Germany's economy grew at the fastest rate since reunification in the second quarter as companies stepped up investment and exports surged, providing fresh evidence that the recovery has shifted up a gear.
Cyprus just clinged onto growth in the second quarter, with seasonally adjusted GDP growth rising in real terms by 0.4% over the previous quarter in April-June according to the Statistical Service’s ‘flash
A Passenger Mobility survey in short distances (less than 100 km) conducted by Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) during the period of May – July 2009 showed that 97.2% of the enumerated households
. New EU rules to boost insurers' financial strength will spur more issues of securities tied to natural disasters and peak mortality risks as the sector moves onto even safer footing, Swiss
Britain's top shares rose by midday on Thursday, with commodity stock weakness outpaced by gains in defensives, led by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline after U.S. authorities recommended approval of its Potiga epilepsy drug. By
Insurer Prudential said its failed bid for AIG's Asian unit will cost less than first expected, and confirmed that the bungled takeover attempt has killed its appetite for big M&A deals. The
The chief executive of De La Rue , the world's largest non-governmental printer of bank notes, stepped down after the firm last month warned sales would be hit by quality problems at
The cost of protecting Greek government debt against default rose on Thursday after data showed Greece's economy shrank by a bigger-than-expected 1.5% in the second quarter. Five-year credit default swaps (CDS) on
The European Commission called Slovakia's decision not to participate in a euro zone bailout of Greece "unusual" on Thursday, but said it would not speculate on any repercussions for the country at
. China's richest citizens are even wealthier than the statistics suggest, and may hold as much as 9.3 trln yuan ($1.4 trln) of hidden assets, according to a Credit Suisse-sponsored study by
