UN SC statement on Cyprus

The five permanent member states of the UN Security Council are close to an agreement regarding the presidential statement to be issued Thursday after the conclusion of a briefing on the Cyprus

Oil eases towards $49 as equities decline

Oil prices fell towards $49 on Tuesday, extending Monday's losses as declines on global stock markets heightened expectations of a further drop in demand for oil products. A rising death toll from

Cyprus wholesale turnover up 11.8% in 2008

The turnover value index of wholesale trade and commission trade for December 2008 increased by 16.1% to 187.7 compared with 161.7 in November 2008. For the period January-December 2008, the index, which