Hellenic Bank Pcl (HB.CY) announced that its Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, November 27 2008 in the afternoon to consider the results for the first nine months of 2008. The results will be announced after their relevant approval.

The EGM of Laiki Investment EPEY Public Company Ltd (LI.CY) that took place on 17th October 2008 approved the Reorganization and Merger Plan with CLR Capital Public Limited (CLR.CY) according to which:  1) CLR will merge with LI and the total assets, activities, rights and liabilities will be undertaken by the Company,  2) the shareholders

Andrew Cahn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), has explored ways to deepen and further promote economic and commercial relations between the United Kingdom and Cyprus, during his short visit to the island. During his stay in Cyprus last week, Cahn launched the Cyprus – UK Business Association, met government officials

International Monetary Fund chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on Monday apologized for "an error of judgment" in an affair with a subordinate, but denied he had abused his position. In a staff memo after meeting with the fund's board, Strauss-Kahn apologized to employees, the woman he had the affair with, Piroska Nagy, and his wife, French television

Debenhams Plc, Britain's second-biggest department store chain, posted a 16 percent drop in annual profit on Tuesday, in line with expectations, and halved its dividend amid worsening trading conditions. The group, which returned to the stock market laden with debt in 2006 after two-and-a-half years in private equity hands, said it made profit before tax

Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point lead over Republican John McCain two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday. Obama leads McCain 50 percent to 42 percent among likely U.S. voters in the latest three-day tracking poll, up from a 6-point advantage for Obama on Monday. The