Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou met Monday US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, whom he briefed on the latest developments regarding the Cyprus issue. During the meeting, which took place on
Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley are not the companies they used to be. Both became bank holding companies on Sunday evening and both will be able to sell assets into
American International Group Inc should have a list of assets it wants to sell by next week, its new chief executive said on Monday, as the company prepares to split itself up
Japan's new leader, Taro Aso, may pick former trade minister and China critic Shoichi Nakagawa as finance minister, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, amid speculation of a November snap election. Aso, an
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has had a short encounter with US President George Bush, during a reception which the American President hosted for the heads of national delegations, attending the 63rd Session
The President of Lebanon Michel Sleiman has assured President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias that Lebanon will support Nicosia with regard to the Cyprus issue. President Christofias met on Monday
The banking and the financial system of Cyprus is sound and robust and faces no danger from the international financial crisis, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said. Stavrakis chaired a meeting with local
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. regulator of futures markets said it was reviewing the historic jump in crude oil prices on Monday to assure the trading was valid. The U.S.
Haggling over a $700 billion bailout to tackle the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression looked set to drag into next week, threatening to keep markets on tenterhooks over the
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) Sue Garrett, in Las Vegas for a birthday party earlier this month, went to what she considers extraordinary lengths to hold down the cost of her trip. "We
