Wed, 27 Oct 2010: Tallinn: gateway to Asia?…
Oct 27, 2010 Baltics
The officials stated that since air connections form an important part of Estonia’s business environment, it must be possible to fly from Tallinn to all the most important European business ...Tags: Air Connections, Asia, Board Member, Business Centers, Business Environment, China, Chinese Airlines, Competitor, Course Of A Day, European Business, Favorable Location, Finnair, Flights, Fly, Helsinki, Hub, Infrastructure, Likelihood, Rsquo, Tallinn Airport
Thu, 10 Jun 2010: Good sailing for ferry operators…
Jun 10, 2010 Baltics
During peak season the ships are not usually short of passengers. In the months of May and June, slightly more reservations have been made compared with a year ago, competitor Viking Line announc...Tags: Car Ferries, Competitor, Debt Burden, Ferry Operators, Last Minute, New Car, Peak Season, S Market, Sailing, Ships, Tallink
Thu, 8 Apr 2010: Abuse of dominant position confirmed…
Apr 8, 2010 Baltics
Moreover, the TVOU itself used to supply fuel to aircraft as well. In this way, the TVOU, being directly involved in the supply of aircraft fuel and seeking protection of its position in these ac...Tags: Aircraft Fuel, Airlines, Competition Council, Competition Policy Division, Competitor, Dominant Position, Existence, Fuel Costs, Infrastructure, Lvat, Market Participant, Rsquo
Thu, 28 Jan 2010: Bank takes over sports hall…
Jan 28, 2010 Baltics
The details of the deal were not revealed. The sports hall was built in 2006 in preparation for the ice hockey world championship. The building’s total area is 22,570 square meters. Last ...Tags: Competitor, Effective Management, Events Calendar, Hectares, Hockey World Championship, Latvia, Liabilities, Long Time, Management Arena, Prospects, Reason, Riga, Sports Hall, Square Meters, Taking Into Consideration, Venue
Thu, 22 Oct 2009: Taxi wars head to court…
Oct 22, 2009 Baltics
"Baltic Taxi is and will be a solvent company that is in business to stay," said Flick. He pointed out that this year its monthly turnover indicates that the company has cornered up to 50 percent...Tags: Baltic, Competitor, Creative Director, Erts, Flick, Honest Company, Insolvency, Mud, Petition, Spate, Surprise, Taxi Cab, Turnover
Thu, 14 May 2009: Hobby Hall pulls out of Baltics…
May 14, 2009 Baltics
"Quick escalation of the financial crisis in the Baltic countries has brought a substantial deterioration in purchasing power, leading to loss-making operations, and there are no foreseeable oppo...Tags: Baltic Countries, Competitor, Escalation, Financial Crisis, Hobby Hall, Postimees, Profitability, Purchasing Power, Quelle, Retail Business, Substantial Deterioration, Surprise, Term Crisis
Wed, 23 Apr 2008: FlyLAL mulls taking competitor airBaltic to court…
Apr 23, 2008 Baltics
Tickets for airBaltic flights from Vilnius are lower than analogous flights from Riga, which essentially means that airBaltic is subsidizing its Vilnius routes with the significant discounts it re...Tags: Airbaltic, Baltic News Service, Breach, Competition Laws, Competition Watchdog, Competitor, Damages, Flights From Vilnius, Flylal, Losses, Riga Airport
Wed, 10 Oct 2007: FlyLAL says prepared to take majority stake in airBaltic…
Oct 10, 2007 Baltics
Nevertheless, FlyLAL executives are confident a takeover of the Latvian competitor would benefit all sides. "We have excellent experience in the privatization of airlines, as well as a well-deve...Tags: Aim, Aviation Sector, Carrier, Competitor, Debts, Financial Capabilities, Financial Shape, Flylal, Group Ceo, Infrastructure, Investors, Linas, Lithuanian Airlines, Litigation, Majority Stake, Percent Stake, Privatization, Takeover, Top Quality Services
Wed, 19 Sep 2007: PKN Orlen could merge with Lotos…
Sep 19, 2007 Baltics
One calls for the consolidation of PKN Orlen and the other for the consolidation of Lotos," the Polish news agency PAP quoted Kaczynski as saying. Treasury Minister Wojciech Jasinski has been quo...Tags: Competitor, Consolidation, Energy Security, Fear, Jasinski, Lotos, Market Share, Merger, News Agency, Oil Companies, Orlen, Pap, Percent Stake, Polish News, Takeover, Treasury Minister
Wed, 19 Sep 2007: FlyLAL chafes at airBaltic’s market dominance…
Sep 19, 2007 Baltics
"We calculated that these dishonest actions by our competitors could have cost us up to 5 million litas in lost revenue." Puksta said that flyLAL, which is owned by three private Lithuanian comp...Tags: Accusation, Airbaltic, Business Practices, Chafes, Competitor, Dishonest Actions, Flylal, Google, Litas, Lithuanian Companies, Market Dominance, S Market, Spokesman, Unfair Practices
Wed, 18 Jul 2007: Taking counsel: Employee’s prohibition on competition…
Jul 18, 2007 Baltics
Currently there is only one provision on an employee's prohibition on competition in the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, pursuant to which a worker is required not to compete with the employer...Tags: Benefit, Competitor, Compliance, Employment Contracts, Expiry, Legal Regulation, Prohibition, Provision, Provisions, Termination Of Employment, Termination Of Employment Contract
Wed, 12 Jul 2006: TALKING TAX: ‘Hey, where should I put my old fridge?’…
Jul 12, 2006 Baltics
The other category of NRT payers consists of companies that use the EEE for their business purposes. The rates (depending on the weight of the EEE) may be significant, or sometimes prohibitive, b...Tags: Benefit Companies, Business Purposes, Circumstances, Competitor, Eee, Fridge, Hey, Kilograms, Lats, Vending Machine, Waste Management System
Wed, 25 Jan 2006: Kazakhs, Poles step up lobbying efforts…
Jan 25, 2006 Baltics
I may only confirm everything that was said before."Reports indicate that PKN Orlen offered more than their Kazakh competitor in the first round of bidding that took place late last year, or $1.5 ...Tags: Competitor, Kazakh, Kazakhs, Oil And Gas, Oil And Gas Company, Pkn Orlen, Prime Minister, Windfall
Wed, 21 Dec 2005: Olympic Casino buys out Latvian competitor…
Dec 21, 2005 Latvia
The transaction will boost the market share of Olympic Casino on Latvia's fragmented gaming market to 15 's 16 percent, making it the second biggest operator after Alfor. Alfor possesses about one...Tags: Ceo, Competitor, Egg, Europe, Foreign Banks, Gaming Market, Karu, Latvia, Market Leader, Market Share, Olympic Casino, One Fifth, Shareholder, Slot Machine
Wed, 15 Jun 2005: Bite GSM wants to lease competitor networks during start-up phase…
Jun 15, 2005 Baltics
CEO Jesper Teil Eriksen told journalists last week that Bite has invited Latvia's LMT and Tele2 to launch talks concerning the lease of their networks, and Eriksen said that the two companies shou...Tags: Ceo, Competitor, Eriksen, Gsm Networks, Jesper, Journalists, Latvia, Launch, Leasing, Lmt, Mobile Operator, Public Utilities, Regulatory Commission, Riga, Tele2, Zinios
Wed, 15 Jun 2005: LMT launches mobile TV service…
Jun 15, 2005 Baltics
Director Guntars Traubergs told journalists that the Internet television service that LNT has been providing for more than five years has been used by at least 200,000 people throughout the countr...Tags: Competitor, Internet Service, Internet Television, Journalists, Latvia, Lithuania, Lmt, Lnt, Mobile Network, Mobile Operator, Mobile Telecommunications, Mobile Tv, More Than Five Years, Service Director, Tele2, Television Service, Third Generation, Tv Service, Tv Services, Umts
Thu, 15 May 2003: LMT eyes fixed-line market…
May 15, 2003 Baltics
Several companies have lined up to enter the market, though Lattelekom has yet to open its infrastructure to competitors.LMT spokesman Davids Dane said the company was seeking a fixed-line service...Tags: Business Plans, Competitor, Existing Customers, Infrastructure, International Voice, Internet Access Services, Lattelekom, Line Business, Lmt, Mobile Phone Company, Spokesman, Spokeswoman, Subsidiary, Tele2
Thu, 24 Apr 2003: Hansapank doubts competitor…
Apr 24, 2003 Baltics
Liinat added that after Nordea Bank and Uhispank lowered their interest rates the bank had received numerous calls to inquire about loan opportunities. Compared with January, Hansapank's share on ...Tags: Competitor, Doubts, Hansapank, Interest Rates, Leasing Market, Loan Opportunities, Nordea Bank
Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Retailer attacks competitor’s ads …
Mar 20, 2003 Baltics
This measure was taken after establishing that the company had twice violated the procedure for importing foodstuffs.According to the service's report, a 23-ton rice shipment from India, imported ...Tags: Ads, Cereal Crop, Competitor, Crop Import, Few Days, Food Service, Foodstuffs, India, Negotiations, Permissible Levels, State Food, Toxins, Vp
Thu, 30 Jan 2003: Analysts expect solid dividends for 2002…
Jan 30, 2003 Baltics
"No major changes are expected in the companies' dividend policy. I think that the major Estonian companies listed on the stock exchange will pay shareholders reasonable dividends," Reisenbuk said...Tags: Capitalization, Competitor, Dividend Policy, Dividends, Estonian Companies, Kroons, Maximum, Net Profit, Shareholders, Stock Exchange
Thu, 23 Jan 2003: Russians’ taste for credit takes hold…
Jan 23, 2003 Baltics
Property is usually paid for with a lump sum.But spurred by the arrival of Western financial institutions into the retail banking sector, and thanks to the financial stability that has followed th...Tags: Banking Sector, Competitor, Delta Credit, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Financial Stability, Loans, Lump Sum, Milli, Mortgage Lending, President Vladimir Putin, Public Relations, Retail Banking, Russians, Sberbank, Trust Banks, Victoria, Vladimir Putin
Thu, 7 Jan 1999: Statoil buys stations from competitor…
Jan 7, 1999 Baltics
"We were interested in increasing our representation in Estonia. Statoil's objective is to become the market leader in the Baltics."Before it acquired Alexela Oils' stations, Statoil owned 14 stat...Tags: Acquisition, Baltics, Board Chairman, Competitor, Estonia, Fuel Market, Fuel Retailers, Gas Stations, Market Leader, Objective, Press Release, Stake, Statoil, World Markets
Thu, 22 Oct 1998: A glance at Baltic real estate…
Oct 22, 1998 Baltics
I try to do a very good job and I try to put out a very good product. Everybody is welcome to be in this business. One certainly needs to be aware of what the competitor is doing, but I do not ben...Tags: Competitor, Glance, Good Job, Insider, Money, Office Development, Oversupply, Real Estate, Transparency