CTC Group steams ahead with 9.25 mln profits

 * Retail, cars hurt most by capital controls and consumer cutbacks *    Cyprus Trading Corporation Plc, the main holding company of the retail giant NK Shacolas Group, seems to have overcome

A mid-summer storm at Bank of Cyprus

 * Battle heats up for board control, old vs. new shareholders * The Bank of Cyprus saga does not seem to let up. With the dust at the island’s main lender just

Cyprus ex-first lady joins jobless queue

The former First Lady of Cyprus is one of the latest victims of her husband’s failed economic policy. Elsi Christofia has applied to the state for redundancy pay, joining some 12,000 unemployed