Lighting up could be slowing you down in the bedroom. A U.S. study suggests that men who successfully stopped smoking improved on lab measurements of sexual health more than those who relapsed after a quit-smoking program, showing that smoking may be affecting the sexual health of men who consider themselves perfectly all right in bed,
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Hong Kong shares edged higher on Thursday but pulled back from an intraday high as a relief rally on the back of hopes for a resolution to Europe's debt crisis showed signs of fading. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was up 0.47% at 19,134.45 by the midday trading break. It had risen more than 1
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Billionaire investor George Soros has warned Europe's debt crisis risks triggering another Great Depression unless euro zone leaders adopt a series of radical policy measures, including the creation of a common treasury. Soros, in an article for the New York Review of Books and Reuters.com, says policymakers must prepare for the possibility that Greece, Portugal
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Asian stocks bounced on Thursday after tentative steps by euro zone policymakers to tackle a crippling debt crisis, but investors remained wary that obstacles the bloc's leaders face could weigh on the euro and Asian currencies in the medium term. The euro held most of its gains against the dollar after jumping on Wednesday, when
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Europe must come up with a clear strategy on how to save its debt-ridden states before Russia could make a commitment to increase its holdings in the euro zone, President Dmitry Medvedev's chief economic adviser told Reuters on Wednesday. "We would like to know what actions will the European Union take itself, what scenario will
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EU member Cyprus vowed on Wednesday to keep Turkey's entry talks on hold as long as Ankara challenges the island's rights to launch offshore gas drilling, in an escalating row among east Mediterranean neighbours over hydrocarbon reserves. Rhetoric over ownership of speculated oil and gas deposits has sharpened after a deterioration of relations between Turkey
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. By Dr. Jim Leontiades The Cyprus International Institute of Management It used to be unthinkable. It is still strongly denied, but a few voices are stating the obvious. Greece may leave the Euro. Default and exit if not a probability is definitely a possibility. The Dutch prime minister has openly declared that countries breaking
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. By Shavasb Bohdjalian The euro tumbled sharply lower over worries that Greece will default, with the market not impressed by the latest revenue raising measures announced by the government of George Papandreou over the weekend. Market participants were forced to abandon the euro as news emerged that the ECB’s Chief Economist, Juergen Stark resigned
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Hewlett-Packard has extended the deadline for its $11.2 bln takeover offer for British software company Autonomy to October 3 after gaining acceptances from only 41.6% of shareholders at the first closing date. "I am very surprised that they have needed to extend it at all," S&P equity research analyst James Crawshaw said on Tuesday. "I
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. ANALYSIS By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent, Reuters Greece's exit from the euro zone would inflict untold damage on Europe's economy, further burnish the attractiveness of a rising Asia and hasten the emergence of China's yuan as a global currency. Until recently, even thinking about the consequences of a break-up of the euro was,
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