LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – British average earnings growth held firm in the three months to November, while the number of people claiming jobless benefit fell in December for a 15th consecutive
Stocks and the dollar tumbled on Wednesday as weak U.S. data and corporate news raised worries about the health of the global economy, while government bonds rose as investors took cover in
The U.S. dollar slid and Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index slumped more than 3 percent to a 26-month low on Wednesday, as a record loss at financial powerhouse Citigroup and weak U.S. retail
The Statistical Service of Cyprus has announced the publication of the monthly report “Intra-Extra E.U Trade Statistics (Summarised Data)†for October 2007. The main developments in Cyprus foreign trade were as follows.
Spending abroad accelerates Cypriot credit card spending at home rose by 16% to reach CYP 895 mln in 2007, according to the latest figures from the credit card monopoly, JCC, while expenditure
Moody’s Investors Service said that the corporate bond market in the Arabian Gulf countries has the potential to reach issuance of USD 50 billion over the near term, although volatile global markets
But slip in December  Residential house prices in Cyprus accelerated during 2007 according to the latest results from the BuySell Home Price Index, rising by 19.2% for the whole year compared
The Cyprus production index in construction reached 124.2 in the third quarter of 2007, rising by 9% over the same quarter of 2006. Construction output thus accelerated compared with the second quarter
Nokia announced plans to discontinue the production of mobile devices in Germany and close its Bochum site by mid-2008. The company plans to move manufacturing to its other, more cost-competitive sites in
China Telecom, the leading wireline provider of telecom services in China has selected Nokia Siemens Networks as the primary solutions provider for its video monitoring service, MegaEyes. This video monitoring solution is
