Wall St opens down on new Europe fears

U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Friday after a brief suspension in the trading of some big Italian banks raised new concerns about the European debt crisis, though better-than-expected durable goods orders

Eurostat: Inflation up in Cyprus in May

Annual harmonised inflation in Cyprus in May rose to 4.1%, compared to 3.5% in April, according to figures released by Eurostat. Euro area annual inflation was 2.7% in May 2011, down from

New Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou appointed current Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos as his new finance minister and deputy prime minister in a reshuffle on Friday, the government spokesman said. Here are some

Juror jailed for Facebook contempt

A juror who contacted a defendant through the Facebook social networking website, causing a multi-million pound trial to collapse, was jailed for eight months on Thursday. Joanne Fraill, 40, admitted at London's