One day last October, a memory stick containing special software for deleting data was placed into a desktop computer at Bank of Cyprus. Within minutes, 28,000 files were erased, according to investigators who had wanted to copy the data for an official report into the collapse of the Cypriot banking system. The deleted files included
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The Canadian government is set to tighten rules on Monday to prevent employers from using its temporary foreign worker program to squeeze Canadians out of jobs, acting after two high-profile cases tarnished the program's reputation. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Human Resources Minister Diane Finley are expected to announce reforms to the program,
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The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the production of crops. The executive European Commission said on Monday it would press ahead with the ban on a class of pesticides known
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The first UK court case linked to a complaint over the alleged rigging of Libor interest rates has been delayed until next year to allow Barclays the chance to hear if an appeals court dismisses part of the case. Guardian Care Homes, a residential carehome operator based in Wolverhampton, England, is suing Barclays for up
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Marcos Baghdatis returns to the BMW Open in Munich this week in his first clay-court of the year. He has enjoyed success in the German tournament before, reaching the semi-finals in 2007 (lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber) and 2010 (lost to Marin Cilic). Marcos will open his campaign against a qualifier and, should he win, will
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Air France will start three weekly services to Shanghai-Pudong on September 2, becoming the first European airline to serve the Chinese economic capital with the super jumbo Airbus A380. The aircraft has four cabin classes (La Première, Business, Premium Economy and Economy) and several new features, such as 6 bars, 5 decibels less noise in
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Surgeons at the Hadassah Medical Center have performed four successful knee replacements using Zimmer iASSIST –a personalised guidance system involving a gyroscope and WiFi technology. Prof. Iri Liebergall, Chair of Hadassah’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery, was a member of the medical team that developed the new technology for Zimmer, a world leader in technologies and
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– Anastasiades pledges to boost government transparency -Most Cypriots believe graft is endemic -survey Cyprus plans to limit presidential immunity from prosecution and increase government transparency, its president said on Monday, a move to win over a public jaded by graft and economic mismanagement that saddled it with brutal bailout terms. Cypriots have been left
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Cyprus's central bank defended its governor from "simplistic" government allegations on Monday, saying he had prevented the disorderly bankruptcy of the island's second-largest bank and thereby of the state itself, now in line for a bailout. The government has taken Central Bank of Cyprus Governor Panicos Demetriades to task for allowing Popular Bank, also known
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World shares gained and the dollar fell on Monday as investors counted on easy money from the U.S. and euro zone central banks to offset the risk of further disappointing global economic data. However, the euro gained ground as some investors had second thoughts about whether the European Central Bank will cut interest rates on
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