Piraeus Bank pulls bid for ATEbank, Postbank

Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth largest lender, withdrew its offer to buy government stakes in ATEbank and Hellenic Postbank saying the government took too long to decide, its deputy CEO said on Thursday.

Cyprus celebrates its 50th anniversary

Cyprus celebrated the 50th anniversary of the island’s independence on Friday with a military parade in the capital Nicosia. President Demetris Christofias, flanked by Greek National Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos and Cyprus

LG and Microsoft team-up in cloud computing

South Korea's LG Electronics said on Thursday it had signed a partnership deal with Microsoft on cloud computing and virtualization, hot IT technologies aimed at helping business cut costs. Under the pact,

Facebook and Skype exploring partnership: report

Social networking website Facebook and Internet telephone company Skype are in talks to establish a partnership that is aimed at integrating their communication services, Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar