European shares fell in early trading on Monday, led lower by oil producers and financial stocks, as concerns about the impact of a debt default in Dubai continued to put pressure on
British consumers repaid the highest amount of unsecured credit on record in October, reducing their debt at twice the rate economists had expected, Bank of England data showed on Monday. Net consumer
Somali pirates have seized a Greek-flagged oil tanker near the Seychelles, more than 700 miles off the coast of Somalia, Greece's coastguard said on Monday. The 300,294-dwt Maran Centaurus was sailing from
Greece's main opposition New Democracy party has chosen Antonis Samaras, a former foreign minister and party rebel, as its new leader, to help the ailing conservatives recover from stinging electoral defeat last
According to the Bank of Cyprus Dividend Reinvestment Plan, the price at which the interim dividend for 2009 will be reinvested into shares is EUR4,25. It is reminded that the price was
Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets on Sunday, a surprise result certain to embarrass the neutral government and which the justice minister said could affect Swiss exports and tourism.
By Simon Rabinovitch and Aileen Wang Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in the same month that they said "we do" to their real estate agent. China
The head of the Bank of Japan said the bank will act decisively in the event of renewed financial market turmoil, his strongest hint yet at fresh support for the economy that
Asian stocks recovered after last week's steep sell-off over the Dubai debt crisis as investors nerves steadied on hopes that the fallout of a potential default will be limited. Banking shares, which
Tourism revenue in Cyprus recorded its second largest fall this year in October, dropping by 21.3% over October 2008 to EUR 156.3 mln, compared with EUR 198.6 mln in the corresponding month
