One of the leading companies for production of tires in the world Pirelli will purchase the Romanian factory for wires and cables Kord. The factory is property of the Bulgarian company EP Commerce. The interests of Italian company is provokes by the wires for strengthening of tires, which are produced by the Romanian factory
Source: Dnevnik

Luckoil may become the main shareholder of the basketball team Academic. The petrol company wants to buy the whole package of shares of the club, which until now was split between Mr. Valentin Zlatev and Mr. Vladimir Boyanov. Luckoil’s manager insists on buying Boyanov’s share and states this as the only condition for the company to continue supporting the team.
Source: Standart

Bourgas-based company Vinkom received permission from Bank Supervision at the Bulgarian National Bank to own 19.7 per cent of the capital of Investbank.
Source: Capital

Technopolis starts building a new hyper-market in Bourgas, was announced by Zlatina Shivarova – a company representative. BGN five million will be invested in the undertaking split evenly between construction work and technological equipment and merchandise. It will be built in the “Slaveykov” residential area by “Siconco Building”. The term for completing construction work is 100 days. The market shall offer 25 thousand of its traditional goods, as well as services that are not offered in the other stores in the country – a Hi-Fi, video cameras and home cinema show-rooms. Additional services will include free transport on the territory of Bourgas, leasing, a service center for quarantee and post-guarantee period, opportunity for using debit cards. 50 new working places will be open.
Source: Dnevnik 
 

USA
The heart of North America's automotive industry was shut down Thursday evening by cascading power outages that struck the northeastern United States and southern Canada. Officials in southeastern Michigan said late Thursday evening that power was returning to some areas, but it could take much of the weekend before all power was restored.  "We have plants in all the impacted areas and we're still assessing the impact," General Motors Corp. spokesman Pat Morrissey told Reuters.  Ford Motor Co. spokesman Ed Lewis said 23 of Ford's 44 plants in North America were down. Those plants include assembly, stamping, engines and other parts.  Chrysler spokeswoman Debra Nelson said nine of its 13 North American final vehicle assembly plants had been hit by the outage. She said some of the plants may not have lost power, but could have shut down as a precaution.  The massive outage hit Michigan, New York, Ohio, New Jersey and parts of Canada, where much of the domestic auto industry's plants and offices are concentrated. The headquarters of all three automakers lost power shortly after 4 p.m. EDT; GM employees had to walk down from their skyscraper by the Detroit River.  "We are sitting here in the dark," Chrysler spokesman Dave Barnas said from the company's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.  Traffic was also snarled at the Ambassador Bridge, the major freight connection between Detroit and Ontario, Canada.  All three automakers have more than two months' worth of new vehicles in inventory and on dealer lots, making shortages unlikely. 
Source: CNNfn