Thu, 27 Aug 2009: The week’s top news in world financial markets from Maximus Capital…
Aug 27, 2009 Baltics
The evolution of the labor market is a key factor in determining the health of the consumer and, more broadly, in shaping the nascent economic recovery. It is also an important driver of Fed pol...Tags: Backdrop, Colors, Economic Recovery, Economy, Euro Zone, Evolution, Fed Chairman Bernanke, Fed Policy, Financial Markets, Forefront, Gdp, Jobless Claims, Last Friday, Market Indicators, Pmi, Post War, Q1, Real Gdp, Recession, Top News
Thu, 21 May 2009: IMF urges continued cuts …
May 21, 2009 Baltics
This reflects both the size of remaining fiscal buffers and uncertainty about future financing possibilities given present financial market conditions. It will also help Estonia to qualify for spe...Tags: Adoption, Authorities, Backdrop, Buffers, Economic Downturn, Expenditure Side, Financial Market Conditions, High Priority, Imf, Possibilities, Uncertainty
Wed, 18 Apr 2007: Vitol executives meet Kalvitis, voice concerns about Ventspils business…
Apr 18, 2007 Baltics
Last month Vitol announced that it had agreed to purchase 49 percent of Ventspils Naftas Tranzits, a Ventspils Nafta subsidiary that specializes in oil handling, thereby consolidating its positio...Tags: Backdrop, Baltic State, Bribery, Businessmen, Crackdown, Culmination, Graft, Lembergs, Lucrative Oil, Money Laundering, Naftas, Oil Transit, Percent Stake, Subsidiary, Tax Evasion, Transit Market, Ventspils Nafta, Voice Concerns
Wed, 4 Jan 2006: Kalvitis targets 5 percent inflation in 2006…
Jan 4, 2006 Baltics
Currently Latvia has the highest inflation in the EU25, though it also tops the union in terms of GDP growth. Government officials continue to blame world energy prices for much of the price-rise,...Tags: Backdrop, Baltic Countries, Bank Of Latvia, Consumers, Energy Prices, Energy Sector, Gas Prices, Gaze, Gazprom, Gazprom Russia, Gdp, Gdp Growth, Government Officials, Inflation, Monopoly, Natural Gas Producer, Price Hike, Targets, Tariff Increase, World Energy
Wed, 23 Feb 2005: Baltic stocks set record high, no end in sight…
Feb 23, 2005 Baltics
Turnover on the 19 listings that are part of the index reached an impressive 96 million euros, 83 percent of which came on Hansapank, the Estonian branch of the Hansabank Group. The stock climbed ...Tags: Backdrop, Baltic News Service, Feb 2005, Investment Bank, Minority Shareholders, Riho, Stocks, Swedbank, Takeover Bid, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Trading Stock, Turnover
Thu, 22 Jul 1999: ‘What’s your age, please?’…
Jul 22, 1999 Baltics
Only 13.6 percent of 30-to-34-year-olds and 12.9 percent of 25-to-29-year-olds are without jobs.Against this backdrop, the number of job places in Riga is increasing. January to March 1999 brought...Tags: Alena, Backdrop, Different Kinds, Employment Agency, Employment Opportunities, Fish, Good Communication Skills, Job, Jobs, Language Certificate, Latvian Language, Months Of The Year, Nails, Packing, Riga