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By Brian Gorman Stock market turmoil is forcing an increasing number of small British companies to abandon their public quotations, with many deciding the cost of staying listed outweighs any potential benefit.

By Rhys Jones Small businesses in Europe are failing for want of sums that in terms of national economies — or even some bankers' pensions — amount to small change. Suzanne and

By Lesley Wroughton Developing countries could face a financing gap of $270 billion to $700 billion this year as trade income dwindles and rich nations vie for capital to deal with a

By Philip Blenkinsop  It wouldn't be fitting to mount a barrage of "sale" and "special offer" signs in the windows of jewellers crowded into Antwerp's diamond square mile. But traders, cutters and

. After 12 months of careful evaluation, this week we announce the first Cyprus Gourmet Awards. Full information will be in the next Cyprus Gourmet Magazine which will be available at the

. Tsantali is one of the two largest wine producers in Greece — the other is Boutari. Both are family-founded and run, and both hail from Macedonia. Both make substantial ranges of

. Within all the hype to bail out the tourism and construction sectors, the government has completely ignored the small-to-medium sized enterprises of Cyprus and the small, yet flourishing, exports sector. SMEs

PricewaterhouseCoopers analysis The global financial landscape has reshaped significantly, states a recent paper by PricewaterhouseCoopers, “The Day after Tomorrow”, that analyses the emerging themes and new models as the fallout from the

By Matthew Bigg  A shy 14-year-old girl plucked from obscurity by the White House and given star treatment has come to symbolize a battle over how to fix dilapidated U.S. schools. Ty'Sheoma

By Mantik Kusjanto (Reuters)  The economy is in its worst recession on record, the current account deficit is ballooning, the government faces a sea of red ink and credit ratings firms have