Oil fell more than $3 a barrel on Monday, pressured by gains in the U.S. dollar as well as signs the financial crisis is spreading beyond the United States to Europe. Benelux
European shares were down sharply by midday as nationalisations in Belgium and the UK and liquidity worries hurt bank stocks, more than offsetting optimism generated by prospects of approval for the United
President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, departed Monday for Strasbourg, where the next day he will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In statements before departing
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots will have to jointly face the problem of water shortage on the island when the Cyprus problem is solved, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias has said. Invited to
Mortgage lending barely rose at all in Britain in August, with the increase shrivelling to two percent of what it went up by a year ago. Other Bank of England data on
A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video streaming
The FTSE 100 slid 2.8 percent early on Monday as the part nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley dealt another blow to a reeling banking sector, ahead of a U.S. lawmaker vote on
Board of Directors of Phil. Andreou Public Ltd (PHIL.CY) approved the proposal for the payment of an interim dividend for the year 2008 amounting to 1 euro cent per share. The interim
Approvals for new home loans in Britain fell to a series low in August while net mortgage lending slowed to a near standstill, figures from the Bank of England showed on Monday.
U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on Monday on a $700 billion government fund to buy bad debt as the global financial crisis kept markets on tenterhooks by forcing European authorities to rescue
