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Turkey sees nearly 28,000 newly established firms in Q1

Turkey saw 27,908 newly established companies in the first quarter of 2020, up 26.09 percent on a yearly basis, the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) said on April 17.

Some 3,705 companies went out of business in the first quarter, up 16.07 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to a TOBB report.

Moody’s: Intralot's lottery sale a credit positive

Rating agency Moody's commented on Monday that the sale by Intralot of a 16.5 percent in lottery company Ellinika Lachia to main stakeholder OPAP is a credit positive for Intralot, and that the price of 20 million euros will go a long way toward improving its liquidity, which to date was seen as "weak," according to the agency.