By Sinead Cruise Scores of shopping malls across Britain face a battle to survive an extended recession unless the government suspends a "toxic" tax on landlords' empty space, the retail toledobrand.com property
Small business recovery could set E.Europe states apart By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Lending to crisis-hit eastern European small business shows little sign of recovering and more state backing
. In a Special Comment published Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service examined the wide-ranging weaknesses that many banks have displayed in managing their risks and that the global financial crisis has exposed. As
. BY COSTIS STAMBOLIS Following the completion of a recent exploratory drilling in the Prinos oil field, off the island of Thassos in the north Aegean, increased oil production has been reported
. My computer guru used to be a regular eater-out. When fixing me some new software the other day I asked if he had had any good meals lately. “Only at home”,
. Though China has liberalised and globalised many of its industries, sport has remained largely sheltered from commercialisation. But since Beijing was awarded the right to host the Olympic Games in 2008,
. BY COSTA VAYENAS For outsiders, Japan is a land of mystery, formidable but opaque. Our perceptions are often little more than clichés that we try to apply, in vain, to an
. The Department of the European Studies and International Relations of the University of Nicosia, in collaboration with the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs and with the co-sponsorship of the
. BY PETROS MAVROS We recently heard that the measures the Cyprus government introduced to boost tourism will continue into the year 2010. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism through the
. With the financial services and professional sectors of our economy absorbing most of our young and highly qualified graduates, essential everyday vocations such as plumbing, electricians, mechanics and builders are becoming
