Washington (dpa) – Samsung is now offering a laptop with a 19-inch widescreen display. The m70 is the first widescreen mobile device offered in this size, the manufacturer reports. The display is available with a resolution of 1680 by 1050 pixels. The machine comes equipped with a high-end Pentium M processor with 2.13 gigahertz of

World trade leaders avoided a breakdown of talks in Hong Kong on Sunday by agreeing to a more modest deal that will see a further reduction in trade barriers and the scrapping of farm export subsidies by 2013. However, more difficult decisions have been put off until next year in order to complete the Doha

An ambitious initiative to de-pollute the Mediterranean region by 2020 will be launched at a high-level Euro-Mediterranean Partnership meeting in Barcelona on 19 December. The ‘Horizon 2020’ initiative was endorsed by the heads of state and government of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership at their Barcelona summit on 27-28 November. The 19 December meeting, which is convened

CAC Papantoniou, the supermarket group active in the Paphos area maintained their interim dividend at 2c per share for a yield of 5% based on its 39.5 cent CSE price, and at the same time issued a bullish profit forecast for 2005. PAPA, which reported net profits of CYP 1.26 mln for 2004 said it

Bank of Cyprus Group Public Co. Ltd. announced that approximately 411 mln Rights were exercised by their holders who subscribed for approximately 68.5 mln shares, representing a subscription ratio of 88%. The Bank has decided to proceed with the placement of up to around 9.4 mln shares that will result from the exercise of up