Israel’s El Al launches 15-minute Covid-19 testing at check-in
Israel’s El Al airlines launched a pilot programme at its Tel Aviv airport check-in counters on Monday to test unvaccinated passengers for Covid-19 before allowing...
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Greensill, from sugar cane fields to international empire and finally insolvency
Lex Greensill’s mission to “make finance fairer” has taken him from the sugar cane fields of Bundaberg in Australia to the gold embossed halls of...
Shipping CEO Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou builds international business from Cyprus
“Businesses in Cyprus support each other. It’s a real community,” comments Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO at Tototheo Maritime & President at WISTA International in an...
Harley-Davidson to start ‘approved used’ scheme aimed at younger buyers
Harley-Davidson Inc has decided the best way to get younger customers to buy a new motorcycle is to sell them a used one first. The...
Borsa Istanbul chief Mehmet Hakan Atilla resigns
Borsa İstanbul General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla announced his official resignation on Monday. He had previously stated that he was taking a six-month leave from...
More than 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft flaw
More than 20,000 U.S. organisations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp’s email software, a person familiar...
Pound falls to low against dollar on Biden stimulus package
The dollar held near a one-month high against the British pound, which traded at $1.3819, and a three-month high against the euro, which stood at...
Attack on Saudi refinery drives oil price above $70 per barrel
Brent crude futures surged above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, while U.S. crude touched its highest...
‘Cyprus domestic demand will drive recovery; NPL increase clouds picture’ – S&P Global
S&P Global, late on Friday, affirmed its rating for Cyprus at ‘BBB-/A-3’ for long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings for Cyprus....
COVID-19 travel insurance becoming a vacation staple
COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors...
