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MENA sees rise in demand for business class IP telephony

The rapidly growing small and medium businesses (SMB) sector in the Middle East and Africa region is driving the demand for internet protocol (IP) telephony implementation, as reflected by a recent survey

25th March 2008

Business

Universal Bank Cyprus upgrades from Temenos to T24 to meet market adoption of Euro

Temenos Group, the Geneva-based provider of integrated core banking systems, today announced that Universal Bank Public Ltd. has upgraded its system from TEMENOS Globus (Globus) to TEMENOS T24 to meet the requirements

25th March 2008

Business

Moodyâ€™s raises Lebanon ratings outlook to â€˜stableâ€™

Moody’s Investors Service has today changed the outlook on Lebanon‘s ratings to stable from negative. The change of outlook applies to the government’s B3 local and foreign currency bond ratings, the B3

25th March 2008

Business

EDITORIAL: Moments of truth

We hate to be repeating ourselves, but one of the wisest choices President Christofias made was to appoint Charilaos Stavrakis as his Minister of Finance, also known as keeper of the public

25th March 2008

Cyprus

Danish Foreign Minister on visit to Cyprus

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Per Stig Moller will pay a working visit to Cyprus arriving in Paphos on Wednesday. Upon arrival, the Danish Foreign Minister will participate at a

25th March 2008

Cyprus

UNFICYP begins demining at Ledra Street in Cyprus

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is expected to begin demining work at Ledra Street , to enable the opening of the crossing point as agreed to last Friday by

25th March 2008

Cyprus

Greek socialists table censure motion against govt

By George Georgiopoulos and Dina Kyriakidou ATHENS, March 26 (Reuters) – Greece’s main socialist opposition submitted a censure motion in parliament against the conservative government on Wednesday over pension reforms that have

25th March 2008

Cyprus

C.bankers downbeat, Deutsche sees profit threat

Top central bankers warned on Wednesday there was no end in sight to the global credit crunch as German banking giant Deutsche said the crisis threatened its profit target for this year.

25th March 2008

Business

Oil jumps above $104 as US fuel supplies fall

By Alex Lawler LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) – Oil jumped by more than $3 a barrel on Wednesday, extending an earlier gain, after a U.S. government report showed larger-than-expected drops in fuel

25th March 2008

Business

Turkish NGOs call for calm amid political tensions

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, March 26 (Reuters) – Turkish civil society groups called for calm in Turkey on Wednesday amid strains over a court bid to close the ruling AK Party, saying

25th March 2008

Cyprus