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By Erik Kirschbaum It did not take long for the world financial crisis to affect the world's oldest profession in Germany. In one of the few countries where prostitution is legal, and

By Susan Fenton British Trade and Investment Minister Mervyn Davies said on Friday he is not worried about a further slide in the pound while saying a weak currency will help drive

By Fang Yan and Chang-Ran Kim Still new to the trade, Chinese automakers are revving their engines to take an ambitious path to the premium and lucrative end of the car market

. EDITORIAL An English acquaintance, suffering like the rest of us ex-pats from diminished pension income from the UK has become a boon and a blessing to the families in the village

The Risk Watch Column DR ALAN WARING In a Risk Watch article a year ago, I noted that counterfeit goods sales are not a victimless crime. The startling statistics I gave have

PORTFOLIO TRACKER PORTFOLIO TRACKER John O’Donoghue If an alien – one which had a highly unlikely interest in planet Earth’s global economy and stock markets – had landed in early March, it

. In the weeks prior to the last presidential elections, contested by AKEL for the first time and won by its then-General Secretary, representatives of the communist party and their spin doctors

By Sitaraman Shankar Rising commodity prices and poor demand are squeezing margins at chemical companies, airlines and auto makers but the hope of a general return to inflation will support their shares

Cyprus Gourmet Review Wine: Greeks for all seasons Xenophon and Sally Lambrou have been running their wine business in Ioanni Polemi Street, just off Archbishop Makarios Avenue in Limassol for 15 years.

. Who will lead us out of the financial crisis? DR. JIM LEONTIADES CIIM, The Cyprus Business School Even before the current financial crisis, the position of the United States as the