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Intralot, the world's second-largest lottery systems provider, on Tuesday reported a 39.8% drop in first-half net profit, hurt by a levy Greece imposed on large firms to boost ailing finances. Intralot offers

Alpha Bank, Greece's third-largest lender, said on Tuesday first-half net profit fell 82.2% year-on-year, hit by a one-off tax, higher provisions and weaker loan growth as the recession deepened. Alpha reported net

Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest lender said first- half net profit rose 10 percent to EUR163 mln. Group net interest income rose to EUR496 mln, up 28 percent on the first

Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd (HB) reported that first half 2010 net profits attributed to shareholders increased to EUR 11.1 mln from EUR 2.06 mln a year ago but below analyst expectations.

Australia's political gridlock was no closer to a resolution that would provide market certainty on Monday after "kingmaker" independent MPs unveiled new demands as the price for their support to form a

Industrial turnover grew fairly strongly in May, as the Industrial Turnover Index rose by 5.6% compared with May 2009. However, the manufacturing turnover the index for May 2010 was the same level

The 49th Wine Festival, held annually in the southern coastal town of Limassol, the main winegrowing region of Cyprus, will open its doors on Friday. The Wine Festival, to last until September

Government revenue rose faster than expenditure in the second quarter of 2010, according to preliminary data on the General Government accounts for the period April-June 2010. Total revenue amounted to EUR 1,656.0

More people travelled abroad in July 2010 than in July 2009, according to the results of the Passengers Survey published by the Statistical Service Cystat. The survey showed that 138,801 residents of

The price Index of construction materials for July 2010 reached 120.29 units (base year 2005=100.00) recording a rise of 2.73% over July 2009 and a decrease of 0.31 % over June. For