Highest price for a work at auction Alberto Giacometti’s L’homme qui marche I (Walking Man I) sold for £65,001,250 or €74,185,983 at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday night, becoming the most expensive
The Bank of England announced on Thursday no increase to its unprecedented 200 billion pound asset-buying programme, halting the scheme after 11 months in a move that could signal a return to
The Consumer Price Index for January 2010 decreased by 2.22 units or 1.97% to 110.38 units, compared to 112.60 in December 2009, and the rate of increase of the Index and therefore
Turmoil brewing in Greece could slow the European Central Bank's withdrawal of its extra liquidity measures, especially if other countries become infected with similar woes. Some analysts even speculate a north-south divide
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd announced that it has signed an agreement to sell 100% of the share capital of Leadbank LLC (former Bank Kypra LLC), one of its two Russian
The European Commission endorsed on Wednesday a Greek plan to cut its budget deficit below three percent of GDP by the end of 2012, but said it must take further steps to
Sea Star Capital Plc (SEAS) announced the sale of 8.612.500 shares in Hellenic Seaways Maritime SA (HSW) to Piraeus Bank SA for EUR34.87 mln in cash, which corresponds to 11.096% of the
The government is fully aware of the challenges ahead and through the implementation of a sustainable water management policy is taking all necessary measures to ensure water security now and in the
Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes edged up as expected in December, a survey showed on Tuesday, which should help to calm fears of renewed weakness in the troubled housing sector.
Greece warned on Tuesday its fiscal troubles were part of a wider euro zone problem, with Spain and Portugal next in line, and said a joint euro bond could be one way
