LONDON (Reuters) – The Lloyd’s of London insurance market’s profit rose 5 percent last year as it benefited from a low level of disaster claims, but it warned on Thursday that this
BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. economy has turned down sharply and is facing a tough quarter, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Beijing, Paulson sidestepped
Consumer price inflation eased slightly in March, as the CPI index recorded a rise of 4.7% over March 2007, compared with a year-on-year rate of 4.9% in February. Compared with the previous
Ledra Street, which was the main shopping street of the capital Nicosia, has opened on Thursday at 0900 local time (0600 GMT), for the first time in nearly 45 years, signaling a
by Ralli Papageorghiou Ancient Greeks used to say that harmony of the environment is related to the inner world of the human being, but this is not the case anymore, at least
By Christina Fincher LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – Investors scurried to bet on a British interest rate cut next week after data on Thursday pointed to a slowdown in the services sector
By Michael Hogan HAMBURG, April 3 (Reuters) – German politicians and industry groups criticised the government on Thursday for planning to raise compulsory bioethanol blending levels in fossil gasoline over fears the
By Pete Harrison LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways said on Thursday the chaos surrounding the opening of its new terminal at London Heathrow had so far cost it around 16 million pounds.
FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – European shares trimmed some of their losses in afternoon trading on Thursday, taking their cue from leading Wall Street indexes, after data showed that the U.S. service sector contracted
By Selcuk Gokoluk ANKARA (Reuters) – Escalating political tensions in Turkey over a court case to close the ruling AK Party for alleged Islamist activities have created shockwaves in the financial markets
