Issue no: 1136/173
• MARCH 26 - 28, 2019
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
PRICE: GEL 2.50
In this week’s issue... Weekly Entrepreneurial News @entrepreneur.ge NEWS PAGE 2
SOCAR Gas Stations Redecorate for Euro 2020 BUSINESS PAGE 3
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ON THE NATO VISIT Check out a summary of the Sec Gen's visit
PAGE 2
“IT Flu” in the Armenian Labor Market ISET PAGE 4
AqTushetii: Fighting Rural-Urban Migration BUSINESS PAGE 5
General Assembly From Presidency to Entrepreneurship AEPJ about Jewish Heritage to Be Held in Tbilisi
BY KETEVAN KVARATSKHELIYA
I
t is always interesting to find out what spheres the ex-leaders of countries move into after their service to the government. Giorgi Margvelashvili, the former President of Georgia, who held the status of fourth President of the country between November 2013 and December 2018, is a person worth paying attention to even after he completed his service as an official. From presidency, Margvalshvili has moved to entrepreneurship and today, he offering a cottage, built with his own hands, to local tourists, as well as travelers from around the globe. The ex-President constructed the cottage two years ago in the garden of his country house, which he bought for just $2,500 in 2004, in the region of Dusheti. Continued on page 4
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BUSINESS PAGE 12 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by
Markets As of 22ͲMarͲ2019
w/w
m/m
Bank of Georgia (BGEO LN)
GBP 16.47
Ͳ3,7%
Ͳ3,0%
GEOROG 04/21
103.56 (YTM 4.93%)
+0,4%
+1,4%
Georgia Capital (CGEO LN)
STOCKS
GBP 10.61
Price
+1,0%
w/w
Ͳ5,6%
m/m
GEORG 04/21
BONDS
105.85 (YTM 3.87%)
Price
+0,1%
Ͳ0,0%
GBP 1.98
Ͳ1,0%
Ͳ5,5%
GRAIL 07/22
107.45 (YTM 5.25%)
+0,3%
+0,7%
GBP 15.62
Ͳ4,9%
+6,3%
GEBGG 07/23
100.06 (YTM 5.98%)
+0,4%
+0,9%
COMMODITIES
Price
w/w
m/m
CURRENCIES
Price
w/w
m/m
Crude Oil, Brent (US$/bbl)
67,03
Ͳ0,2%
Ͳ0,1%
GEL / USD
2,6800
Ͳ0,1%
+0,8%
1 313,68
+0,9%
Ͳ1,2%
Price
w/w
m/m
FTSE 100
7 207,59
Ͳ0,3%
+0,4%
FTSE 250
18 998,46
Ͳ2,5%
Ͳ1,4%
GHG (GHG LN) TBC Bank Group (TBCG LN)
Gold Spot (US$/OZ)
INDICES
Ͳ0,3%
+0,2%
GEL / GBP
3,5387
Ͳ0,8%
+1,9%
GEL / CHF
2,6954
+1,0%
+1,3%
GEL / RUB
0,0415
+0,2%
+1,7%
GEL / TRY
0,4653
Ͳ5,3%
Ͳ7,1% +0,7%
GEL / EUR
3,0258
DAX
11 364,17
Ͳ2,8%
Ͳ0,8%
GEL / AZN
1,5809
+0,1%
DOW JONES
25 502,32
Ͳ1,3%
Ͳ2,0%
GEL / AMD
0,0055
Ͳ
7 642,67
Ͳ0,6%
+1,5%
GEL / UAH
0,0997
+0,5%
+1,2%
167,16
+0,9%
+0,9%
EUR / USD
0,8849
+0,2%
+0,3%
1 059,63
GBP / USD
0,7570
NASDAQ MSCI EM EE
Ͳ
+0,2%
+0,1%
+0,6%
Ͳ1,2%
SP 500
2 800,71
Ͳ0,8%
+0,3%
CHF / USD
0,9936
Ͳ0,8%
Ͳ0,7%
MSCI FM
2 730,47
+0,9%
+0,5%
RUB / USD
64,6534
Ͳ0,2%
Ͳ1,1%
GT Index (GEL)
1 582,68
Ͳ
Ͳ
TRY / USD
5,7593
+5,7%
+8,3%
GT Index (USD)
1 208,13
Ͳ
Ͳ
AZN / USD
1,6994
+0,2%
Ͳ0,1%
MSCI EM