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Retail trade turnover in Bulgaria up 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – NSI

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Preliminary figures suggest that Bulgarians have upped their spending on clothes and shoes, and even food, drink and tobacco, but

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Google, Facebook carve out ‘Internet Empires’

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 VOANews

The Internet is dominated by the two “empires” of Google and Facebook, according to researchers at Oxford University in England.

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Retail trade in Bulgaria rose 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – Eurostat

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria was among European Union states to see the highest increases in retail trade year-on-year in August 2013, at 4.9

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Bulgaria to issue 360M euro debt in Germany

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry will borrow 360 million euro from German investors before the end of the year, with the Cabinet

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Bulgaria relinquishes preferred stock in BTC

October 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government relinquished its preferred stock in former state fixed-line monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) at the shareholders meeting on

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Apple dethrones Coca-Cola as world’s most valuable brand

September 30, 2013 VOANews

Apple has unseated Coca-Cola as the most valuable brand in the world for 2013, according to Interbrand, a commercial consulting

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WSE starts publishing new indices

September 24, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) Monday launched new expanded large-cap index WIG30, set to replace the WIG20 blue-chip index by the

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World Bank: Bulgaria must boost labour force to counter deteriorating demographics

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Bulgaria must expand its labour force and increase productivity in the face of negative demographic trends that will put a

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Azerbaijan signs deals to sell Shah Deniz gas to European consumers

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium developing the Shah Deniz 2 gas field on Azerbaijan’s shelf in the Caspian Sea signed contracts to sell

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