By Andrew Hay Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero could be fighting to keep his job this year as unemployment nears Depression levels and businesses demand labour reforms which unions warn
By Joseph A. Giannone Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co and several other big U.S. banks said they were in a position to quickly repay Treasury capital injections
By Jason Subler and Zhou Xin Like prodigal sons, China's exporters are returning home to sell their products as global economic gloom takes a toll on their overseas orders. Yet exporters of
By Ingrid Melander The Greek government on Monday avoided being forced to call snap elections over a bribe scandal but dissent among its own ranks combined with a bleak economic outlook mean
COMMENT The news story on page 3 reporting the majority of British people attending the “Stay” or “Go” debates held last week voted overwhelmingly to “stay” came as no surprise to me.
EDITORIAL Public debates in recent weeks have been looking into the high cost of living in Cyprus and whether it is affordable by any group of people (tourists, long-term residents, British expats,
. BY ANDREAS KARMIOS It is estimated that the size of money laundering worldwide through the banking sector, is more than US$ 500 bln to 1 trln annually. Worldwide money-laundering is very
. BY CONSTANTIN VAYENAS In one form or another, Aesop's tale of the ant and the cricket, with its hard lessons about the rewards of thrift and improvidence, is well known. The
By Jason Lange A deadly flu outbreak could push Mexico into a recession so deep it might rival the mid-1990s "Tequila Crisis" financial meltdown, as the economy shuts down and tourists stay
By Langi Chiang and Alan Wheatley Pent-up demand is pulling China's housing market out of the doldrums, but industry experts doubt that a strong, sustained recovery is about to take hold. Urban
