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	<title>Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy</title>
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	<description>The Estonian economy and business life in brief, 1998 until now. News from various public institutions and the press. Brilliant Fixer OÜ is a company, which offers B2B networking services in Estonia. Besides the contact search, the company is engaged in public relations and marketing.</description>
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		<title>Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy</title>
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		<title>Financial behaviour of enterprises and households continues to be cautious</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compared to September, the corporate and household loan and leasing stock declined in October by 0.4%, i.e., 1.1 billion kroons. The speed of the portfolio decrease has been relatively even across months in 2009 and October was no different in this respect.
Financing portfolios have shrunk by 5.7% year-on-year, constituting 255.2 billion kroons. The volumes of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3100&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report of the central bank about wages</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/report-of-the-central-bank-about-wages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Firms have multiple options at the time of adjusting their wage bills. However, previous literature has mainly focused on base wages. Bank of Estonia broadens the analysis beyond downward rigidity in base wages by investigating the use of other margins of labour cost adjustment at the firm level. Using data from a unique survey, we find that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3098&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Construction volumes decreased by a third compared to last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 3rd quarter of 2009 compared to the same period of the previous year, the total production of Estonian construction enterprises decreased 29%. In the 1st quarter of the present year the production was 31% and in the 2nd quarter 28% smaller than a year ago.


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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Construction volume index and its trend, 1st quarter 2000 – 3rd quarter 2009 (average of quarters of 2005 = 100)</media:title>
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		<title>31pct less tourists in Latvian hotels this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Latvia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In comparison with the 3rd quarter of 2008, number of visitors in hotels and other accommodation establishments in Latvia in the 3rd quarter of 2009 decreased 31%, reports Baltic Course.
Of all visitors 30% were Latvian residents and 70% – foreign visitors. The number of foreign visitors has reduced by 24%. The number of visitors from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3093&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Media company sales increased</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consolidated sales proceeds of the Estonian media group Ekspress Grupp totalled 88.3 million kroons (EUR 5.6 mln) in October, 6% more than in September, the company said.
The group&#8217;s operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) was 8.5 million kroons in October. The normalised September EBITDA was five million kroons, the company informed the stock exchange.
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		<title>Cruise passengers left 6.7mEUR in Tallinn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 416 000 cruise passengers passed through the Port of Tallinn during the past season, making purchases worth an estimated 105 million kroons (EUR 6.7 mln) here, the state-owned port company said on Thursday.
Other revenues earned by Estonian businesses from cruise tourism include port fees, pilot fees and charges of the Maritime Administration, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3088&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Webmedia ranked 2nd on Baltic IT services market</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/webmedia-ranked-2nd-on-baltic-it-services-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The software developer Webmedia placed second in the latest list of the Baltic countries&#8217; top IT companies compiled by the investment bank Prime Investment, one notch higher than in the previous semi-annual ranking published in spring.
The revenue of Webmedia Group in the first half of 2009 was 112 million kroons (EUR 7.16 mln), exceeding the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3086&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moody’s praises Estonia’s fiscal policy</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/moody%e2%80%99s-praises-estonia%e2%80%99s-fiscal-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In its fresh sovereign credit report on Estonia, the international ratings agency Moody&#8217;s Investors Service praised the country&#8217;s financial strength and flexibility in the deteriorated economic situation.
Moody&#8217;s specifically said that Estonia&#8217;s A1 government bond ratings with a negative outlook are based on its high economic, institutional and government financial strength, but are constrained by lingering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3079&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia is 27th least corrupt country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonia&#8217;s rating in the Transparency International corruption perception index published on Tuesday was unchanged. The list published on Tuesday is of 180 countries.
Estonia is 27th in the list, at exactly the same position where it was last year, and equal with Cyprus and Slovenia. The rating of the countries is also the same, 6.6 points.
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		<title>Russians can apply for Estonian visas by courier service</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/russians-can-apply-for-estonian-visas-by-courier-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Foreign Ministry concluded an agreement with the company Freight Link (Pony Express), which offers courier service, so that Russian residents would have the opportunity to apply for visas to visit Estonia even from the more distant areas of the country. The agreement will allow people to apply for an Estonian visa without having to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3072&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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