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Insurance claims from the recent storms and floods in September, as well as those at the end of October, totalled 10 mln euros, according to the Insurance Association of Cyprus. The insurance

After a dismal 2008, world stock markets staged a spectacular rebound from their March lows, ending 2009 on a high note even though many economies remained in crisis and continued to need

Andis Hadjicostis, CEO of the family-controlled Dias media group and Sigma TV, was gunned down as he was leaving his home in the capital’s diplomatic neighbourhood of Engomi Monday night. The murder

Local credit card spending in the Republic of Cyprus fell by 3% in 2009, according to data from the credit card company JCC, having risen by 16% in 2008. Local plastic card

Spending by Turkish Cypriots south of the Green Line dropped in 2009, judging by data from on credit and debit card use by the credit card company JCC Payments Systems Ltd. Total

The trade deficit in Cyprus fell to EUR 373.0 mln according to preliminary figures for November, falling by 23.6% compared with the EUR 488.4 mln recorded in the same month of 2008.

Total imports/arrivals (covering total imports from third countries and arrivals from other member states) in January-October 2009 amounted to 4.698,9 mn Euro as compared to 6.256,6 mn Euro in January-October 2008, according

China's auto sales surged past the United States to reach record levels in 2009, industry figures showed on Monday, underscoring China's importance to the global auto industry as the world's biggest market.

Federal Reserve monetary policy is unlikely to pushed off course by December's surprising job losses, a senior Fed official said on Monday. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard told reporters

Chinese bank lending surged in the first week of 2010, a state newspaper reported on Monday, adding to the concerns fueled by blockbuster trade data for December that the world's third-largest economy