Mobile phone games taking off

Mobile phone users are no longer content with making phone calls or sending text messages, while makers are responding by offering other functions such as games. Mobile phone operators and television broadcasts

Sharp to invest heavily to boost LCD output

Japanese electronics company Sharp plans to invest 15 billion yen (128 million dollars) to increase the production of LCD panels by 20% next year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The increase will

Piraeus Bank bids for EURO

Piraeus Bank of Greece announced its intention to bid for full control of Euroinvestment & Finance Public Co. Ltd. (EURO) share capital that it does not already own at the price of

10-year bond yield break below 4%

The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds finally broke below the 4% level during the last auction held in 2005 marking a record decline from the 6% level at the start of

Helios disaster cost Libra CYP 5 mln

The tragic airline disaster of August 14, 2005 which resulted in the crashing of a Helios Airways aircraft close to Athens resulting in the death of 121 lives cost Libra Holidays Group