The national consumer price inflation dropped to 1.7% in October 2012, from 2.5% in September and 3.0% in October 2011. Compared with the previous month prices rose by 0.68%. The Statistical Service
Industrial output was flat in August according to the Statistical Service. The index of industrial production for August 2012 was 73.2 (base 2005=100), the same level as in August 2011. The manufacturing
Tourism revenue rose more than twice as fast as tourism arrivals in August according to the results of the Passenger Survey. Revenue from tourism rose over the year earlier by 16.9% in
* Turnout – and Ohio – will be keys to victory, as U.S. faces Iran challenge and fiscal cliff * President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face the verdict of
* Public transport severely disrupted, offices shut * Hundreds of thousands of Greeks began a crippling 48-hour strike on Tuesday to protest against a new round of wage and pension cuts that
Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on Tuesday. A draft law would have allowed women to
Counting the cost of anti-Japanese protests in a territorial dispute with China, Nissan Motor Co cut its full-year net profit forecast by a fifth to $3.99 billion, and said it had lost
An explosion hit the main oil pipeline feeding a refinery on the western edge of the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday during fighting between rebels and army forces in the area,
The United Arab Emirates and Britain plan to establish a defence and industrial partnership involving close cooperation around the BAE Systems-built Typhoon fighter jet, the countries said in a joint communique on
Britain's top share index rose on Tuesday, helped by earnings newsflow, though trade was likely to be subdued ahead of a U.S. presidential election seen as too close to call. As polls
