Mr. Ivaylo Gyurov is the new Director of the National Tourism Advertising and Information Executive Agency. The former Deputy Programme Director of BNT was appointed without competition.
Source: Trud 

95 per cent of the small and medium-sized business representatives in Bulgaria support Bulgaria’s EU membership, according to a representative public opinion survey within the frames of the Communication Strategy for Bulgaria’s EU accession preparation. Employees from 516 companies have been surveyed.
Source: Standard 

Bulbrokers will sell through the stock exchange 30 per cent of the shares of Bulgarian River Navigation. The Supervisory Board of PA approved the contract with the investment broker. The papers will be sold against compensatory vouchers. They have to be launched within 2 months. Against compensatory vouchers will be also sold shares of the 13 companies from Metalic pool, was reported from BSE. The tenders will be held from January 30 to April 2.
Source: Standard 

By the middle of February Stara Zagora-based factory Sluntze BT will launch a new kind of cigarettes Nevada ultra, which are lighter than the existing now. The cigarettes content 0,3 milligrams nicotine and 3 milligrams tar, said the Director of the company Mr. Angel Dimitrov. According to him, during this year in the factory will be produced 2000 tons cigarettes, which is 60 per cent of the capacity.
Source: Dnevnik

The bankrupted shoe plant Dobrich sold its holiday house in Balchik for BGN 497 000. In the bidding took part 10 candidates, announced the syndic Mr. Yanko Stoyanov. The starting price of the estate was reduced from BGN 480 000 to BGN 235 000 after no candidate appeared at the first tender. The base was won by a physical entity but his name is kept in secret.
Source: Standard  

Minister of Finance Mr. Milen Velchev won the prize Mr. Economy. The Director of DZI – Roseximbank Mr. Emil Kyulev awarded him with the prize at a grand ceremony last night in the Sheraton hotel. The Deputy Prime Minister Ms. Lidia Shuleva received the award in the category Contribution to the Development of Bulgarian Industry.
Source: Standard  

A special programme for evaluation and management of the atmosphere air is waiting for approval by the local Parliament. The measures are especially for the municipalities near KZM-Plovdiv and concern Asenovgrad and Kuklen. The huge development includes working activities for the next 20 years. The problem with the polluted air – with sulphuric dioxide, thin dust fragments and dust, has been recently discussed by an ecological team with foreign participation.    
Source: Maritza

USA
Xerox Corp., the largest U.S. provider of copiers, said fourth-quarter net income rose 11-fold helped by the introduction of new products and cost cutting.   Net income rose to USD 222 million, or 22 cents a share, from USD 19 million, or 1 cent, in the year-ago quarter, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said in a statement. Sales rose for the first time in 14 quarters, climbing 1.1 percent to USD 4.3 billion.   Chief Executive Anne Mulcahy has reduced costs to stem five straight years of falling sales and restore investor confidence following accounting investigations. She has cut 17,000 jobs, hired other companies to manufacture Xerox's products, and introduced lower-priced machines to regain sales lost to Canon Inc. and Ricoh Co.   Xerox was expected to have fourth-quarter profit of 15 cents a share, the average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.   Xerox shares rose 32 cents to USD 13.95 yesterday in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. They rose 71 percent last year.
Source: Bloomberg