Music-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. Detectives warn that they have seen a growing problem of organized criminals at both indoor and outdoor gigs hoping to make off with top-of-the-range phones. Many victims will also often believe they
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Minister of Health Christos Patsalides has said he was satisfied with the free vaccination programme launched late November by the government of Cyprus against the H1N1 virus. “The Ministry is satisfied with the way the vaccination programme is progressing. Our goal is to protect the high risk groups and we began creating a safety net
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European shares retreated from a two-week closing high the previous session, with UK lenders pressured by the possibility of a tax on bankers' bonuses. At 0904 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 1.2 percent at 1,013.77 points. It gained 1.1 percent on Friday after data showed U.S. employers cut far
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Britain's top share index fell 1.0 percent on Monday, pressured by weaker banks on windfall tax concerns, and with miners and energy stocks also weighing, hurt by falls in commodities prices. At 0910 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 55.56 points at 5,266.80, having closed up 9.36 points on Friday at 5,322.36 after U.S. employers
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Britain's manufacturing sector will return to growth next year, the recovery gaining pace after a slow first quarter, the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) said on Monday. New export orders in a stronger global economy are expected to help fuel the improvement and the weaker sterling exchange rate will also work in the favour of manufacturers,
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World stocks slipped on Monday from last week's 14-month high while the dollar hit a five-week peak as investors grew convinced U.S. interest rates could rise soon after the previous session's robust jobs report. A strong U.S. currency weighed on dollar-priced commodity prices, with gold extending Friday's sharp losses having hit an all-time high last
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Latest figures show that Greek Cypriot businesses are the net winners in Green Line trade, with Turkish Cypriots spending far more in the shops than the other way round, and making up for the lower sales of products flowing to the north. In January-November, Turkish Cypriots spent EUR 15.6 mln using credit cards in the
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Local credit card spending in the Republic of Cyprus fell by 3% compared with the year earlier in the first 11 months of 2009, according to data from the credit card company JCC. Local plastic card use by Cyprus residents reached EUR 1,645,343,793 (EUR 1.6 bln) in January-November. In November alone, sales were flat compared
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World stocks erased losses and Wall Street looked set for strong gains on Friday after a surprisingly robust U.S. jobs report pointed to recovering economic growth. The dollar firmed and bonds sold off with 30-year U.S. Treasuries losing a full point. Gold was down $14 an ounce on the day at $1,194 an ounce. U.S.
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U.S. employers cut a far fewer-than-expected 11,000 jobs in November, the smallest decline since the start of the recession in December 2007, government data showed on Friday, strongly suggesting the deterioration in the labor market was in its final stages. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent from a 26-1/2 year
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