— Offering 24-hour market in FX, commodities, CFDs  Windsor Brokers Ltd., one of Cyprus’ largest privately held financial services companies offering non-stop market in foreign exchange, commodities and CFDs is now targeting new clients from the Far East in addition to its core client base in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa. Hanna
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The report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Tehran’s peaceful nuclear energy programme should be sufficient ground for the “Iran file†to be sent back to the IAEA and not be put to discussion at the UN Security Council, said Iran’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Ali Reza Bikdeli. Speaking at
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Corporate sustainability targets have yet to be embraced by managers and senior executives in most companies, according to a global survey of over 1,100 executives by the Economist Intelligence Unit. It shows that social and environmental goals, such as improving energy efficiency or enforcing ethical practices across supply chains, are not typically included as part
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Europe Direct, the European Commission’s information hotline, received its 100.000th question this year on 13th November. The question came from Ms. Sandrine Jean from the South of France who rang EUROPE DIRECT’s free-phone number 00800 6 7 8 9 10 11 and asked: “I am calling from the Social and cultural centre ODYSSEE in Gard
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by Christa Nicolaou Athens (CNA) — Chairmen of the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) Giorgos Koufaris and Sypros Kapralos respectively expressed satisfaction over the results of the common trading platform between the CSE and ASE, a year after it was launched. In a press conference held in Athens both Chairmen
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The European Commission will not support Turkey in its bid to enforce its embargo against Armenia with the construction of the new railroad from Azerbaijan to Turkey, which is currently under consideration, replacing the existing operable line linking Kars (Turkey) to Tbilisi (Georgia) via Gyumri (Armenia). The latter has not been in use since Turkey
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Cyprus equity prices came under heavy selling pressure on Wednesday, declining by 4% as a wave of sell orders wiped out Tuesday’s moderate rebound. Cyprus equities were mostly tracking European and US markets lower. The CSE Main/Parallel index closed 4.06% lower Wednesday at 4655.19 points on EUR 14 mln volume. Marfin Popular Bank was the
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Americans are gearing up for Thanksgiving — turkey, getting together with family and friends and football. But a recent Motorola survey found that more people would rather watch the big game on a high-definition TV than in person. Motorola Inc., maker of equipment and services that enable customers to receive high-definition programming, recently commissioned a
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The credit outlook for rated Omani banks remains stable, reflecting their continued franchise development amid a competitive and somewhat concentrated operating environment. It also recognises that the improved financial performance in recent years has been partly driven by the positive economic cycle, Moody’s Investors Service said in its new Banking System Outlook for Oman. The
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“A boost for railway safety in Norway, and a dedicated communications system that many countries will envy,†is how Terje Hoemsnes from Nokia Siemens Networks described the expansion of the GSM-R network which was officially operational in November by Norwegian National Rail Administration. The new digital GSM-R mobile network replaces five different analog networks for
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