Officials meeting at the World Economic Forum expressed concern on Thursday about soaring food prices stoking social unrest, but corporate figures rejected calls for curbs on speculation. "Higher food prices and volatility
There's a new swagger among the bosses of emerging market companies as they sign cheques for a growing list of acquisitions in both the developed and developing world. And this is just
Irish retailers were hit by the biggest drop in sales in nearly a year in December after an unprecedented austerity budget put a dampener on the traditional Christmas splurge and signalled further
– Sarkozy warns speculators not to attack euro – Strengthening rescue fund seen key to restoring confidence – JPMorgan: EU right to seek solution without restructuring – Some see rescheduling of Greek
Europe's biggest travel company TUI Travel said summer bookings were up strongly and its first-quarter result had improved as customers seek more exclusive, five-star holidays. London-listed TUI Travel, controlled by German group
Financial executives attending the Davos forum voiced cautious optimism that the euro zone's debt crisis would be resolved without contagion spreading to Spain or investors being forced to take unbearable losses. Policymakers
Security forces are searching for an ethnic Russian member of a North Caucasus Islamist group suspected of involvement in the Moscow airport bombing which killed 35, a leading daily reported on Thursday.
The world's largest auction house Christie's posted record annual sales of 3.3 billion pounds ($5 billion) in 2010, a jump of 53 percent on 2009, underlining the strength of the recovery in
Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou briefed his Bahraini counterpart Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Khalifa, on the developments regarding the Cyprus problem, during his official visit to the Gulf country.
Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis said on Wednesday that the price of the land for the joint venture between Cyprus and Qatar is important but noted that there were many other more
