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Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly ...

Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos, has confirmed that employees in both the public and private sectors, entitled to the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will receive a 2.44 per cent wage ...

Carrefour (CARR.PA) is telling customers in four European countries it will no longer sell products like Pepsi, Lay’s crisps and 7up because they have become too costly, in ...

Cyprus’ registered unemployment figures witnessed an eight-month low in December 2023, according to seasonally adjusted data by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the report, the number of registered unemployed ...

The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) this week released a statement expressing an optimistic outlook for 2024, anticipating another favourable year for the investment funds sector in Cyprus, despite any challenges ...

US bankruptcy filings surged by 18 per cent in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops, data published Wednesday showed, although ...

Several Saudi Arabian companies released regulatory filings late on Wednesday and Thursday saying that state energy company Saudi Aramco’s decision to raise feedstock and fuel prices for this year ...

Hermes Airports, which manages and operates Cyprus’ two international airports, on Thursday announced that it recorded a surge in passenger traffic during 2023, tallying over 11.6 million passengers by the end of ...

Director General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber Thomas Kazakos said that there is an urgent need to address the Houthi attacks against ships sailing through the Red Sea, stressing that ...

Oil prices rose on Thursday, adding to solid gains in the previous session on persisting concerns over Middle Eastern supply following disruptions at a field in Libya and heightened tensions ...

In a proactive move aimed at fortifying the resilience of financial institutions against evolving cyber threats, the European Central Bank (ECB) has unveiled plans for a comprehensive stress test involving 109 ...

US chip stocks added to a string of losses on Wednesday, with Wall Street’s main semiconductor benchmark tumbling from record highs following its strongest year since 2009, when the sector ...

Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a US labour agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for circulating a letter calling founder and CEO Elon Musk a “...

London-based firm Global Capital, which specialises in international capital markets, hailed Cyprus’ sustainable bond issuance of €1 billion in April 2023 as the top public-sector green and social bond for the year, ...

The economic climate in Cyprus worsened in December 2023, accompanied by increased economic uncertainty, according to a report released this week by the University of Cyprus’ Economic Research Centre (CypERC). According ...

Cyprus witnessed a significant surge in retail trade during November 2023, indicating promising growth within the sector, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and affiliate Kia Corp (000270.KS) forecast on Wednesday that their combined global sales will rise about 2 per cent in 2024, even as last year’...

Precisely when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates stands as the big unknown for markets and economists as 2024 kicks off, and fresh details about its pivot in that ...

Restaurants and bars in the Larnaca district are content with the business they received during the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to Tony Konnaris, the district secretary of Pasika, ...

International credit rating agencies have confirmed the exact dates upon which they will announce the results of their evaluation of Cyprus’ economic standing in the coming year. It should be ...

Paphos hotels experienced a moderate occupancy rate in December, ranging between 35 and 40 per cent, according to Evripides Loizides, president of the Paphos Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe). Loizides also said that the ...

British business leaders have turned more pessimistic about the outlook for the country’s economy and they are holding back on investment decisions, according to a survey published on Wednesday. ...

Global stock markets were lacklustre on Wednesday, while the dollar stayed strong, as market optimism about early US interest rate cuts ebbed and the latest escalation of hostilities in the ...

The dollar eased slightly on Wednesday though it stayed near a two-week high, underpinned by a confluence of factors including elevated US Treasury yields and a cautious turn in risk ...