The highest prices for high street retail shops, offices, and warehouses were recorded in the bigger urban centres of Nicosia and Limassol, according to the first quarterly Cyprus Property Price Index conceived by the Cyprus branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The creation of an unbiased measure of property prices and rents
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Investment to reach €360 mln – 1000 new berths Work has started on the ambitious new Limassol Marina, one of the biggest infrastructure projects on the island, that is expected to create 1,000 jobs during the construction phase and a further 500 places for services and maintenance once it is completed. The project,
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Prospects ‘good’ for industry The House Representatives is following very closely the developments of the imminent approval by the European Union of the new ‘Cyprus Shipping Taxation System’ reform package. The new taxation package will help to upgrade and maintain the existing tax legislation, to help Cyprus develop into an even bigger shipping centre internationally
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UBS COMMENT BY COSTA VAYENAS In 1997, after hiking interest rates several times and watching the US equity market reach new high after new high in what he famously termed a bout of “irrational exuberance,” former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan finally threw in the towel. As he explained in his memoirs, published ten years later:
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. The Institute of Directors is calling on the U.K. government to raise the default retirement age from 65 to 68, arguing that more people want to work past 65 because they are living longer, healthier lives. But while many will be capable of doing their jobs past 65 and into their 70s, the government
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. With their worst fears of prolonged recession behind them, chief executives’ confidence for future growth has bounced back from the gloomy prospects of a year ago, according to the 13th Annual Global CEO Survey released by PricewaterhouseCoopers at the World Economic Forum in Davos This rising confidence has translated into a planned boost in
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. A couple of weeks back some interesting new wines reached the Cyprus Gourmet office for tasting. The titles of the wines and the presentation of the bottles were very modern. But it was the words in small type that intrigued most. Firstly, that the wines were produced by Photos Photiades, and secondly that they
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Three out of the six prize-winners in the International Subject Orders of Merit of the December 2009 ACA Professional Stage exams are based in Cyprus, training with PricewaterhouseCoopers, in cooperation with PwC Academy and Intercollege. First place and the Watts Prize in the Audit and Assurance paper went to Vasso Kakota, first place and the
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Nearly 3,500 high school students from the public gymnasiums, lyceums and technical schools will enjoy a day trip to Greece to visit the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. The students will depart in groups of 22 following a draw at their school and will travel on board Olympic Air flights in the morning, returning home
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