The death toll in China from a new strain of bird flu rose to nine on Tuesday, said state media, who also quoted Chinese authorities saying a vaccine should be ready within months. The latest victim was from Anhui province, the official Xinhua news service reported. The H7N9 strain, which was confirmed in humans for
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South Korea said on Wednesday it has asked China, North Korea's only major ally, to rein in the hermit state and has raised its surveillance after the North moved at least one long-range missile in readiness for a possible launch. Admiral Samuel Locklear, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region, said the U.S.
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US Noble’s Energy Chairman Charles Davidson said on Tuesday the Houston based company is looking for a partner in developing a natural gas field in block 12 in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. In a press conference in Nicosia, Davidson said that Noble has given the Cypriot government the names of the prospective investors for the
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U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday, with the Dow closing at a record high on a rally in cyclical shares and as earnings season started to heat up. With the day's advance, the S&P 500 again neared its all-time intraday high of 1,576.09, recovering from steep losses last week, the index's worst of 2013. The return
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A total of 6.000 people who transferred money out of Cyprus in the beginning of March before bank restrictions were imposed by the authorities following a bailout deal, are included in the list, which the Central Bank gave to the House Committee on Institutions, Merit and the Commissioner for Administration. The list refers to bank
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Houston based Noble Energy stands committed in carrying out the confirmation drilling in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone, Government Spokesman Christos Stylianides has said. He also noted that the company has once more expressed its full commitment for the exploitation of the natural reserves in Cyprus’ EEZ the soonest possible. Speaking to the press following a
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Trade deficit decreased by 100 mln euros during the first two months of 2013, standing at 577.97 mln, from 677.92 mln during the same period last year, the Statistical Service announced on Tuesday. This is a result of a decrease by 80 mln in imports (799.71 mln) and an increase of 22 mln in exports
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But net earnings probably negative Gross earnings in Cyprus rose on average by 1.1% to EUR 1,990 per month in 2012, according to Sapienta Economics calculations based on quarterly figures. In the fourth quarter, which includes 13th salaries, gross earnings rose by 0.7% to EUR 2,292, with males earning EUR 2,470 and females earning 15.7%
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The number of registered unemployed continued to reach new highs on March, although the pace of increase had begun to slow compared with previous months. The number reached 44,283, which was 6,840 or 18.3% higher than the year earlier, compared with a peak increase of 33.5% in July 2012. The main increase was in retail
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The impact of the Cyprus economic crisis, in which the banks were closed for nearly two weeks from March 16th and bakeries slashed prices of bread and milk to support the desperate seems to have shown up in March inflation figures. Prices rose by 0.7% over the previous month, mainly owing to an 8.6% rise
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