

YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. Union of Information Technologies (UITE) with the support of SPMS organizes lecture on the subject “Creation of brand and its management”. The aim of the seminar is to develop potential of the companies in the given sphere.
Attendees of the lecture will get introduced to the conception of brand and trade marks, their formation, market research, market analysis and its segmentation, positioning of brand in the market, development of creative strategy, individualism, peculiarities, essence, attributes and control over its management.
Participants will get answers of the questions related to the impact of brand on the consumers and its main components, productivity of its usage and opportunities of its modification and methods of its introduction. Armenian and foreign companies, as well as beginner IT companies will participate in the seminar. -0-
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| Market exchange rates 15/03/2010 | ||||
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| Currency | Symbol | Unit | Rate | Changes |
| USA Dollar | USD | 1 | 394.48 | 1.86 |
| Euro | EUR | 1 | 540.91 | 0.9 |
| Russian Rоublе | RUR | 1 | 13.44 | 0.04 |
| Favorable еxchange rates of banks 16/03/2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Currency | Buy | Sell |
| USD | 396.5 Armenian Development Bank |
396 Artsakhbank |
| Euro | 540 Ameriabank ArmBusinessBank Armenian Development Bank ProCreditBank |
546 ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Araratbank “ArmSwissBank” |
| RUR | 13.32 “ArmSwissBank” |
13.5 ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK ProCreditBank |
| Macroeconomics | ||
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| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| economic growth,% | 2009-12 | 85.6 |
| GBP, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 3165.5 |
| inflation, % | 2010-01 | 101.7 |
| Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD | 2009-12 | 148.3 |
| trade deficit, mln USD | 2009-12 | -2606.4 |
| foreign trade turnover, mln USD | 2009-12 | 4001.9 |
| foreign trade turnover, % | 2009-12 | 73 |
| Gross External Reserves, mln. USD | 2009-12 | 2003.41 |
| Monetary base, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 511.7 |
| Money supply, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 815 |
| Financial market | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| Anual interests on loans | ||
| Legal entities in AMD | 2010-01 | 14.8 |
| Legal entities in USD | 2010-01 | 13.5 |
| Individuals in AMD | 2010-01 | 22 |
| Individuals in USD | 2010-01 | 17.6 |
| Anual interests on deposits | ||
| Legal entities in AMD | 2010-01 | 6.5 |
| Legal entities in USD | 2010-01 | 5.4 |
| Individuals in AMD | 2010-01 | 9.1 |
| Individuals in USD | 2010-01 | 5.3 |
| Annual profitability | ||
| state stock of CBA, % | 2008-08 | 8 |
| fiscal stock of Armenia, % | 2010-01 | 8.8 |
| The percents of the CBA | ||
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| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| Banking rate | 2010-03 | 13 |
| Repo | 2010-03 | 6.5 |
| Credit | 2010-03 | 9.5 |
| Depo | 2010-03 | 3.5 |