TOKYO, March 20 (Reuters) – The nomination of a new Bank of Japan governor may be delayed until April as parliament will be preoccupied with tax measures until then, media said on Thursday, blaming political parties for the vacuum at the central bank. The Bank of Japan is without a proper governor for the first
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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – More than 160 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed downtown traffic and tried to block access to government offices. There were 32 arrests in Washington after demonstrators attempted to block entrances
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Cypriot President Demetris Christofias said on Wednesday that Cyprus should at last become a modern state, under the umbrella of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, where all the human rights of every citizen of the federal Republic of Cyprus will be restored and an end will be given to any dependence from outside, either they are
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The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore II departs Thursday from Cyprus, having completed an official visit at the invitation of the head of the Church of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II. In statements after a meeting he had Wednesday with Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou, the Patriarch expressed the wish that peace and justice will
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JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive James Dimon visited Bear Stearns’ offices on Wednesday evening to speak to more than 400 senior executives, according to reports in the New York Times and Financial Times. The New York Times said Dimon made it clear that he hoped to retain the best employees at Bear, but also
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British retail sales unexpectedly surged in February driven by a strong performance in food sales and despite less discounting on the high street, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics said sales grew 1.0% last month, putting them up 5.5% on the year. Analysts had expected a decline of
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Index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Thursday, with trading set to calm down after a hectic few days featuring the fire sale of Bear Stearns, a rate cut and resilient investment bank results. Futures for the top three U.S indexes — the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and
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Bank of Cyprus has decided to change the proposed dates of the relevant final 25 euro cents per share dividend which will be submitted for approval at the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 14 May 2008. The new recommended ex-dividend date is Monday, 26 May 2008, i.e. buy transactions that take
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The Annual General Meeting of Bank of Cyprus Public Company will be held at the Bank of Cyprus Group Headquarters (51 Stassinos Street, Ayia Paraskevi, Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus), on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 at 4.30pm, to receive and consider the Directors’ report and the financial statements of the Company for the year 2007 and approve
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the events leading up to the collapse of Bear Stearns (BSC.N), specifically a surge in options contracts betting that the investment bank’s share price would fall sharply, according to the Wall Street Journal Citing people familiar with the matter, the paper reported the SEC probe focuses on a
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