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EDITORIAL Cyprus’ national and foreign policies have, over the decades, been unavoidably focused on one issue alone – the island’s continued occupation and division by Turkey and on efforts to get unstuck

CYPRUS GOURMET By Patrick Skinner Pambos Argyrides returned to Cyprus in 1985 after 15 years in South Africa. He was a founder of the immensely successful potato chip and snack manufacturer “Corina”,

GUEST COMMENT WASHINGTON — The Doha Round of multilateral trade talks has already died a thousand deaths. But, apart from the bureaucracies in Geneva, Brussels and Washington, few are grieving. That’s because

By Syantani Chatterjee Single mother Mary White worked as a sales clerk until the bank foreclosed on the home she rented. Tossed out on the street with her six boys, she lost

By Parisa Hafezi Any U.S. move to impose sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran could add to the woes of the world's financial system although the Islamic Republic will find ways

By David Bailey and Kevin Krolicki By pledging to cut $10 billion in costs, General Motors Corp has convinced investors and creditors that the immediate risk of bankruptcy has faded. After touching

By Sumeet Desai LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – Britain may have to relax its own fiscal rules after data on Friday showed public borrowing at record levels, threatening to breach the restrictions

COMMENT By Patrick Skinner “Be-suited captains and black–vested waiters confer and preen and carry on behind a stone counter, while diners occupy, on the other side, a narrow lane of tables. The

By Jeremy Gaunt Fund managers are gloomier about equities than at any time in at least the last 10 years and aversion to risk is close to what it was during the

By Mark Weinraub The price was higher than Bill Boyd wanted to pay and still rising, but it didn't really matter. He needed a combine harvester. He lost most of his farm