Banks and companies with heavy exposure to the properties sector dominate the recently launched Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index, a blue-chip index representing the 10 largest and most liquid stocks traded on the Cyprus Stock Exchange launched by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider. The ten companies included in the index are,
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Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates — current President of the European Council — discussed with high-level employers’ and workers’ representatives reform of the EU Treaties and the future of the EU’s Growth and Jobs Strategy. They were joined by VladimÃr Spidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities,
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Immediately following the close of the subscription period for institutional investors, the offering price for the shares of Strabag SE being tendered under the IPO was fixed at EUR 47 per share. At the beginning of the issue, the price range had been fixed between EUR 42 and EUR 48. The strong demand in Austria
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Meetic, the European leader in online dating, announces the finalisation of the acquisition of FC&CO, the company that publishes Cleargay, the n° 1 gay dating site in France. The acquisition concerns 60% of FC&CO’s capital and voting rights for 3 mln euros paid in cash. Meetic also holds a firm option on the remaining 40%
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Bull announced that it has acquired Serviware, a French company specializing in High-Performance Computing (HPC) solutions integration. Serviware will bring its experience of the manufacturing sector, as well as its dynamic record of growth, to the Group. The acquisition will also strengthen Bull’s skill basein the design of HPC solutions for industry, as well as
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The Cyprus House of Representatives Plenary has unanimously approved a bill incorporating into local legislation the provisions of a European Union act concerning trade in certain objects which can be used for capital punishment or degrading treatment or punishment.The new legislation defines the rules governing trade with third countries (non EU member-states) regarding items which
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…Cyprus maintains its six seats European Union leaders struck a deal on a new governing treaty, ending two years of soul-searching over how to equip the bloc to tackle 21st-century scourges such as climate change and terrorism. The new EU Treaty, to be signed in Lisbon on December 13, is considered to be enhancing the
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The timely intervention of Cyprus’ EU Commission for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou with new regulations could save Cyprus’s sheep and goat breeders from certain ruin by imposing a five-year moratorium on a EU court-mandated cull of up to a quarter of the island’s herds infected with scrapie.  On September 28, the Court of
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by Maria Koniotou Lisbon, (CNA) — Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos said here Friday that the proposals he has submitted to the UN Secretary General clearly aim at promoting a UN-brokered agreement, reached with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in July last year. He also said that what Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it has withdrawn its ‘BBB-‘ long-term issuer credit rating on the City of Amaroussion in Greece. Amaroussion does not have any issues rated by Standard & Poor’s.
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