British Prime Minister Gordon Brown cut an unpopular tax on home purchases on Tuesday as part of a package to boost the country's slumping housing market and lift his flagging political fortunes.
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot organisations have organized a peace march on the occasion of the World Peace Day. Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties participated in the event (left wing
Bank of Cyprus announced that it has been notified by Morgan Stanley that on Wednesday 27 August 2008 Morgan Stanley & Co International Ltd and Morgan Stanley & Co Incorporated New York
Google Inc is adding YouTube-like video communications features to its business application suite, looking to make video-sharing among office workers as easy as trading e-mails or instant messages. Unlike YouTube, which is
The manufacturing sector in US islikely stalled for a second straight month in August as the persistent housing slump and tight credit conditions crimped the overall business climate. However, strong overseas demand
Mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it would launch its "Comes with Music" package with an offering in Britain, signing a deal with Carphone Warehouse to sell the first model. A
Sony Corp's game unit said on Tuesday it would launch the latest model of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld machine on October 16 in Japan to better compete with Nintendo Co Ltd's
Several major U.S. refiners said early checks on Monday showed their facilities were unharmed by Hurricane Gustav, but at least two others were said to be considering dipping into the U.S. Strategic
State-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB) confirmed on Tuesday it was in talks with Lehman Brothers over a possible joint investment in the U.S. bank with other Korean banks, sending local banking shares
Alcatel-Lucent named its new top management on Tuesday as Philippe Camus, a former key executive at planemaker Airbus's parent EADS, and Ben Verwaayen, the former head of British Telecom. The world's biggest
