There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the only issue in which either Ioannis Kasoulides and Demetris Christofias differ is the economy. On the political front they both agree on what sort of settlement we want and how to achieve it, one with a slightly different approach to the other, but the end-result would
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By Kiki Kalli HR Manager, British American Tobacco  The first round of the Presidential elections in Cyprus has shown people’s need for change in government. In today’s day and age, change in dynamic organisations is a common, constant trend. Though not always wanted by employees, change is most of the times necessary to survive
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The Democratic Party has decided to support the candidacy of House President and AKEL Secretary General Demetris Christofias in Sunday’s second and final round of presidential elections. Member of the European Parliament Ioannis Kasoulides is the other candidate who will contest the run off election. During voting that took place among the members of DIKO
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There were only 7783 active investor accounts during January 2008 who purchased equities on the Cyprus Stock Exchange at least once while the daily average of active investor accounts was 1072, according to the January Bulletin of the CSE. The CSE had a total of 260.071 investor accounts of whom 169.622 or 65.22% owned only
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By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Oil prices near $100 and delays in debt payments by an affiliate of private equity giant KKR spooked financial markets on Wednesday, battering stocks and driving the cost of corporate debt insurance to all-time peaks. The Japanese yen gained as investors unwound riskier currency
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RATINGEN, Germany, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Germany’s steel trade union and employers said on Wednesday they had reached agreement on a 5.2 percent pay increase for workers in the northwest of the country, preventing large strikes in the sector. Under the deal, reached after 10 hours of talks, some 85,000 workers in the northwest will
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TOKYO (Reuters) – An impending end to a format war over next-generation DVDs boosted shares in both victorious Sony, in the Blu-ray corner, and Toshiba, in the losing HD DVD camp, on Monday as consumers cheered an end to confusion over which discs will carry high-definition movies. Shares in Toshiba Corp, which a company source
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The Russian real estate market set an all-time investment record of over USD 4.2 bln in 2007, due to the increase in international players entering the market and the growing activity of local investments. In a bid to leverage the rapidly growing market, Strategic Marketing & Exhibitions, organizers of the International Property Show in Dubai,
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Nokia and PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, will bring connected mobile Java games to the SNAP Mobile platform. The award winning Chuzzle is the first game to be re-developed by PopCap under a multi-game agreement. “SNAP Mobile is all about bringing fun multiplayer Java games to the masses,” said Paul
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Cypriots’ love affair with the car continued in January, with the number of motor registrations up by 10.6% to 5,672 in January 2008, compared with 5,128 in January 2007. Of this total, just over half (2,283) were used vehicles. The registrations of private saloon cars increased by 9.8% to 4,512 from 4,111 in January 2007.
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