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The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili told insurance companies to implement a new health insurance program, co-funded by the state, without “cheating” the policy holders.

The FINANCIAL  -- The importance of attracting customers by advertisements is prompting Georgian companies to continue spending thousands on advertising. Some of them have started thinking about how to shorten their ad budget, or getting discounted rates. But the company which controls

The FINANCIAL -- Customer’s perception of a company is connected with the brand’s name, quality, slogan and CEO. As our respondents explained, Georgians are very fond of personalizing a company by recognizing its executives, meanwhile most famous Georgian company’s chiefs are still

The FINANCIAL -- A successful online business marketing campaign does not require financial investment, nor university education. It requires peace of mind and the right calculations. David Zghudadze, Head of the E-Commerce Department at Cartu Bank, and Natalia Khizanishvili, E-Commerce Manager, explain

The FINANCIAL -- By 2011 Tbilisi will have five more hotels run by world-famous hotel operators. Radisson, Intercontinental, Kempinski, Holiday Inn and Hyatt will have opened their doors to guests by then.

The FINANCIAL -- The appearance of new informational call centres on the Georgian market hasn’t reduced the prices on their services. Information at 08 or 09 costs minimum 50 tetri (30 cents) and maximum GEL 1.50, while customers interviewed by The FINANCIAL

The FINANCIAL -- Big businesses are struggling through a painful recession, and antiques which are not a big business in Tbilisi are on the tail of the downward tendency. With a weak economy and the general belt-tightening that it has induced, antique

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, after visiting Moscow last week, EU-sponsored inquiry mission into the August war, arrived in Tbilisi and held talks with Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze on February 9.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Russia’s decision to deploy its military bases in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia will not be revised, Russian Deputy PM, Sergey Ivanov, said in Munich on February 8.  

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, a Georgian citizen kidnapped on February 7 was freed and four suspected abductors arrested as a result of “the special operation” by the South Ossetian law enforcement officers, the breakaway region’s deputy interior minister, Vitaly Gassiev,