Total sales of petroleum products recorded a decrease of 2.9% over the corresponding period of the previous year during the period January – April 2010, according to the Statistical Service, CYSTAT. Total
Retail trade volume returned to growth in March, according to preliminary figures from the Statistical Service. The provisional turnover volume index of retail trade for March 2010 inched up by 0.3% over
Crude oil prices rose above $73 on Thursday, supported by gains in Asian and European equity markets and after the previous day's U.S. official oil data showed an increase in fuel demand.
There is a risk that lack of financial confidence could spread across the European Union and affect previously untouched countries, Britain's Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws said on Wednesday. Laws,
U.S. mortgage applications to refinance home loans jumped to a seven month high last week as rates neared record lows, but purchase demand remained stuck at a 13-year low. Interest rates on
Bank of Cyprus Group (BOCY) reported net after tax profit of EUR 81 mln for the first quarter of 2010, easily beating and surpassing analyst forecasts of EUR 69-71 mln. At the
Consumer confidence rose to its highest since March 2008, data showed on Tuesday, defying for now the growing fears about European debt market turmoil and threats to global growth. Improving sentiment about
Single-family home prices were unchanged in March from February, but fell in the first quarter under renewed pressure before federal aid for buyers faded away, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes
Oil fell to near $68 a barrel on Tuesday as investors fled from riskier assets to dollar safety on growing concerns that the European debt crisis could worsen and damage the still
Alpha Bank, Greece's third-largest lender, was expected to report a 49 percent drop in first-quarter net profit, hurt by the recession and the country's debt crisis, a Reuters poll found. Net profit was
