Greece picks advisers on bank stake sales

Greece will hire Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley as advisers on the offer it has received from Piraeus Bank <BOPr.AT> to buy government stakes in ATEbank <AGBr.AT> and Hellenic Postbank

BT posts 6% rise in Q1 core earnings

British telecoms provider BT posted a 6% rise in first-quarter adjusted core earnings, generated strong cash flow and reiterated its outlook after taking further costs out of the business. Britain's biggest fixed-line

Santander H1 net profit in line with f/casts

The euro zone's largest bank, Santander, reported first-half profits in line with forecasts on Thursday with thriving business in Latin America setting off sluggish income in home market Spain. Santander, which emerged

Population in Cyprus records increase

Population in Cyprus increased in 2009 by 1.000, reaching 798.000 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in 2009 around 10.000 births were recorded in Cyprus and 5.000