Bulgargas will accumulate a part of the finances, the company need for the investment programme by a bond issue, announced the Deputy Minister of Energetics Mr. Ilko Kotzev. The details for the bond issue will be announced after the election of an agency, which shall estimate the credit rating of the Bulgarian gaz Monopoly.
Source: Sega

Varna airport and Bourgas airport have purchased the assets of the bankrupted Balkan Airlines, which are located on the territory of both airports. The assets include the technical and the catering equipment and are a part of the property of Balkan Airlines, which are sold by the syndics.
Source: Pari

Dandy Precious, Barbados, a division of the Canadian Dandy Precious Metals has exercised the option for the buyout of the Bulgarian assets of the British company Navan Mining, which include the gold-copper mine in Chelopech and the golden deposits near Krumovgrad. The option expired on August 15. Dandy Precious decided to exercise it and paid totally USD 26.5 million.
Source: Dnevnik 
 

Thomas Cook will invest BGN 30 million in the construction of a holiday village on the Southern Seaside, announced the representative of the German tour-operator and Executive Director of Elit Tour Ltd. Mr. Hristo Kolev. The village will be built on a territory of 22 dca. During this year Thomas Cook invested over EUR 10 million in Bulgaria as investment credits against tourist services.
Source: Dnevnik 

Two new hypermarkets Billa Bulgaria will be opened in Sofia during the next year, was reported from the company. Thus the stores from the Austrian chain in Sofia will become six.
Source: Dnevnik

USA
Unions locked in talks with Goodyear Tire & Rubber on Monday signalled that there was likely to be no immediate resolution to marathon talks between the two sides after saying the most recent proposal from the tyremaker "requires more time" to be analysed. The development comes as investors are increasingly anxious about the talks, which have dragged on since March. On Monday, a leading Wall Street analyst cast doubt on Goodyear's efforts to push through a turnround plan for its lossmaking North American operations. John Casesa, auto analyst at Merrill Lynch, said he feared the plan "might not be sufficiently aggressive". Goodyear needs a new labour agreement with unions covering 16,000 employees at 14 plants not only because the previous pact has expired, but also because it wants to secure union agreement on plant closures as it tries to restore its North American unit to profitability. The United Steelworkers of America told its members that it was studying a proposal that Goodyear had tabled on Sunday afternoon.  "Due to the company's financial condition, these negotiations involve more complex issues than either side has experienced in the past. This requires more time and focused attention to the details in these proposals," the union said. Mr Casesa said Goodyear's efforts were complicated by an operating environment that appeared "to be weaker in several areas than management had expected". 
Source: FT