Cyprus building permits showed volatility in August, reflecting perhaps both a quiet summer month and the uncertainty of the sector’s future direction. The number of building permits authorised by the municipal authorities
A surge in car imports in September pushed Britain's goods trade deficit to its widest since January, surprising analysts who had expected the weakness in the pound to boost exports and narrow
European shares rose for a fifth straight session on Tuesday as banks gained after HSBC said loan impairment allowances for its U.S. consumer finance business fell in the third quarter, the first
Top forecasters are growing more confident the U.S. economy has embarked on a sustainable recovery, a survey released on Tuesday showed. The Blue Chip Economic Indicators newsletter for November found forecasters had
World stocks ticked higher on Tuesday as positive reports from UK banks kept the momentum with investors who chased risky assets in anticipation countries would keep monetary policy accommodative. Sterling fell broadly
A broad U.S. stocks rally sent the Dow industrials to a 13-month high on Monday, after the Group of 20 pledged to keep aid flowing to the world economy, strengthening investors' desire
Gains in HSBC after strong third-quarter results outweighed weakness in Vodafone as its results disappointed, pushing Britain's FTSE 100 up for the fifth straight session on Tuesday. By 0914 GMT, Britain's top
The dollar edged up on Tuesday, reversing some of its recent losses but staying close to a 15-month low against a currency basket, while sterling fell sharply after a warning on the
Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcos Kyprianou said his Ministry would be intensifying its actions in 2010 to prepare for the EU presidency in 2012. Presenting his Ministry's budget before the House of
Google Inc said on Monday that it was acquiring of AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising networks, for $750 million, widening its bet that cell phone advertising could become the Internet's
