MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Marcos Baghdatis set up a final against Andy Roddick at the Kooyong Classic with a 6-2 7-5 win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez on Friday, declaring himself ready for a good run at next week’s Australian Open. The Cypriot, who reached the final at Melbourne Park two years ago, coped admirably with a
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United Nations and the European Union must urgently throw their weight behind a resumption of stalled Cyprus peace talks after Greek Cypriot elections next month, a respected think-tank said on Thursday. In its report “Cyprus: reversing the drift to partition”, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said tackling the Cyprus issue was
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Valartis Bank AG, Zurich and Geneva, has opened a representative office in London. The new office will be headed by Kurt Steiner. He will be responsible for continuing to grow Valartis’ wealth management business in Eastern Europe. Steiner joined the company in January 2008 as managing director, to head the newly opened London office. He
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Rolls-Royce announced Friday a further stage in the Group’s continuing programme aimed at improving efficiency and competitiveness. The Group is entering into discussions with employees and their representatives with a view to improving productivity by reducing by up to 2,300 the number of managerial, professional and clerical staff working in the business. These reductions focus
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Motorola, Inc. announced the latest addition to its portfolio of WiMAX customer premises equipment, the CPEi 100, a single data port, 2.5 GHz “plug-and-play” WiMAX solution that delivers reliable, wireless broadband Internet connectivity. It is designed to sit on a desktop and serve as the interface between a computer and the WiMAX network. The CPEi
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Manchester United Plc said its annual pre-tax profit doubled on increased sponsorship and after it expanded its stadium and won the League title, Reuters reported Friday. Pre-tax profit in the 12 months to June 30 rose to GBP 59.6 mln ($116.6 mln) from GBP 30.8 mln in the year-earlier period. The 2006-2007 Premiership winning club,
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by Apostolis Zoupanioti New York, (CNA) —- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Abdullah Gul have met in New York and discussed the Cyprus issue, Iraq, as well as relations between Turkey and the UN, according to a press release issued by the office of the UNSG’s spokesperson. Commenting on the meeting, a
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Over 7 million passengers passed through Larnaka and Pafos International Airports in 2007, a 3.94% increase on 2006, and a new record for passenger traffic at Cyprus Airports, a press release issued here today by Hermes Airports Ltd said. 2007 figures break the previous record set in 2005 of 6,781,643 passengers. Over 5.2 million passengers
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Award winning low fares airline flymonarch.com is to launch scheduled flights from Larnaka to London Gatwick this March with up to four schedule flights a week. According to a press release issued by Hermes Airports Ltd, the company which has taken over Larnaka and Pafos airports, the new service from Larnaka to London Gatwick will
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NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Friday will propose a $70 billion emergency spending package and possibly another $40 billion tax rebate to counter what she sees as a coming recession, according to the New York Times. “I have been looking at the latest unemployment numbers, and I really
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