. The Risk Watch Column By Dr Alan Waring Many believe that the European Union is, and can only ever be, a force for good and that the 500-plus million citizens of its 28 Member States should be eternally grateful for all the myriad of benefits that they argue the EU bestows upon them.
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. Mayor Yiannis Karousos seems to have taken his job as Mayor of Ayia Napa quite seriously, often out and about, taking advantage of photo opportunities with pupils planting trees or dishing out awards by the bucketload to ‘repeat’ tourists, visiting the eastern coast for the record umpteenth time. The resort town has revised
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. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary Apple Inc (AAPL: NASDAQ) is against the ropes, and the latest technological furore is unlikely to help the company restore its once impermeable image. Just recently, Apple and Alphabet were going toe to toe in a battle for tech market dominance. Alphabet Inc (GOOGL: NASDAQ) posted strong
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By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Market Analyst at FXTM Losses throughout the equity markets continue Financial markets continue to succumb to extraordinary pressures with Asia encountering a sharp sell-off overnight, following the lead that was set during both the European and US trading sessions from Monday. There is an uncertain investor landscape at present that is
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. Now that the Cyprus economy is improving, its energy and political hub status in the eastern Mediterranean is elevated, and growing bi-lateral trade opportunities with Iran are cropping up, the employers’ and industrialists federation OEV has rightly announced a trade mission to Tehran, scheduled for early-March. The timing of the visit could not have
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* Hadjiyiannis elected shipowners’ president * The shipping industry has weathered the global and Cyprus financial crises, demonstrating “remarkable resilience,” Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said, adding that the sector is looking to the future with confidence. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Cyprus Union of Shipowners at the Athens Ledra Hotel, the Minister
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* Store recruits managers, to hire 70-80 more * Leading Cyprus based recruitment firm, GRS Global Recruitment Solutions, has been appointed by Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, as their official recruitment partner in Cyprus. GRS will be working closely with H&M to attract and select applicable candidates for their new store,
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By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst, FXTM Sentiment towards the US economy has received another crippling blow following an unexpectedly weak non-farm payrolls (NFP) report of 151,000, which, as a headline number appears to have further dashed any hopes remaining for another US interest rate hike for March. The surprisingly weak results might also raise
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. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary Gasoline prices across the United States are down; even in California where prices are typically at the highest levels in the country, it is possible to pay less than $2.39 per gallon. The cheapest states include the Midwestern states and Texas, where consumers can expect to pay
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By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst, FXTM The stock markets were open to more punishment during trading on Tuesday as the violent declines in oil prices and elevated concerns over China’s deceleration heightened risk aversion, and consequently soured risk appetite. Asian stocks descended into the red territory this morning with the Shanghai Composite Index trading
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