Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Paschalides has stressed the need to improve the business environment for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), especially as regards financing. Paschalides, who attended Monday
Two new Ministers were appointed on Monday, replacing the two Ministers who resigned after the Movement of Social Democrats EDEK withdrew from the government coalition. Erato Kozakou Marcoullis has been appointed Minister
Britain's pound took a battering on foreign exchange markets on Monday, falling more than 1 percent to 10-month lows against the dollar on worries about a coming election and its impact on
Factories around the world enjoyed a bumper February with business surveys showing the manufacturing sector in major economies continued to lead an economic recovery, despite a slowdown in some growth rates. Factory
HSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7 billion annual profit after bad debts rose and risked a public backlash by paying three investment bankers over 9 million pounds ($13.7 million) each. Europe's
Rising mining stocks, powered by surging copper prices, lifted Britain's top share index to a five-week high early on Monday, but gains were capped by HSBC after the bank's results missed expectations.
HSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7.1 billion annual pretax profit as accounting losses masked record investment bank earnings and a late year slowdown in bad debts at its troubled U.S. business.
A Memorandum of Cooperation in the sector of tourism between Cyprus and the Palestinian Authority was signed on Friday after official talks in Nicosia between Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis
Annual harmonised inflation in Cyprus recorded a significant rise in January 2010, according to figures released on Friday by Eurostat. In Cyprus, inflation rose from 1.6% in December 2009 to 2.5% in
British house prices were 0.4 percent higher than a year ago in February, marking the first annual rise since March 2008, a survey showed on Monday. House market analysts at Hometrack said
