Demand for staff at British companies fell at its fastest rate in more than 10 years in February and pay also fell at a record rate as firms slashed costs, a survey
China's official military budget for 2009 will rise 14.9 percent on last year, an official said on Wednesday, defending the boost as a modest one to help improve equipment and conditions, and
UBS chairman Peter Kurer will not stand for re-election, and the board will nominate Kaspar Villiger, a former Swiss finance minister, as a replacement, the Swiss bank said on Wednesday. Kurer's departure
Asian stocks rallied on Wednesday on hopes Beijing will step up efforts to support the Chinese economy, helping the entire region, while the U.S. dollar rose to a three-year high as investors
Germany confirmed on Tuesday that Romania was in talks over an International Monetary Fund loan amid concerns it will be the next of eastern Europe's teetering economies to need bailing out in
The Bank of New York Mellon said on Tuesday it will meet with the Russian government to discuss settlement of a $22.5 billion lawsuit Russia has levelled against it. The government, prompted
A key European stock index fell to a lifetime closing low on Tuesday, led down by oil stocks as crude prices slipped towards $40 a barrel. The FTSEurofirst 300 fell 1.6 percent
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes tumbled to a record low in January, reversing the prior month's gains, according to a report on Tuesday that indicated the economy's downward spiral was gathering
Three more bike races under the title “Afxentia” have taken place between February 27 – March 1, at Macheras mountains, in the framework of the international mountain biking games ''Cyprus Sunshine Cup
Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Antonis Paschalides signed an Agreement with the Iranian Minister of Finance for the Mutual Promotion and Protection of Investments between Cyprus and Iran. Paschalides, who
