Europe Intelligence Wire articles from May 2005

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from May 2005

Making Friends Helps FirstYear College Students Stay Healthy, Carnegie Mellon Study Finds.
May 1, 2005... (From AScribe) PITTSBURGH -- First-year college students who feel lonely are protected less by the flu vaccine than other students, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers that will be published in the May issue of...

Brufau sets increase in oil reserves as priority for Repsol YPF (Brufau 'busca' petroleo en Repsol).
May 1, 2005... (From El Pais) Antonio Brufau, the chairman of Spanish petrochemicals group Repsol YPF since late last year, has made a number of changes to the group's executive elite. Since Mr Brufau assumed his position, 60 per cent of the executive...

McLane Espana changes name (McLane Espana cambia de marca y de estrategia ).
May 1, 2005... (From El Pais) Spanish integrated retail services firm McLane Espana, which is majority-owned by European retail group Lekkerland, has changed its name to Conway Espana. The change is part of the implementation of a new strategy by the...

Fagor aims for 10% of European market share in 2008 (Un objetivo continental).
May 1, 2005... (From El Pais) Spanish domestic appliance group Fagor Electrodomesticos is aiming to invest 424m euros as part of a 2005-2008 business strategy plan, which includes the goals of: attaining a 10 per cent share of the European market, and...

Mapfre results tainted by lack of acquisitions (Las dos caras de Mapfre).
May 1, 2005... (From El Pais) Spanish insurance group Mapfre's positive first quarter results have been undermined by investors' concerns over the company's seeming inability to complete a takeover operation in a foreign market. Mapfre has twice failed...

Paying penalty for misses.
May 2, 2005... (From Northampton Chronicle and Echo) BARRY HUNTER was absolutely spot-on with his verdict after Rushden & Diamonds' 11th home defeat of a sorry season. Yet again they paid the penalty - quite literally in this case - for missing so...

GUY CARPENTER PUBLISHES SURVEY OF US SPECIALTY PROGRAM ISSUING INSURERS.
May 2, 2005... (From InsuranceNewslink.com) Guy Carpenter & Company today announced the results of its premier survey of US domestic insurance companies that write a significant amount of program business through program administrators. The survey...

Defeat doesn't really matter.
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) The fans streamed through West Park in their thousands for one of the biggest parties Hull had ever seen. The invitations went out two weeks ago after Hull City had clinched back-to-back promotions to become the...

Ionians enjoy play-off glory.
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull Ionians will be playing National League rugby next season after a dramatic play-off victory over Kettering. Kettering could have won the game with the last kick of the match, but they could not convert to...

Pride is restored as Hull weather the storm.
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) Thank You. Hull FC made one person very happy yesterday - in fact, their crucial victory over Salford City Reds at the KC Stadium, was the perfect birthday present for my daughter Kelly. Victory over the in-form...

We've missed Ben's class.
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull City believe they would have won League One this season if Ben Burgess had been in the team on a regular basis. The big centre forward made an emotional 20-minute return from a career-threatening knee injury...

Haltemprice and Howden - Runners in a two horse race?
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) With three days to go to the election, Matthew Crowshaw turns the spotlight on Haltemprice and Howden in the Mail's latest constituency profile. Rival candidates in what is expected to be a close contest also speak...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Glitch in Heart's Electrical System That Leads to Drowning.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified defects in a second gene called RyR2 that causes malfunctions in the heart's electrical system and contributes to what were previously unexplained drownings. ...

A New Fix for an Ailing Health Care System: Release of Plan to Cover Everyone and Get Medical Costs under Control.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) NEW YORK -- The Century Foundation today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Telephone press conference to release "A New Deal for Health: How to Cover Everyone and Get Medical Costs Under Control," a...

Report Shows Concentration of Bars, Liquor Stores Linked to Neighborhood Violence; Government Role in Solving Problem Also Outlined.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) BERKELEY, Calif. -- When bars, liquor stores and other businesses that sell alcohol are located close together in neighborhoods, more assaults and other violent crimes occur in those neighborhoods, according to a growing...

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka, Founder of San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The 27th Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, presenting a thrilling array of dance performances by twenty-nine performing groups during three weekends in June, will honor Grand Master Seiichi...

Latest Innovation in Poetry: Entries Sought for Dancing Poetry Contest.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) SAN FRANCISCO -- Poets from around the world are requested to submitted their poetry to Artists Embassy International's 12th annual Dancing Poetry Contest. Grand Prize winners will receive a cash award of $100.00 and...

Findings Reinforce Theories About How Viruses Evolve.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Two viruses that split from a common ancestor possibly a billion years ago still have the same protein "fold" in their outer shells, shedding light on how viruses evolved, Purdue University...

The Genetic Alliance Biobank and First Genetic Trust, Inc., Announce Partnership to Develop StateoftheArt BioData Tissue Banking and Clinical Research Capability to Enable Translational Genetic Research Aimed at Developing New Therapies For Rare Diseases.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) WASHINGTON -- In a first bold step to enable individuals and advocacy organizations to partner more effectively with researchers on genetic research which may lead to new safe and effective treatments for rare genetic...

Deloitte & Touche CEO James H. Quigley to Speak at 86th Annual Bentley Commencement; Boston Beer Company Founder and Chairman Jim Koch to Address Bentley's McCallum Graduate School.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) WALTHAM, Mass. -- Bentley is pleased to announce that Commencement for the Class of 2005 will take place on Saturday, May 21 at the college. The conferring of undergraduate degrees will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will feature...

ZeroDivide Fellows to Meet With Key Policy Makers in Sacramento; Fellowship Focuses on Community Technology to Advance Social Justice.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) ZeroDivide Fellows will meet with key policy makers in Sacramento on May 2 through May 4. ZFellows will engage in discussions with California...

Cullman Symposium Focuses on How Companies Can Compete Through Service; May 26 27 at Fisher College of Business.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As services continue to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy, companies must make service management a top strategic concern. Currently, nearly 80 percent of the U.S. gross domestic...

Astronomers Confirm the First Image of a Planet Outside of Our Solar System.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) LOS ANGELES -- An international team of astronomers reports April 29 the confirmation of the discovery of a giant planet, approximately five times the mass of Jupiter, that is gravitationally bound to a young brown dwarf....

Sixty Years After VE Day, Americans Selectively Remember World War II, Duke Professor Says.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) DURHAM, N.C. -- Six decades have passed since German troops in Europe laid down their arms on May 8, 1945, but Americans' perceptions of World War II still contain omissions that reflect our cultural memory of the era, says...

Gamma Rays From Thunderstorms?
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University engineers have led the most detailed analyses of links between some lightning events and mysterious gamma ray emissions that emanate from earth's own atmosphere. Their study suggests that...

Researchers Induce Heart Cells to Proliferate; Findings Could Lead to Strategies to Regenerate Tissue After Heart Attack.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) BOSTON -- In the best documented effort to date, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have successfully induced adult heart-muscle cells to divide and...

Organic Tulips for Mother's Day.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) SAN FRANCISCO -- Organic Bouquet (www.OrganicBouquet.com) - American's first online organic florist - announces an alternative for shoppers looking to 'green' their Mother's Day gifts: Details: - Dutch Tulips...

Metal Stents Are Safe and Effective for Treatment of Obstructions From Pancreatic Cancer.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- One key goal of treating pancreatic cancer, which is often fatal within a year, is making sure patients have a good quality of life with as few complications as possible. This is especially important...

Film Producer Mark Damon to Speak at Holy Names University Commencement on May 21.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Accomplished film producer and former actor Mark Damon will deliver the main address Saturday, May 21, at Holy Names University's 167th Commencement in Oakland. In the audience with other graduates will be...

Foundation Center Elects New Officers, Trustees.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) NEW YORK -- The Foundation Center elected a new chairman and vice chairman and two trustees at its board meeting on April 26. M. Christine DeVita, president of the Wallace Foundation, was named board chairman. Prior to...

University of Texas at El Paso Selects Alumnus Steffen E. Palko as Spring 2005 Commencement Speaker May 7.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) EL PASO, Tex. -- Steffen E. "Steve" Palko, president and co-founder of XTO Energy, will be the commencement speaker at University of Texas at El Paso's spring 2005 commencement ceremonies May 7. Palko, a 1971 UTEP...

Technology Helps LowWage Workers Keep Jobs; ThreeYear Goodwill Study Yields Significant Results.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Providing low-wage workers with access to computers at home significantly increases worker retention rates and helps lead to higher wages for those workers, according to the findings of a three-year project...

Mary Ann Von Glinow, Professor at Florida International University's College of Business Administration, Receives Prestigious Distinguished Service Award; One of Top Three Awards Given by Academy of Management.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) MIAMI, Fla. -- The Academy of Management recently announced that Mary Ann Von Glinow, professor of management and international business and director of the Center for International Business Education and Research at FIU's...

Rudolph Giuliani to Deliver Middlebury College Commencement Address, May 22; Honorary Degree Recipients Will Be Donald Sutherland, Charles Houston, Mary Patterson McPherson, Robert P. Moses.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Former Mayor of New York City and Time magazine 2001 Person of the Year Rudolph Giuliani will deliver the commencement address on Sunday, May 22, at the Middlebury College graduation ceremony, which will...

University of Minnesota Researchers Find That Food Fried in Vegetable Oil May Contain Toxic Compound.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota researchers A. Saari Csallany, a professor of food chemistry and nutritional biochemistry, and graduate student Christine Seppanen have shown that when highly unsaturated vegetable oils...

Major Advance Made on DNA Structure.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Oregon State University researchers have made significant new advances in determining the structure of all possible DNA sequences -- a discovery that in one sense takes up where Watson and Crick left off,...

Mars Express Radar to Be Deployed.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) PASADENA, Calif. -- The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will soon deploy its radar instrument for the first time. The instrument is designed to look below the surface of Mars for different layers of material,...

NASA's Next Mars Spacecraft Arrives in Florida for Final Checkout.
May 2, 2005... (From AScribe) PASADENA, Calif. -- A large spacecraft destined to be Earth's next robotic emissary to Mars has completed the first leg of its journey: a cargo- plane ride from Colorado to Florida in preparation for an August launch. NASA's...

Pinkney's happy as weakened Rovers win easily.
May 2, 2005... (From Hull Daily Mail) Even with an under strength side Hull Kingston Rovers proved too strong by beating Bradford Dudley Hill 64-14 in their Northern Rail Cup qualifying game. The National League Three side gave it their all against...

BMW confirms 2005 profit targets (BMW bekraftigt Ergebnisprognose).
May 2, 2005... (From Suddeutsche Zeitung) German car manufacturer BMW has confirmed its forecasts for 2005. Recently, there has been speculation that the German group was to issue a profits warning. BMW has refuted these rumours. Helmut Panke, head...

Vivantes recovery plan ahead of schedule (Vivantes schafft Sanierung bis zum Jahresende).
May 2, 2005... (From Financial Times Deutschland) Vivantes, the German state-owned operator of hospitals and clinics in Berlin, says it is on course to complete its recovery programme by the end of the year. Like many other hospitals in Berlin, Vivantes...

Plastics division brings Bayer good start to 2005 (Kunststoffsparte beflugelt Bayers Gewinn zum Jahresauftakt).
May 2, 2005... (From Financial Times Deutschland) German chemicals and pharmaceuticals group Bayer revealed improved first quarter results at the AGM earlier this week. In the first three months of the year, turnover was up to 6.7bn euros, an increase of...

Vitkovice Steel does not have to stop its production.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Vitkovice Steel (VS) (Ostrava, Czech Republic), metallurgy company, does not have to stop its production for the reason of the absence of li uid iron at the beginning of May 2005. Vysoke pece...

Unipetrol is close to its transfer to PKN Orlen.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Unipetrol (Czech Republic), holding petrochemical company, is coming close to its transfer to the refinery concern PKN Orlen (Poland) in May 2005. Formal negotiations about the settlement of...

Unipetrol Rafinerie saw a loss.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Unipetrol Rafinerie (UR) (Czech Republic), refinery company, saw a loss of CEK 240 mil during 1 2005 for the reason of a decrease in the refinery margin. UR is a part of the petrochemical group...

Banks still generate high profits.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) CSOB (Prague, Czech Republic), bank, saw a net profit of CEK 4.27 bil for 1 2005, 169% more compared to 1 2004. The bank's net profit for 1 2005 represents more than 50% of its profit for all...

Ceska Pojistovna saw a profit of CEK 2.2 bil.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Ceska pojistovna (CP) (Prague, Czech Republic), insurance company, saw a net profit of CEK 2.2 bil for 1 2005, according to international accounting standards. According to Czech accounting...

The musical instrument market is being revived.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Petrof (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic), piano and upright piano manufacturer, is starting to improve its economic results in 2005 having averted a crisis in 2004. The crisis was caused mainly...

Barrick Gold nearly doubled its profit.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Barrick Gold (BG) (Canada), gold producer, nearly doubled its profit to USD 51 mil during 1 2005 compared to 1 2004. It became mainly due to the commissioning of two new mines in Tanzania and...

Strunal does not reduce production.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Strunal (Luby u Chebu, Czech Republic), string musical instrument manufacturer, has seen increased demand for uality musical instruments in 2005. Strunal generates a turnover of CEK 150 mil...

Poljus is one of the candidates for the setting up of gold mining.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Poljus (Russia), gold producer, is one of the candidates for the setting up of gold mining joint ventures in Russia with foreign partners. The gold producer Barrick Gold (BG) (Canada) also...

Bio-oil will be produced fron wine for the finances of the EU.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) EU: The growing surplus of wine in France and Spain will be utilized in the industry or will be processed to fuels in 2005 due to a support of the EU. According to an announcement of the...

CEZ saw a profit and can expand.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) CEZ (Prague, Czech Republic), power firm, increased its net profit by 60% to CEK 4.6 bil for 1 2005 compared to 1 2004. The profit increase was influenced by a 11% increase in the price of...

CEZ will not be for sale.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) CEZ (Prague, Czech Republic), power firm, will not be for sale prospectively. According to the stock exchange Burza cennych papiru Praha (Czech Republic), the worth of CEZ is over CEK 241 bil...

CKA saw a profit of CEK 2.2 bil for 1Q 2005.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Ceska konsolidacni agentura (CKA) (Prague, Czech Republic), central institute for the claiming of debts and the restructuring of non-value assets, saw a profit of CEK 2.2 bil for 1 2005. The...

Siemens CR has a contract in Venezuela.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Siemens CR (Czech Republic), power and engineering group, started the modernization of the thermal power station Planta Centro in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, during 1H 2005. The renovation of...

PKN Orlen must pay for Unipetrol within 15 days.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) PKN Orlen (Poland), oil concern, must pay about CEK 11.75 bil, for the purchase of a state stake in the holding petrochemical company Unipetrol (Czech Republic) within 15 working days. It was...

Eden Group will increase its turnover five-times due to a new.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Eden Group (EG) (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), hotel company, will increase its turnover nearly five-times fter the commissioning of new hotel Carlsbad Plaza in Karlovy Vary. The firm's...

Jitex is going to focus on its largest plant.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Jitex (Pisek, Czech Republic), textile and clothing firm, will close its largest plant in the region Milevsko, the Czech Republic, in the summer of 2005. The plant has over 200 employees,...

Bawag Bank CZ saw a profit in 2004.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Bawag Bank CZ (BBCZ) (Czech Republic), bank, saw a net profit of CEK 209 mil in 2004. The balance sum of BBCZ, which was set up by the merger of the former Interbanka (Czech Republic) and...

Holcim increased its net profit by two-thirds.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Holcim (Switzerland), cement producer, increased its net profit by 67% to CHF 169 mil, EUR 110 mil, during 1 2005 compared to 1 2004, due to accounting changes. Holcim's operating profit...

Transgold has to decrease gold extraction.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Transgold (Romania), gold producer, received an order to decrease gold extraction by about 85% from the Hungarian court on 02 May 2005. The court decided that Transgold played the key role...

Opec increased its oil production from the middle of Mar 2005.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Opec, oil cartel, increased the volume of its oil production by 2 mil/d barrels to 29.7 mil/d barrels from the middle of Mar 2005 till the beginning of May 2005. The uantity is supplied by the...

Slovalco increased its pre-tax profit.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Slovalco (Ziar nad Hronom, Slovakia), aluminium producer, increased its pre-tax profit by 11.5% to SOK 375.1 mil during 1 2005 compared to 1 2004. Slovalco's proceeds decreased by 8.4% to CEK...

Mortgage credits were successful in 2004.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Czech Republic: Nearly 41,000 persons received a mortgage credit in 2004. They lent about CEK 1.27 mil on average. The average level of a mortgage credit was CEK 1.15 mil in 2003 compared to...

The Czechs will supply machines worth CEK 4.5 bil to the Ural.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Alta (Brno, Czech Republic), engineering and trade company, arranged a contract worth EUR 300 mil, roughly CEK 9 bil, with FGUP Uralvagonzavod (Russia) on 02 May 2005. The basic contract...

Czech engineers go to Russia.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Alta (Brno, Czech Republic), engineering and trade firm, goes on expanding to Russia in 2005. Alta arranged a contract on the supplies of machine tools and other e uipment worth EUR 300 mil...

The Office for Fair Trading agreed the acquisition of ABA.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Autoklub Bohemia Assistance (ABA) (Prague, Czech Republic), provider of motorist services, should be ac uired by the competition firm UAMK (Czech Republic) in May 2005. The transaction has...

Alta Brno expands.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Alta (Brno, Czech Republic), engineering and trade firm, saw proceeds of over CEK 7.2 bil in 2004, according to audited results. Its after-tax profit totalled CEK 62 mil in 2004. In the field...

The dispute for Ostrava's mini-mills goes on.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Vitkovice Steel (Ostrava, Czech Republic) and Vysoke pece Ostrava (Ostrava, Czech Republic), metallurgy firms, go on with a dispute about pig iron prices. Negotiations on 03 May 2005 did not...

Liqueur firms report the drop of sales.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Stock (Plzen, Czech Republic), spirit producer, decreased its spirits sales by 20% in 2004 compared to 2003. Its profit decreased by more than 50% to CEK 188.05 mil in 2004 compared to 2003....

Paramo reports results for 2004.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) >TB Paramo (Pardubice, Czech Republic), refinery firm, economic results for 2004, CEK mil: Total assets 3,944.818 Fixed assets 2,205.489 Current assets 1,723.242 Accrual basis 16.087 Total...

We have an 80% success.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Stapro (Pardubice, Czech Republic), software firm, was awarded a contract worth about USD 1.5 mil by the World Bank during 1H 2005. The contract regards a complex analysis of the data and...

Brick companies believe in growth, considerably increased.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Wienerberger Cihlarsky prumysl (WCP) (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic) and Heluz Cihlarsky prumysl (HCP) (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic), brick firms, believe in the growth of the sales of...

Statoil increased its operating profit by one-third.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Statoil (Norway), oil and gas group, increased its operating profit by 34% to NOK 21.5 bil, EUR 2.6 bil, during 1 2005 compared to 1 2004. The growth was influenced by high oil and gas prices,...

Sonagol is responsible for oil exploitation in Angola.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Sonagol (Angola), state oil company, is responsible for the exploitation of oil in Angola. The firm, which was set up after the taking of Angola's independence in 1976, co-operates with foreign...

Unipetrol saw a decrease in the value of its shares.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Unipetrol (Czech Republic), holding petrochemical company, saw nearly a 3% decrease in the value of its shares at the stock exchange Burza cennych papiru Praha (Czech Republic) on 03 May 2005....

Cepro solves the problem of new bank credits again.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Cepro (Prague, Czech Republic), oil products distributor, is solving the problem of bank credits, which are necessary for its operation, during 1H 2005 again. The validity of the firm's...

Western firms utilize poor countries as a dump of dangerous waste.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) World: Western firms are utilizing the poor countries of Africa and Asia as a cheap dump for dangerous waste. The main reason of the firms is an effort to save money. The disposal od risk waste...

The Czech government will do the first step to launch bio-spirit.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Czech Republic: The government will do the first step to launch bio-spirit on 06 May 2005. The Ministry of the Environment will choose several firms during the first stage. Some distilleries...

Agrarians criticize the way of the launching of bio-spirit in the.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Czech Republic: Agrarians criticize the way of the launching of bio-spirit in this country by state authorities. According to the proclamations of politicians, all the programme should be...

Oskar improved its results, acquisition is coming close.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Oskar Mobil (OM) (Prague, Czech Republic), mobile operator, increased its proceeds by 17% to nearly CEK 3.6 bil during 1 2005 compared to 1 2004. OM's operating profit rose by 27% to CEK 1.2...

CSA enlarges its fleet.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Ceske aerolinie (CSA) (Prague, Czech Republic), Czech Airlines, should operate 50 aeroplanes at the end of 2005. CSA's fleet includes 48 aeroplanes in May 2005. The first aeroplanes Airbus 320...

Severocske Doly got over a decrease in extraction.
May 2, 2005... (From Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin) Severoceske doly (SD) (Chomutov, Czech Republic), brown coal mining firm, saw a pre-tax profit of CEK 592.5 mil for 1 2005, according to international accounting standards. The firm's revenues...