The UK government remains committed to supporting UN efforts to achieve a settlement in Cyprus, based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation with political equality, a spokesman for the British High Commission said
New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose surprisingly in June on demand for metals, machinery, electrical equipment, and military needs, even though transportation orders were weak, a government report showed on
Home foreclosure filings rose 14% in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Friday.
The global economy's delicate balance was clear on Friday as data showed the slowest UK growth in three years and a 10-year inflation peak in Japan, with only a surprise rise in
Oil fell back below $125 a barrel on Friday, extending a decline that has knocked more than $20 off prices in two weeks. Concern high prices and the slowing U.S. economy will
You will often hear Cypriots complaining that their compatriots are followers, not innovators. And new figures from the Statistical Service bear this out. According go the “Innovation Survey” of enterprises with 10
Nuclear operator British Energy has agreed to be taken over by French utility EDF for around 12.4 bln pounds ($24.61 bln), a source briefed on the matter said on Friday. The source
Oil rose on Friday to around $126 a barrel, finding some stability after two weeks of losses, as buyers came back into the market before the weekend. Concern that high prices and
World stocks hit a one-week low on Friday while the dollar fell as dismal U.S. housing and jobs data and warnings from German reinsurers fanned concerns about the health of the financial
It is important that the Government in Ankara understands that, whatever the internal problems of the governing party and the military, they have a huge obligation to seek with their neighbours and
