Hellenic Bank is forecast to boost net profit during the first quarter of 2006 by 54.1% year-on-year to CYP 4.6 mln from CYP 3 mln a year ago in the first quarter according to Egnatia Financial Services estimates. The Board of Directors of Hellenic Bank is scheduled to meet on 26 May 2006 to examine

Orphanides Public Co. (ORF), the largest supermarket chain listed on the CSE boosted its book value per share sharply higher after a major revaluation of its real estate and property holdings. The fact that ORF decided not to declare a dividend in sharp contrast to last year, where for the 2004 results, it had paid

Bank of Cyprus shares broke through the psychological barrier of CYP 4.5 for the first time in six years in Greece, while in Cyprus, the shares also touched a fresh record high on Tuesday. Major funds continued to snap BOC shares trading on Sophocleous, pushing the stock up by 1.8% to levels not seen in

Other World Computing (OWC) announced it is shipping a new three-interface external hard disk drive featuring Seagate’s recently-announced 750GB Barracuda 7200.10 drive mechanism. The new drive comes with FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 and costs $599.99, according to MacWorld. The OWC Mercury Elite-AL drive uses an aluminum chassis designed to complement the austere