Italian banks enjoy resilient, improving fundamentals

The credit outlook for Italy’s rated banks  remains stable, reflecting their resilient and, in some cases, improving  business and financial fundamentals, despite difficult market conditions, Moody’s Investors Service said in its new

Measles deaths in Africa plunge by 91%

Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90% four years early.

Cyprus industrial output best in 5 years

Industrial output growth in Cyprus slowed in September as the index of industrial production rose by only 0.2% compared with September 2006 to reach 124.7. However, for the year as a whole,