Microsoft plans to offer users of its Xbox Live Arcade service, which allows Web surfers to test and buy a variety of video games for $5 to $15, a wider selection of downloadable classic games from the 1980s. The software giant plans to offer a new game every Wednesday over the next five weeks, beginning
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No plans yet to compete with JCC Card Tech Ltd with offices in Cyprus was acquired on Tuesday by US-based TSYS in an all-cash deal of USD 55 mln that will add more than 50 new countries to TSYS’ reach in the global credit card transaction business. TSYS is one of the world’s largest companies
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Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos is following up the visit by UN Under-Secretary Ibrahim Gambari last week with a series of meetings with the Greek political leadership on Monday and Tuesday. The latest developments in the Cyprus question, in the light of the agreement reached Saturday between Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, will
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The European Parliament has adopred a written declaration calling on greater efforts to protect and preserve religious heritage in northern Cyprus. The written declaration by Member of the European Parliament Panayiotis Demetriou and Italian member of the European Parliament Iles Braghetto was signed by 407 MEPs. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the declaration condemned
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After quite a strong start to the year, retail sales volume fell in April on same month of 2005, by 2.1%, having risen by 4.1% year on year in March. The decline hit number of subsectors, and could be related to a downturn in tourist arrivals, which itself was partly the result of the timing
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But what’s the unemployment rate? The number of unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices rose by 462 year on year in June to reach 12,658. If the size of the labour force did not change between April and June, then this translates into an unemployment rate of 3.6%, according to our calculations. However,
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