The Statistical Service is currently undertaking the sixth census of agriculture since independence in 1960. The census, which began last Wednesday September 8, is sending out “enumerators” to ask a range of
The trade deficit widened in July, according to preliminary estimates, reaching a provisional EUR 400,510, compared with EUR 394,494 in June 2009. In January-July, the trade deficit was a provisional EUR 2.98
Oil was steady on Tuesday near one-month highs above $77 ahead of inventory reports expected to show crude stock draws as the shutdown of the biggest Canada-U.S. pipeline enters a fifth day.
The dollar slid to a new 15-year low against the yen on Tuesday ahead of a Japanese ruling party leadership vote in which the prime minister faces a challenge from a proponent
Asian stocks edged up while the yen rose to a 15-year high on Tuesday ahead of a decisive vote in Japan, leaving unclear whether a rally that lifted global equities to the
Capri, Geneva and New York top the list for the most expensive hotel rooms, according to a global survey that showed hotel rates rising for the first time in three years as
The euro zone economy is likely to grow almost twice as fast this year as previously thought, the European Commission forecast on Monday, mainly because of much stronger growth in its biggest
Global economic growth is likely to slow down in the second half of this year, but a double-dip into a new recession is unlikely, the European Commission forecast on Monday. "Despite the
U.K. police are investigating how a troubled teenage girl and her father died after they were found with fatal injuries at the family's luxury home, the Press Association reported. Margaret Pierides, 16,
New bank capital requirements agreed by global regulators brought relief to Asia's financial sector on Monday as fears that lenders might be forced into fresh capital raising were put to rest. The
