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Search engine Google says profits fall

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 VOANews

Internet search giant Google says its profits declined 20 percent in the last three months, which prompted a sharp sell-off

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria think-tank presents leaner Budget alternative

October 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A week after the Cabinet approved the 2013 Budget bill, Sofia-based think-tank Institute for Market Economics (IME) presented on October

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria approves electric, hybrid cars incentives plan

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 17 a plan meant to stimulate the sale and production of electric and hybrid cars,

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Bulgaria Business 

Bulgaria mulls further capital gains taxes

October 17, 2012June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Amid the relentless barrage of criticism being levelled at Bulgaria’s Cabinet for its plans to introduce a tax on deposit

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Citigroup’s chief executive resigns

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 VOANews

The chief executive of Citigroup, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has unexpectedly resigned. Vikram Pandit, who led the

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Business Perspectives 

M&A corner: EU and government subsidies – boon or bane to SMEs?

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Les Nemethy

One should not look a gift horse in the mouth, as the saying goes, so forgive me if I raise

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

EU annual inflation stays flat in September, Bulgarian CPI up

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Annual inflation was unchanged in September, both in the euro zone and the European Union as a whole, but the

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Polish firms to invest 1.2 billion euro in shale gas projects by 2016

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

Polish firms will invest in shale gas projects five billion zloty (about 1.22 billion euro) by 2016, but eventually investments

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Soros to economists: Germany can help Europe avoid depression

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Peter Fedynsky VOANews

Billionaire investor George Soros says Germany can help Europe avoid a depression by committing itself to helping the continent’s weaker

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