Most shopkeepers in Tehran's main bazaar re-opened for business on Monday after a protest against a new sales tax, but some defied calls from their trade union to go back to work.
Fewer than half of Cyprus’s tourists stay in hotels, according to data released by the Statistical Service, while around one-sixth stay with relatives and friends. Between January and August 2008, on average
The dollar London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor at which banks lend to each other remained at high levels despite the injection of billions of money by Central Banks in the form
More than a year after the start of the global credit crisis and a month since the financial hurricane blew into Europe, the European Union has finally got its act together with
The main purpose of the Extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the Euro Zone states in Paris was to give a message of support from the EU member
The fourth meeting of the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus started on Monday in the UN protected area, the UN announced. “Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader
Britain bailed out three major banks with 37 billion pounds ($64 billion) on Monday as governments around Europe used taxpayers' money to take control and boost confidence in the battered industry. "It's
European central banks said on Monday they would lend out as much U.S. dollar liquidity as commercial banks need in a further joint bid to tame money market tensions. In a joint
Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd announced that on October 10, 2008, Andreas Vgenopoulos, Executive Vice Chairman, proceeded with the purchase of 1.158.064 shares of Marfin Popular Bank of total value EUR3.300.731,57
Nations from Europe to Australia rushed out plans on Sunday to shore up their banks, trying to halt a markets crash with pledges to back lending, buy stakes in financial institutions and
