HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, said first-quarter profits were "well ahead" of last year, swelled by record results in its investment bank, but would have been down without accounting gains on its
Both indicators of inflation in Cyprus show that there was a sharp deceleration in the pace of price increases in April. The EU-harmonised inflation rate for April showed that prices rose by
Motor vehicle registrations fell for a fourth straight month in April, decreasing by 13.9% over April 2008 to 4,671. Registrations of private saloon cars fell in the same period by 13.6% to
The deficit on trade in goods shrank by more than a fifth in the first two months of 2009 as oil prices tumbled, compared with the same period of the previous year.
Global shares held steady on Monday, working on their third consecutive month of gains, but there were losses in Europe after recent gains amid worries about bank earnings. Investors were generally lifted
Oil fell $1 a barrel to below $58 on Monday, reversing some of the previous session's gain, pressured by falling European equities and caution over the pace of any global recovery. The
EU antitrust regulators are expected to say this week that Intel Corp illegally paid computer makers to postpone or cancel the launch of products containing chips made by its main rival, sources
The new "Star Trek" movie beamed up an estimated $72.5 million in North American ticket sales its first weekend in theaters, dominating the box office and re-energizing a 40-year-old science-fiction franchise. That
Indirect tax receipts for April ’09 contracted by 5.7%, whilst receipts for the period January – April 2009 were 4.7% lower at EUR 756 mln according to the Department of Customs and
China added to the drip-feed of encouraging news on Monday with a top central banker saying the government's stimulus has worked better than expected and crude imports data showing a spike in
