Logicom profit surge 29.4% in 1H08

Logicom Public Ltd (LOG) reported a 29.4% Year-on-Year increase in first half profitability to EUR5.0 mln on the back of sharply higher sales and a favourable swing in exchange rates. EPS was

Bosses not selling despite market rout

Stock market investors have dumped shares in an equities downturn over the past year but company managements seem to be sanguine about their firms' prospects, holding on to stock and even buying

Ioannides sells Ocean Tankers rights

Ocean Tankers Holdings Pcl (OCT.CY) announced that its founder and Executive Chairman Michael Ioannides disposed 28.13 mln rights to ship owners and institutional investors, with the amount received to be used for

Cyprus loans up 31.6% by June ‘08

Total loans given to non monetary financial institutions in Cyprus by end of June 2008 surged by 31.6% year-on-year to EUR 46.7 bln and 3% month-on-month from May 2008,  according to the

CSE down 4%, up 8% for July

At home, the mood on the Cyprus stock exchange continued to be affected by negative market sentiments and preparations for the summer holidays, despite the end-of-month colossal convertible bond issue by the