The European Commission has adopted measures supplementing the EU legal framework established by the Directive on transparency obligations of listed companies (2004/109/EC). This follows a positive vote of the European Securities Committee and a strong endorsement from the European Parliament last October. The Transparency Directive and its implementing measures will improve the quality of information

— One-stop-shop from A. Panayides Contracting   Cypriots are taking Romania by storm, investing millions in property deals as hundreds rush to take advantage of the country’s improving prospects, with Cyprus already Romania’s 10th largest foreign direct investor. The rush into Romania, which until recently was made on an individual pace, is set to accelerate as

Pantech Group, the leading Korean handset manufacturer, announced that it started to supply its branded UMTS phone to M6 Mobile in France from early March. M6 Mobile – a mobile communication service arm of M6-Metropole Television, the second biggest television company in France – has used Orange’s mobile network for its service and introduced the

Pornographic spam levels continue to drop and reached an all-time low in February, SC Magazine UK reports. A new report shows that of all spam emails last month, only 3% could be classified as adult material. This includes pornography, personal adverts and relationship advice, as well as any other messages containing or referring to products

Aspis Group has welcomed the announcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which justifies fully the Group’s stance. According to a SEC announcement dated March13, the Commission will propose to the CSE Council to put in use Regulation 16 of the CSE Regulations 1997 and 2001 (Public Offer for the Acquisition or Purchase of Titles

Cyprus Airways (CAIR) ground staff are going on strike for two hours on Thursday morning affecting three flights to protest against a decision by government-owned charter carrier Eurocypria to switch its ground handling services from CAIR to another private provider. The 180 staff, members of the SYNYKA trade union, are employed in the departments of

Brother Gulf has joined the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe (ICCE), an anti-counterfeit coalition in the imaging consumables industry, to combat counterfeit imaging consumables flooding the EMEA market. Counterfeit imaging products have captured a 7% share in the USD 39.5 bln EMEA imaging consumables market as indicated by Cap Ventures in 2005 and with ICCE

Get the most from a Sony PSP with the new Trust PSP Aluminium Powered Audio Case GM-5600 (www.trust.com/15144). The sturdy, aluminium protective case not only protects an expensive PSP against damage, but also has built-in 4 Watt RMS speakers and, therefore, produces an even more powerful and enjoyable sound. It also has an integrated Li-ion