
News report of 01.05.2008
* Bulgaria *
Bulgarian Sugar Maker Zaharni Zavodi Turns to Q1 Net Profit Apr 30, 2008, 19:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 30 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s largest sugar producer Zaharni Zavodi on Wednesday said it turned to a net profit of 266,000 levs ($212,000/136,000 euro) in the first three months of 2008 from a 632,000 net loss a year earlier, as revenue rose faster than costs.
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Bulgarian Drug Maker Sopharma Q1 Net Profit Falls 21% Y/Y - Table Apr 30, 2008, 22:59 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 30 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian blue-chip drug maker Sopharma said on Wednesday its net profit for the first quarter of 2008 fell 21% on the year to 6.5 million levs ($5.2 million/3.3 million euro) as costs rose faster than the revenue.
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* Croatia *
Croatia’s ESB Q1 Net Profit Up By Prelim 5.8% Y/Y Apr 30, 2008, 18:54 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), April 30 (SeeNews) – Croatia’s third largest bank by assets, Erste & Steiermaerkische (ESB), reported on Wednesday a preliminary unaudited non-consolidated net profit of 162.3 million kuna ($34.7 million/22.3 million euro) for the first quarter, up 5.8% on the year.
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* Slovenia *
Belgium’s KBC Launches Tender To Sell Its 34% Stake in Slovenian Bank NLB Apr 30, 2008, 19:01 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), April 30 (SeeNews) - Belgian banking group KBC said on Wednesday it has started a tender process to sell its entire 34% stake in Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) after it failed to acquire a majority interest in Slovenia’s largest lender by assets.
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