The U.S. economy may be finally hitting its stride, even if growth remains too weak to put a real dent in the nation's jobless rate, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday. Offering no real clues on the future direction of monetary policy, Bernanke sounded cautiously more upbeat, citing improvements in consumer spending and
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For travellers who embrace the snow with sheer dedication, winter is a time to take advantage of all the fresh powder on the ski slopes. Travel website Cheapflights.com (wwww.cheapflights.com) offers powder hounds its choices for the top 10 ski destinations. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Park City, Utah Just south of Salt Lake
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The Elections Department of the Ministry of the Interior has called on all citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, aged 18 and over, who have been residing in Cyprus for the past six months, to submit their applications for registration in the electoral list before April 2, in order to be able to vote in
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The quantity of waste generated by industrial enterprises during 2008 amounted to 1,092,000 tonnes, of which 13,000 were incinerated, 641,000 were recovered and 437,000 were disposed or deposited in specially designed sites. According to the results of the Survey on the Treatment of Waste in Enterprises carried out by the Statistical Service, hazardous waste constituted
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Britain has not raised its national terrorism threat level nor a separate threat gauge for airports and railway terminals, police said on Friday, after reports that security had been stepped up at transport hubs. London's Metropolitan Police, the force responsible for coordinating counter-terrorism nationally, said it had no knowledge of the threat level being raised
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Even as it addresses the aftermath of the January 12, 2010 earthquake, Haiti now faces a devastating cholera epidemic that, in a short period of time, has killed thousands in every region of the country. Before the earthquake, most Haitians already had limited access to safe water and sanitation facilities. The key to containing the
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President Barack Obama, retooling his economic team to boost sluggish U.S. growth and tackle emboldened Republicans, will on Friday name Gene Sperling as the new head of his National Economic Council. A White House official said Obama will announce the appointment of Sperling, a trusted aide and Clinton-era veteran, in remarks at a window manufacturer
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Latest data on output in construction confirm what has been indicated from building permits and cement sales, namely that the building construction sector is still in steep depression. The production index for buildings recorded a decrease of 13.3% over the same period of the previous year in the third quarter of 2010, according to the
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Registered unemployment in Cyprus ended the year almost 20% higher than in the same period of the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service. The number of unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of December 2010 was 25,693. This was 4,163 or 19.3% higher than
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Record high food prices are moving to the top of policymaker agendas, driven by fears it could stoke inflation, protectionism and unrest and dent consumer demand in key emerging economies. The United Nations' food agency (FAO) said on Wednesday that food prices hit a record high last month, above 2008 levels when riots broke out
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