Mail.ru launches Russia’s answer to Twitter

– Gets 17,000 users in first 24 hours – RIA Russian internet company Mail.ru has launched its answer to U.S. microblogging site Twitter, seeking to expand its business into social instant messaging

Omirou: Rating agencies create more problems

President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou said Tuesday that the serious economic problems faced by the countries in the eurozone are worsened by the announcements of the international rating agencies.

Airbus claims victory in 2011 order race

Airbus outsold Boeing almost two-to-one in 2011 after gambling on a revamped fuel-efficient jetliner and delivered more jets than its rival for the ninth year running, while admitting it may struggle to

Science’s ‘most beautiful theories’

From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world's most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. Every January, John Brockman,

Cyprus retail trade slows in Oct (prov)

Retail trade growth slowed in October according to provisional data, rising by 0.2% compared with October 2010, having grown by 0.6% in September and 2.7% in August. For the first ten months