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The Turkish Central Bank said on Tuesday it had set the monthly growth limit for lira commercial loans at 2.5 per cent, down from a previous 3 per cent, excluding export, investment ...

Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday found itself the target of a 785-million-pound ($1 billion) class action lawsuit brought by more than 1,500 apps developers in the UK over its App Store fees. ...

Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) already have intellectual property rights to the ...

Real estate agent council determined to safeguard profession from illicit practices In what was described as an “unbelievable incident” exposing the audacity of illegal property brokers, a woman, posing as ...

Eurozone business activity shrank much more than expected in July as demand in the bloc’s dominant services industry declined while factory output fell at the fastest pace since COVID-19 ...

The Cyprus Productivity Centre (KEPA) has issued an open invitation for individuals to express their interest in providing training services as part of the National Action Plan for the European ...

Adidas (ADSGn.DE) got orders worth more than 508 million euros (about $565 million) for 4 million pairs of unsold Yeezy shoes, better than the company’s “most optimistic forecast,” the Financial Times ...

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday. The project’s core offering is its World ID, which the company describes as a “digital passport” ...

Oil prices eased on Monday as traders awaited more rate hike cues from US and European central banks, with tightening supply and hopes for Chinese stimulus underpinning Brent at $80 a ...

A little-publicized clause in the US Inflation Reduction Act has companies scrambling to recycle electric vehicle batteries in North America, putting the region at the forefront of a global race ...

Local airline Cyprus Airways on Monday released a report detailing its performance during June 2023, during which it carried 59,110 passengers, doubling the figures from the same month of the previous year, ...

Major brands, including the investment arm of the IKEA group, are following automakers’ lead in snapping up stakes in suppliers of raw materials and energy, seeking greater control over their ...

The European Central Bank looks set to pull the rate-hike trigger on Thursday, but what it will do after July is less certain and financial markets are craving some guidance. ...

Turkey has raised the euro-lira conversion rate for medicine prices by 30.5 per cent to 14.0387 lira per euro, the country’s Official Gazette showed on Sunday. The updated conversion rate is ...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to persistent strength in the labour market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 to ...

Cell-cultivated meat companies could receive new investment since US regulators cleared the product’s sale last month, but the sector must scale up and lower costs to seriously challenge conventional ...

Q: How does the world’s biggest pizza brand respond to high inflation in the world’s most populous nation? A: With the world’s cheapest Domino’s pizza. The 49...

Streaming video pioneer Netflix (NFLX.O) disappointed Wall Street with second-quarter revenue that fell short of analyst estimates, sending shares tumbling nearly 9 per cent in after-hours trading. The revenue figure, ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting July 17: Tourist arrivals in Cyprus experienced a significant increase of 22.7 per cent in June 2023 compared to the same ...

Meta (META.O) is releasing a commercial version of its open-source artificial intelligence model Llama, the company said on Tuesday, giving start-ups and other businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) this week said it would charge at least 53 per cent more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday set new targets for artificial intelligence products including self-driving software and using humanoid robots in factories, though he acknowledged he’s ...

Plum, the smart money app whose Cypriot office is located in Nicosia, on Friday, announced that it is revolutionising the stock investment experience for customers in Cyprus with the introduction ...

Kition Ocean Holdings this week announced that it has decided to extend the low berthing fees for the next quarter, following a meeting with the local representative of the Pan-Cyprian ...