l-a acuzat pe prinţul Phillip, soţul reginei Elisabeta a II-a, că ar fi fost în spatele conspiraţiei care a dus la moartea Dianei. În documentar este menţionată viaţa din tinereţe a prinţului consort, care a studiat la o instituţie de învăţământ în sudul Germaniei în timpul celui de-al treilea Reich. Conform documentarului, la şcoala la care a învăţat viitorul soţ al reginei, copiii erau obligaţi să salute cu expresia "heil Hitler". sursa Gandul
This movie will never see the light of day in the UK, so it's up to us in the US to shine a torch on the truth. Don't ask me how I managed to get this footage, but here it is ! A sneak preview of leaked footage from a new motion picture that's going to blow your head off and that's going to blow the whole cover-up of Princess Di's unlawful killing. Screw the British establishment and screw the movie business too. The royal family never wanted you to see this movie and the producers sure as hell didn't want you to see it yet either as it's not even been launched yet. Watch this space, as there's more to come ! Long live Diana's memory you assholes, we'll never forget her.
Coca Cola HBC head: I did not foresee the crisis, but I expected the downturn
"Călin Drăgan, 44, general manager of Coca Cola HBC Romania and Moldova (the bottler of drinks part of Coca Cola portfolio), says that while he did not foresee the financial crisis, he anticipated during the boom period, when the economy grew by over 5%, that a market decline would follow.
"I cannot lie and say I saw the crisis coming. I only believed that we would no longer see increases of above 15% and that the market would stabilise at growth of 10%, and this is why I took the measures that I took".
Drăgan, who has run Coca Cola HBC for 6 years, also says that in 2008 he decided to make cost-cutting moves whose results are now visible.
"Three years ago, when we moved to slash costs, everybody was looking at us, saying we were crazy. Now, though, we can see the fruit of these measures," he says without providing further details.
Coca-Cola in Q1 sold in Romania 12% fewer cases against a year ago, on the still challenging economic climate. In Romania, consumption, which increased by over 10% during the boom period, declined by over 5% in Q1. However, Drăgan is upbeat." by ZF
Vodafone: Smartphones have reached 25% of all mobile phone sales
Sales of smartphones, mobile phones that allow users to surf the net, send emails, run games and listen to music, have surged, currently making up a quarter of Vodafone's mobile phone sales, says Andrei Oltei, terminal manager within the company.
"Whereas a year ago they accounted for 10% of the overall number of units sold, smartphones have now reached 25% and will continue to rise.
Last year, smartphones accounted for 15% of Vodafone's overall mobile phone sales," Oltei told ZF.
Vodafone's management puts the increase in smartphone sales down to expanding the offers and cutting prices. "Now a smartphone that uses Google's operating system can cost as little as 19 euros plus a subscription. Increasingly more users are buying a smartphone, even if it's not a high-end terminal." Most smartphones sold by Vodafone run on the Google Android operating system, specified the Vodafone representative.
Oltei did not provide details on the number of smartphones or mobile phones sold by the company. However, according to some estimates, Vodafone's sales could reach around 800,000 units per year, which means the operator could sell around 200,000 smartphones in 2011." by ZF
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