Wed, 4 Aug 2010: Fears grow over economic recovery…
Aug 4, 2010 Baltics
“The bad news is that pressures facing manufacturers in the region are only going to increase from here,” Shearing wrote. As the global recovery flags, “there is little chance of...Tags: Bad News, Confidence, Economic Recovery, Fears, Fiscal Squeeze, Flags, Global Recovery, Hsbc Holdings, Hsbc Holdings Plc, Little Chance, Pmi, Poland, Purchasing Managers Index, Rsquo, Second Consecutive Month, Turkey
Thu, 17 Dec 2009: The week’s top news in world financial markets from Maximus Capital…
Dec 17, 2009 Baltics
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest sources of mortgage money in the U.S., have used $111.6 billion of their $400 billion in backup financing in less than a year. The companies say their 10...Tags: Assets, Control, Debt Issuance, Dividend Payment, Draws, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Fears, Financial Markets, Freddie Mac, Housing Finance Agency, Mortgage Companies, Mortgage Finance Companies, Mortgage Money, Mortgage Portfolios, Risk, Top News, Treasury, Trillion
Wed, 10 Jun 2009: Devaluation fears surface as Latvia crisis deepens…
Jun 10, 2009 Latvia
HEADSTRONG The Latvian government has repeatedly ruled out the possibility of devaluation 's a stance backed by the European Union, which said the peg is vital for economic and political stabili...Tags: Budget Systems, Devaluation, Economic Recovery, European Union, Fears, Foreign Debts, Health Education, International Lenders, Joaquin Almunia, Lats, Latvia, Latvian Government, Monetary Affairs, Peg, Political Stability, Tranche
Thu, 30 Apr 2009: Consortium allays fears on bypass pipeline…
Apr 30, 2009 Baltics
Russia remains the EU's single largest energy partner and Europe constitutes Russia's largest market for gas, accounting for 75 percent of Russian gas exports. Currently the EU is dependent on U...Tags: Bound, Consortium, Energy Partner, Europe, Fears, Gas Exports, Gas Imports, Moscow, Neighbor, Pipeline, Pipelines, Russia, Russian Gas, Transit Country, Ukraine
Wed, 22 Apr 2009: Credit default on the rise …
Apr 22, 2009 Baltics
Furthermore, many analysts and bank representatives have raised fears that the number of people who cannot repay loans 's and subsequently the number of repossessions that take place 's is only g...Tags: April 13, Banks, Credit Default, Extreme Cases, Fears, Loans, Nordea, Pank, People, Property Repossessions, Unemployment Rate
Wed, 18 Feb 2009: Spat raises fears of major energy shortfall…
Feb 18, 2009 Baltics
He also maintained, however, that Lithuania's SwedLit proposal is technically superior. "We should not forget the technical aspects here, i.e. whether the designed link would physically provide t...Tags: Baltic Times, Energy Company, Energy Security, Energy Shortfall, Equality, Fears, Grids, Latvenergo, Latvian Government, Parameters, Proposal, Proposals, Reliability, Spat, Technical Aspects, Uninterrupted Power Supply
Wed, 10 Sep 2008: New statistics confirm old economic fears …
Sep 10, 2008 Baltics
This small growth would mean the nation is not technically in recession. But according to Alla Vanga, the statistics bureau's deputy head of national accounts, the opposite is true. Vanga told the...Tags: Bloomberg, Communications Construction, Deputy Head, Discrepancy, Economic Growth, Economic Measures, Economy, Fears, Financial News, First Quarter, Gdp, Ministry Of Finance, National Accounts, News Company, Recession, Second Quarter, Statistics Bureau, Three Months, Vanga
Wed, 3 Sep 2008: Nuclear plant faces further delays …
Sep 3, 2008 Baltics
"If we managed to build this [energy] bridge by 2012, we would have to close the [Ignalina] atomic power station," the prime minister said. As a part of its accession agreement, Lithuania promi...Tags: Atomic Power, Bloc, Bridge, Era, Faces, Fears, Latvia, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Power Plant, Population, Power Source, Prime Minister, Public Referendum, Safety Concerns, Sweden
Wed, 28 Nov 2007: Baltic stocks hit year-low on fears…
Nov 28, 2007 Baltics
23 to reach 683.2. In Estonia, which has the most robust equity market in the Baltics, the OMXT stock index fell 4.1 percent over the week. "There was no positive news. Every other day there's...Tags: Baltic, Baltics, Currency Exchange, Devaluation, Economic Depression, Euros, Exchange Points, Fears, Foreign Money, Pank, Positive News, Russian Community, Sbm, Stock Index, Stock Plunge, Stocks, Tallinn Stock Exchange
Wed, 10 Oct 2007: Inflation soars in all three Baltic states, triggering renewed fears of …
Oct 10, 2007 Baltics
In Estonia, annual inflation reached 7.2 percent, significantly beyond the estimates of some 6.3 's 6.5 percent and leading some analysts to believe that 8 percent was a real possibility for the...Tags: Baltic States, Business Days, Calendar Year, Consumer Price Index, Estimates, Estonia, Fears, Global Factors, Heads Of Government, Inflation Data, Lithuania, Met, Oct 5, Prime Ministers, Regional Relations, Soars
Wed, 10 Oct 2007: Latvia’s finance ministry proposes setting up stabilization fund…
Oct 10, 2007 Latvia
Earlier this year Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis suggested that some two-thirds of the cash 's or approximately 280 million lats 's from the sell-off should be used to establish a stabilization fu...Tags: Adviser, Aigars Kalvitis, Asterisk, Bizness, Fears, Finance Ministry, Lats, Latvia, Prime Minister, Proposal, Saving Money, Stabilization Fund, Two Thirds
Wed, 18 Jul 2007: Poles plan defense of PKN Orlen from hostile bid…
Jul 18, 2007 Baltics
The ministry was not available for comment, the weekly wrote. The Polish state owns 30 percent of PKN Orlen, as well as blocking rights. PKN Orlen seems to harbor the same fears. The Puls Bizne...Tags: Boss, Ceo, Energy Security, Fears, Hostile Bid, Hostile Takeover, Lotos, Merger, Pkn Orlen, Poland, Polish State, Puls Biznesu, Russians, Sake
Wed, 2 May 2007: Lithuanian leaders in confusion over new Latvian power station…
May 2, 2007 Latvia
Fears that Latvia might exit the nuclear power plant project were sparked by an article in the Russian-language business paper, Bizness & Baltija, which claimed that the Baltic state and Russia h...Tags: Baltic Leaders, Baltic State, Bizness, Business Paper, Confusion, Environmental Hazard, Exit, Fears, Gas Storage Facilities, Language Business, Latvia, Lithuanian, Megawatts, Natural Gas Storage, Northern Europe, Nuclear Power Plant, Pipeline, Power Plant Project, Russia, Russian Language
Wed, 4 Oct 2006: World Bank sites labor issues as challenge for Baltic growth…
Oct 4, 2006 Baltics
Evidence showed that fears in Western Europe of massive inflows of workers and their negative impact on the receiving labor markets were unfounded. Foreign workers from poorer member states genera...Tags: Baltic States, Domestic Workers, Economic Growth, Expansion Plans, Fears, Growth Evidence, Labor Issues, Labor Markets, Led, Member States, Money, Negative Impact, Outflow, Sectors, Wage Pressures, Wages, Western Europe, World Bank, World Challenge
Wed, 30 Nov 2005: Farmers take jam to Brussels to protest sugar fine…
Nov 30, 2005 Baltics
30. Excess stocks should be either exported or turned into fodder or fuel, but not consumed by Estonians. The matter has been taken to a European court, where Estonian lawyers will try to prove th...Tags: Accession, Brussels, Economic Research, Estonian Institute, Excess Stocks, Excess Sugar, Farmers, Fears, Fodder, Homemade Jams, Jams And Preserves, Kilograms, Lawyers, Love, People, Price Increases, Private Demand, Rescuers, Research Families, Sugar Prices
Wed, 17 Aug 2005: Official: Danish fears of Baltic meat unfounded …
Aug 17, 2005 Baltics
Regardless, Latvia's food producer and processor association said that, most likely, there is no Latvian meat imported in Denmark. "We are not exporting lots of meat in any case," said association...Tags: Danish, Denmark, European Union, Fears, Food Imports, Food Producer, Greece, Latvia, Low Quality, Member State, Quality Meat, Quality Requirements
Wed, 20 Apr 2005: CEO: Latvian juice fears ‘incomprehensible’…
Apr 20, 2005 Latvia
Noop said all Baltic fruit juice makers are members of the European juice quality organization, and the last to join it were Gutta and Cido of Latvia and Poltsmaa and Largo of Estonia. "Membership...Tags: April 14, Bizness, Ceo, Control, Fears, Fruit Juice, Fruit Juices, Juice Makers, Juice Quality, Latvia, Members, Noop, Quality Control, Quality Organization
Thu, 20 Nov 2003: Sweden fears invasion of Baltic workers…
Nov 20, 2003 Baltics
As a result, the Estonian woman and her husband and two children would receive social welfare benefits, which would end up costing the Swedish taxpayer 120,000 kronor per year.Later, continued Rol...Tags: Ake, Brorson, Construction Worker, Fears, Invasion, Kronor, Mother And Father, Mother In Law, Nurse, Social Welfare Benefits, Sweden, Swedes, Vulnerability, Welfare Board, Welfare System
Thu, 5 Jun 2003: Krajbanka buyer: no plans yet…
Jun 5, 2003 Baltics
and a director at Doxa, said Krajbanka's new investors had not yet met with any other shareholders. He said Doxa had long-term plans for Latvijas Krajbanka and may consider buying more shares in t...Tags: Assets, Dutch Company, European Investors, European Union, Fears, Financial Services Market, Foothold, Investment Fund, Latvia, Latvian Representative, Met, Shareholder, Shareholders, Vilis
Thu, 13 Mar 2003: Finance ministers in pre-summit battle…
Mar 13, 2003 Baltics
And Italy torpedoed a hard-fought agreement to prevent tax evasion by EU citizens who bank their money in foreign countries, prompting an angry reaction from Germany.The finance ministers battled ...Tags: Angry Reaction, Bloc, Brussels, Citizens, Economic Activity, Economy, Fallout, Fears, Finance Ministers, Foreign Countries, Greek Presidency, Heads Of Government, Headway, Italy, Lisbon Agenda, Money, Oil Supplies, Spring Summit, Tax Evasion, War Against Iraq
Thu, 16 Jan 2003: Rumors force run on Vilnius Bank…
Jan 16, 2003 Lithuania
"I would be happy if I knew what had caused the rumors, but quite simply, I do not," Julius Niedvaras, president of Vilniaus Bankas, told The Baltic Times.Regardless of the source, it is clear tha...Tags: Baltic Times, Budget, Business Daily, Fears, Finance Committee, Finance Editor, Long Time, Parliament, Period Of Time, Public Statements, Seimas, Verslo Zinios, Vilniaus Bankas
Thu, 9 Sep 1999: Latvia fears losing investors…
Sep 9, 1999 Latvia
So far, there's little evidence that this has dissuaded foreign investors from entering the Latvian market. Though the Economic Affairs Ministry reported that direct foreign investment declined in...Tags: Affairs Ministry, Banken, Banks, Corporate Income Tax, Direct Foreign Investment, Eastern Markets, Economic Affairs, Edg, Fears, Financial Sector, Foreign Investors, Investment Bank, Investments, Investor Confidence, Latvia, Latvian Market, Merita Nordbanken, Ruble Devaluation, Russian Financial Crisis, Unibanka
Thu, 17 Dec 1998: Computer assembler fears coming apart…
Dec 17, 1998 Baltics
The bank was Pennu's biggest creditor and the computer assembler owes it up to 50 million kroons.Alo Koop, Pennu's founder and former board chairman, said the previous management knew in spring th...Tags: Board Chairman, Computer Assembler, Computer Assembly, Core Business, Creditor, Estate Business, Estonian Companies, Fears, Investment Company, Koop, Leasing, Pennu, Real Estate, S Sales, Turnover