. Gov’t under fire over corporate tax hike plans to plug deficit Will MPs throw out the bill? The government has come under fire from all professional bodies over its plans to table legislation before parliament seeking to raise the corporate tax rate, one of the lowest in the EU, by a percentage point to

. By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent (Reuters) With the global economy slowing, interest rates about as low as they can go, governments getting austere and banks being investigated for stress, it is getting harder for investors to keep putting on their bullish faces. Heading into the first full week of the second half, investors

. BY DR ALAN WARING “Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad”, an ancient Greek saying goes. Judging by the growing eccentricities in the Cyprus property market, there are quite a few parties heading for destruction. For example, some developers seem to have declared open warfare on buyers and any who

. By Dr Alan Waring Having highlighted in Part 1 the activities of rogue developers and lawyers in the inglorious Title Deeds/fraud mess in Cyprus, what about others in the cast of characters in this macabre theatre? Where is it all heading? Is there a way out? THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Although aspects of Cyprus property

. Has any one of our esteemed politicians and endless abundance of economists calculated the cost draft dodgers have on the economy? Had they bothered, the conclusion would be simple – it costs us less to keep conscripts in the army, then, say, the University of Cyprus, where the upkeep of a student is costing