Ericsson has been selected to provide its mobile TV solution to Telefónica España. The service will give end users easy access to Telefónica’s rich mobile TV content and services. The deal will provide Telefónica España with the world’s fastest channel selector, making mobile TV channel surfing much more convenient – just one click on the

2006 was a vibrant year for the capital market, with substantial growth in market capitalisation and trading activities in most of the major markets. The performance of the Greater China capital market was particularly outstanding, with total funds raised from IPOs reaching a record level of USD 62 bln for the first time, exceeding the

Forbes recently announced the 2007 list of the world’s richest people, which includes 30 billionaires from the Arab world with a collective net worth approaching USD 125.3 bln. The world’s total number of billionaires reached 946 with a collective net worth of USD 3.5 trln, a significant increase from the 2006 figures of 793 billionaires

… Stavrakis rebuffs, rules out talks — Shareholders will decide fate later   Marfin Popular Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos raised the stakes in the battle for control of Bank of Cyprus by promising plentiful profits and synergies in case of a merger, an offer immediately rejected by the island’s biggest bank, leaving the final outcome

In the first initiative of its kind for an airline, British Airways is inviting young travellers to join an advisory board created to develop its brand and services in line with young people’s thinking. The British Airways Kids’ Council, will consist of 12 young people (aged 8– 14 years) from across the globe and will

  Written by Robert G. Eccles, CFA, Kersten L. Lanes, and Thomas C. Wilson Summarized by George S. Mellman, CFA Edited by Constantinos Papanastasiou, CFA President, CFA Society of Cyprus   Corporate mergers and acquisitions have always been a part of the U.S. economy. But even in the 1990s, too many of these corporate acquisitions