. ANALYSIS Just over a year ago, Turkey's prime minister addressed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus as "my brother". Today, illusions of kinship are long gone and the region's rising power
Asian stocks rebounded on Tuesday and the dollar struggled after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said ultra-loose monetary policy was still needed to reduce unemployment even though the U.S. economy has shown
Greece's exit from the euro would be a "catastrophic" political and economic mistake that would severely weaken Europe's single currency bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a BBC interview broadcast on
Brent held steady above $125 on Tuesday as comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve indicating easy monetary policy would remain in place for some time raised investors' appetite for riskier assets. Oil
The dollar held near a one-month low against a basket of currencies on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signalled that a supportive monetary policy would remain and kept alive hopes
Oil trader Vitol sold a cargo of Russian Urals crude to Greek refiner Hellenic Petroleum in a rare tender, traders said on Monday as the country is taking further steps to cut
**Visits to Israel leap ** While inbound tourism dropped by 11% over the year earlier in February, outbound tourism increased, according to the results of the Passengers Survey. In February 72,824 residents
The cost of construction inched up in February, as the price index of construction materials rose by 0.24% over the previous month to reach 126.22 (base 2005=100.00). For the first two months
Industrial turnover in 2011 dropped by 1.5% compared with 2010, according to the Statistical Service, Cystat. Industrial production in 2011 fell by 7.4%. In December alone, the industrial turnover index (base 2005=100)
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