Moody’s Investors Service assigned A1 long term local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the integrated provider of telecom services which is 70% owned by the government of
In its annual report on Ireland, Moody’s Investors Service says the Irish government’s Aaa bond ratings reflect successful macroeconomic management and a highly competitive, wealthy economy. “Deregulation and other structural reforms have
Nokia and Google today announced that Google’s popular search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application, it was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. The integration will
Today, 100 organisations in over 50 countries worldwide celebrate Safer Internet Day. In Brussels a first ever pan-European Youth Forum on Safer Internet is organised by the European Commission with the participation
Oil fell more than a dollar to below $93 a barrel on Tuesday as investors weighed the prospects for growing stocks of crude in the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer.
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it had revised its outlook on Greece-based Piraeus Bank S.A. to positive from stable. At the same time, the ‘BBB+/A-2’ counterparty credit ratings on the
European stocks were higher midday on Tuesday as automobile shares rallied after a better than expected reading for an economic sentiment indicator in Germany, the continent’s largest economy and a major car
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit rating on Greece-based Alpha Bank A.E. to ‘A-‘ from ‘BBB+’. The ‘A-2’ short-term counterparty credit rating was affirmed.
Following the general approach agreed on 4 December 2007, pending the opinion of the European Parliament, the ECOFIN Council Tuesday adopted a recast of Directive 69/335 concerning indirect taxes on the raising
The European Commission welcomes the adoption by the Council of legislation implementing new rules on the place of supply of services. The legal texts adopted are a follow-up to the political agreement
