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Expert: Dollar to reach parity with euro

October 29, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post euro zone

One factor that European and other markets are going to have to prepare for is the emerging strength of the

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Bulgarian business sentiment drops for fifth straight month

October 28, 2014October 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The business climate index in Bulgaria worsened for the fifth consecutive month in October 2014, driven down mainly by the

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Bulgarian politicians stay silent on Corporate Commercial Bank audit as opinions pour in

October 23, 2014October 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

As economists and bankers pitched in with opinions following the central bank’s selected disclosure of the results of an audit

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Progress Software announces intention to acquire Bulgaria’s Telerik

October 23, 2014October 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The United States’s Progress Software Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held

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Audit finds CCB holding mainly impaired assets – central bank

October 22, 2014October 25, 2014 Alex Bivol CCB affair

The audits carried out at the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) found that the bank’s books are full of impaired assets,

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines cable operator Blizoo 887 000 leva

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on October 15 that it has fined cable television and Internet service

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Bulgaria annual deflation up to 0.8% in September

October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) posted another month of deflation, shrinking by 0.2 per cent in September, which pushed the

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Bulgarian firms spend 3.4B leva a year on regulatory filings – think-tank

October 13, 2014October 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The cost of filing paperwork required by Bulgarian regulations stands at 3.4 billion leva (about 1.7 billion euro) each year,

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ECB to regulate 120 of Europe’s largest banks

October 10, 2014 VOANews

A member of the Executive Board of Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, says in less than a month, the European

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