Long known as feminine and demure, Indonesia's traditional kebaya is headed for a makeover at the hands of innovative designers. Growing demand for stylish yet still modest fashions in the world's most
Australians enjoying the summer sunshine can now know when it's time to cover up and avoid potentially cancer-causing ultraviolet rays thanks to a new iPhone application. Australia has one of the highest
Euro zone nations and its central bank are urging Portugal to apply for a financial bailout from a European rescue fund, Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday. Without revealing its sources, the
Cyprus's Marfin Popular Bank's nine-month net profit tumbled by more than a third, it said on Thursday, as weak fixed-income markets and higher loan losses offset a rise in net interest. The
The Irish bailout has triggered a legal clause allowing the underwriters of Piraeus Bank's cash call to walk away, but the Greek bank said the deal was on track. The documents for
The United Nations has warned that Cyprus reunification talks run the risk of "foundering fatally" if a deal cannot be reached on the ethnically partitioned island by the second quarter of next
Contagion spreads from Ireland to Portugal and then to Spain, forcing European leaders to exhaust the $1 trillion bailout fund they set up only half a year ago to defend their ambitious
Retail trade in Cyprus continued its recovery in September, according to provisional figures from the Statistical Service, as the volume index rose by 2.5% compared with September 2009. Compared with the previous
Smartphones and Twitter were the hottest products in Japan in 2010 and travel and leisure were back on the menu, an ad agency survey showed, as penny-pinching consumers rediscovered their fun side.
Industrial production in Cyprus rose by 2.4% over the year earlier in September, having risen by 6.1% in August. However, for the subsector of manufacturing, the index recorded a decrease of 1.4%
