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bwin.party to Concentrate On Ten Markets Only.

After the weak figures in the first quarter, bwin.party CEO Norbert Teufelberger wants to get the online gambling provider back on track. However, the company also cast an eye to enter the US market.

May 23, 2013

Bwin: Transaction In Own Shares

Transaction in 611,342 own shares.

May 22, 2013

MotoGP™ and bwin Continue Partnership Until 2015

Commercial rights holder of the MotoGP™ World Championship, Dorna Sports, and bwin, Europe’s largest sports book, announce a two-year extension of their longstanding partnership which began in 2004.

May 22, 2013

Spar: Expanding in Hungary

Spar Austria Group intends to expand the meat plant near Budapest and the entire branch network in Hungary.

April 18, 2013

Austria: Number of Small-Business Owners Increased Marginally

In 2012, there were around 251,000 one-person-businesses in Austria which is 11,000 more than in 2011.

April 16, 2013

Czech Republic: Finance Ministry Worsens Economic Outlook

In an updated macroeconomic forecast for the economic development, the Czech Finance Ministry deteriorated the country’s outlook.

April 16, 2013

Austria: Significant Increase in Exports

Imports Increased by 0.3 %. Exports Increased by 7.1 %. According to preliminary results by Statistics Austria, total imports amounted to € 10.31 bn and total exports amounted to € 9.96 bn in January 2013.

April 10, 2013

Austria Ranking 7th in Purchase Power

According to RegioData, € 19,580 per year was available for each Austrian. The three countries with the greates purchase power in Europe are Luxemburg, Switzerland and Norway.

April 9, 2013

Poland: Inflation Rate for Private Individuals At 1.6 %

March was the seventh consecutive month of decline in private individuals' inflation expectations. Respondents place average inflation rate as expected over the next 12 months at 1.6%.

March 30, 2013

67 % of Estonians Work in Service Sector

According to the data of the 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) of Statistics Estonia, 67% of persons employed in Estonia worked in service sector, 29% in industrial sector and only 4% in primary sector.

March 30, 2013