Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that its ratings on The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG; AA-/Stable/A-1+) and related entities are unaffected by today’s announcement that it will be taking
Vivartia SA has delisted its 75% owned Cypriot dairy subsidiary, Charalambides, from London’s AIM. Vivartia currently holds 81% of Christis following a public offer, which is still in progress. Vivartia formally Vivartia
By Patrick Skinner  On a very warm evening last week, out to a local restaurant, I ordered a bottle of Kolios “Cornetto†Rosé, which the manager brought nicely chilled, uncorked and
The Business of Wine and Food – By Patrick Skinner  Last Friday (29th June) saw the last of four public tastings of the gold and silver medal winners in the 2007
The number of eggs for hatching placed in incubation in Cyprus in May reached 143,100 eggs for laying and 1,410,600 eggs for meat. Both eggs for laying and eggs for meat recorded
By Stavroula Kousiappa  The demand for tyres in Cyprus is completely covered by imports due to the lack of domestic production of tyres. The companies that are involved in the trade
By John O’Donoghue, Consultant Adviser, Caratfin Ltd.  This has been a tough month. The one month charts for the markets we frequently refer to in this column look very much like
Ericsson announced it has extended its cooperation with the United Nations to aid and improve emergency response by leveraging technological progress in telecommunications. Ericsson will provide a complete mobile telecommunications solution that
Nokia Siemens Networks has signed a GSM network expansion contract with China Mobile Group Yunnan Co., Ltd. (YNMCC) worth about EUR 70 mln. The deal concerns both urban and rural areas of
Apollo Investment Fund Pcl (APOL) issued a negative profit warning for its first half 2007 financial results on the back of amid lower gains from the sale and revaluation of investments. A
