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EU desperate to please Turkey The Russia-Ukraine gas standoff could not have come at a more convenient time for Turkey that is using the argument of potential gas shortages to Europe to

Cyprus better off DR. JIM LEONTIADES CIIM, The Cyprus Business School Among all the confusion of the global financial crisis, one thing is becoming clear. There are major differences among the central

By Satomi Noguchi Japan's best-known retail currency trader, a housewife who made 800 million yen ($9 million) on the dollar, euro and pound, says although markets are volatile it may be a

By Susan Fenton Stock investors reeling from last year's market mayhem may take some solace from practitioners of the ancient Chinese art of feng shui, who predict a calmer, if subdued, performance

By Martina Fuchs Jackie Prosser is a determined mother. Working in fashion, she says she is highly exposed to the global recession, but plans to cut back on other treats to keep

By Ulf Laessing and Rania El Gamal Arab leaders will agree at a summit on Tuesday to launch a $2 billion reconstruction fund but differences persisted over finding a united stance on

Prospects improving for Iran  Iran will be a pressing foreign policy issue for American President-elect Barack Obama when he takes office, three decades after the Iranian revolution to oust the U.S.-back shah

By Tova Cohen The discovery of large amounts of natural gas in Israeli waters could boost the country's economy for years but analysts say its future remains in high tech rather than

By Patrick Lannin Standing in the X-ray room of the gleaming private clinic he opened last year, Leons Platacis is an incongruous champion for youths who rioted in Latvia last week, part

By Lucia Mutikani Chaun Frost ran up her credit cards in when the U.S. economy was booming, and now the single mother is paying a heavy price. To service her debt and