Nicosia, Jan 22 (CNA) – As election day draws nearer, presidential candidates, their associates and supporters intensify their efforts, with opinion polls, either in the print or the electronic media, announcing results
By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The yen turned course and weakened on Tuesday, easing from two-and-a-half-year peaks against the dollar hit earlier in the day as the global stock
By Randy Fabi LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Oil fell to a six-week low on Tuesday, dragged lower by a stock market plunge and fears a slowdown in the United States could
By Sitaraman Shankar LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – European shares were down at midday on Tuesday, though well above the day’s lows, as financial stocks strengthened on hopes that the U.S. would
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to
Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis was beaten by Austrialian Lleyton Hewitt 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-7 6-3 in a titanic third round clash at the Australian Open in the early hours Sunday.The match
Gulf Arab oil exporter Abu Dhabi plans to spend $15 billion in the first phase of a project to develop green energy and build the world’s largest hydrogen power plant, it said
By Blaise Robinson PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – European stocks sank 2.2 percent in early trade on Monday, trading just off their lowest level since August 2006 as U.S. recession fears continued
World stocks took a beating on Monday and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies rose as fears gripped investors that a troubled U.S. economy would drag others down with it. MSCI’s main
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock on Monday as it confirmed plans to convert its billions of pounds of loans to
