The average number of registered unemployed was 12,017 in 2007 compared with 12,824 for 2006, a decrease of 6.3%. The Statistical Service said that the decrease was mainly recorded in the sectors of manufacturing, construction and trade. On the last day of December, the number of registered unemployed reached 12,788 compared with 11,891 in November
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British Airways is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its website www.ba.com and is offering economy class travellers who log on to the site next Wednesday, January 10 a one-way ticket from Larnaca to London for a mere CYP 10 (EUR 17), plus airport taxes, charges and other fees. Customers booking this price online will need
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Sprint Nextel has named Nokia as a key infrastructure and consumer electronic device provider for its 4G WiMAX next generation mobility network. Nokia joins Intel, Samsung and Motorola in creating the advanced network infrastructure and access devices which will be designed to allow consumers, businesses and governments to experience high bandwidth mobile Internet connectivity at
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PandaLabs, Panda Software’s virus detection laboratory, has predicted that theft of confidential data on the Internet will become one of the most significant IT threats over the coming year. For this reason, PandaLabs is offering a set of simple tips to safeguard the confidentiality of users’ financial data. Phishing is a type of fraud that involves email
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By Antonis Loizou A. Loizou & Associates Quantity Surveyors and Development Managers  The job of the Project Manager (P.M.) is well known in most of the developed countries and the need for such an added consultant’s job in the building industry, arose as a result of the increasing complexity of buildings, the higher and
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Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardes said it was impossible for the European Court of Human Rights to accept the application of four Turkish Cypriots regarding the restitution of their property in the coastal town of Limassol.“It is impossible that the ECHR accepts the application of four Turkish Cypriots for the restitution of their property in Limassol
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European Union Health Commissioner Marcos Kyprianou said here today that road accidents related to alcohol are a major cause of concern in Cyprus and in the EU in general. Speaking to CNA, Kyprianou said the problems caused by excessive consumption of alcohol in Cyprus is connected mainly with road accidents. According to available figures, about
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…but CLR maintains lead in deals excluding arranged trades  Big block arranged trades booked on the shares of Marfin Popular Bank (MPB) in December amounting to EUR 800 mln helped boost the Investment Bank of Greece to take the lead in the top rankings of the CSE, with CLR Securities & Financial Services maintaining
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A popular Christmas PowerPoint file has been modified to incorporate malicious code that gives an attacker unauthorized access to infected systems, Computerworld reports. The e-mail with the subject “Merry Christmas to our hero sons and daughters!” and the attachment Christmas+Blessing-4.ppt silently installs a backdoor Trojan horse on vulnerable computers. This version of the Hupigon (sometimes
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The next days up to New Year’s Eve were rated as the optimum time for online malice and mischief, Pocket-lint reports. An anti-hacking expert warned that virus or worm attacks, hacking and phishing incidences were expected to peak significantly over the holidays. The expert believes that, with many people receiving MP3 players, digital cameras and computer
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