UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon revealed today he had a telephone conversation on Friday with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat. Replying to a question during a press conference, SG said ”I am continuing to encourage the two leaders of the two communities to engage in dialogue and this is what I will continue to do”.
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange announces the suspension of trading of titles of “CLR Capital Public Ltd†and “Laiki Investment EPEY Public Company Ltd†on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in view of the reports concerning the negotiations for merger between the two.This decision was taken for the protection of investors pursuant to Article 183 of the
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange announces the suspension of trading of titles of Athena Cyprus Public Company Ltd from Monday, July 23, 2007 to Monday, July 30, 2007 (inclusive) after the Company’s request for the better transfer of shares that have been offered by the acceptors of Athena Cyprus Public Company Ltd to Hellenic Bank Public
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Ericsson has signed a contract with Vodafone Germany to be the sole supplier of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). Ericsson will also supply a comprehensive range of professional services to ensure a successful network implementation and integration by mid-2007. The decision to adopt IMS reflects Vodafone’s MobilePlus Strategy, which involves IP-based communications combining the best of
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Panasonic is expected to launch Write-Once Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) with 4x writing speed in the Middle East. Single-layer discs with 25GB capacity (LM-BR25LDE) will be available this month and dual-layer with 50GB capacity (LM-BR50LDE) in September. The new discs have the capability of 4x speed writing and reading, allowing users to handle large amount of
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Motorola has launched Road Trips (http://www.motorola.com/us/roadtrips) interactive web site that can show the 115 mln consumers who will hit the road between July 4th and Labor Day how to maximize the use of the features on their mobile phones and their Bluetooth accessories. The web site is an online community where road trippers can plan
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided Tuesday to maintain the official interest rates of the Central Bank of Cyprus, that is the minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations, the interest rate on the marginal lending facility and the interest rate on the overnight deposit facility, unchanged at 4,50%, 5,00% and 3,00%, respectively. A
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Dubai Investments Park (DIP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has announced that it has recently signed an agreement with Kleindienst & Partner, a Dubai-based German real estate broker, to open the ‘European Business Centre’ (EBC) in DIP, in a move predicted to foster a greater European corporate presence in Dubai. The AED 150
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EastNets, an international e-payment and trading solutions provider, has partnered with Quod Financial, the 3rd Generation multi-asset trading and order management systems provider, to offer its clients the comprehensive retail and institutional pre-trade risk, trading and post-trade analytics and reporting solution to the fast growing capital markets players in the Middle East and North Africa
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Macdonald and Company, the property recruitment specialist, will launch the first Middle East Salary Survey for the real estate industry at Cityscape Dubai 2007 in October. The launch will follow the conclusion of a survey distributed to real estate professionals and companies across the region, in cooperation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
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