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Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks with Egypt about potentially investing in seven historic hotels there, in what could be a landmark deal between the two countries that ...

Bedlam in Britain’s 1.5 trillion-pound ($1.9 trillion) mortgage market, fuelled by ructions in money markets, threatens to trigger a renewed slump in housing activity and financial pain for homeowners on a ...

Oil rebounded on Thursday after the previous day’s plunge, as data showed a jump in refinery runs at the world’s top crude importer China, though a weak economic ...

A hawkish message from the Federal Reserve amid a robust stock market rally is presenting investors with a conundrum: how to maintain exposure to rising equities while also guarding against ...

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the Research and Innovation Foundation (Idek) this week co-organised an Info Day at the A.G. Leventis Gallery, where they unveiled ...

Russia’s No. 2 lender VTB (VTBR.MM) on Thursday said it would increase the number of countries to which retail clients can send money to 25 from 11, with India and Turkey ...

The European Central Bank is all but certain to raise borrowing costs to their highest level in 22 years on Thursday and leave the door open to more hikes, extending its ...

DataArt reiterated its commitment to Cyprus’ business community DataArt, a global software engineering firm recently marked its first year in Cyprus, an event which coincided with the opening of its ...

The Cyprus Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) this week issued a statement welcoming President Christodoulides’ call to banks to follow proper loan restructuring procedures. The president’s comments ...

Shell (SHEL.L) will ramp up its dividend and share buybacks while keeping oil output steady into 2030, it said on Wednesday, as CEO Wael Sawan moved to regain investor confidence ...

Cyprus Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis this week led a delegation on a visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi with the purpose of assessing the tourism potential in these ...

The significant improvement in the yield margins of yesterday’s issuance of AT1 capital bonds reflects the bank’s transition into a sustainable and profitable banking institution, according to Bank ...

Cypriot non-profit association TechIsland on Wednesday announced the second workshop of its “Startup School” series. The event, which is powered by Zubr Capital, a global Venture Capital fund, offers an ...

Russian state entity NAMI said on Wednesday it had acquired a 100 per cent stake in a factory producing anti-lock brakes and other systems for cars that was formerly owned by ...

Retailers and the film industry helped Britain’s economy inch higher in April, despite contractions in manufacturing and construction, according to data on Wednesday that pointed to slow growth rather ...

Analysts at leading investment banks expect Turkey’s new economic chiefs to start ramping up interest rates next week as part of a major reset of the country’s economic ...

Lebanon slid deeper into crisis on Wednesday when Hezbollah and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as president, sharpening sectarian tensions and ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit reached €3.11 billion during the period of January to April 2023, according to the latest report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the available data, this ...

In a groundbreaking initiative, the Cyprus Institute successfully organised its first networking seminar, titled “Innovation Workshop and Speed Networking Event,” aimed at bridging the gap between research and industry in ...

President of the Cyprus-Greece Business Association Iosif Iosif recently highlighted the importance of robust business cooperation between the two countries, according to an announcement released on Tuesday. Speaking at an ...

IKEA is training call centre workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furniture giant aims to offer more home improvement services and hand run-of-the-mill customer queries to an ...

The issuance of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital bonds has generated significant interest, following the exchange of the previous, more expensive AT1 bonds worth €220 million, with an interest rate of 12.50 per ...

British wage growth soared and employment also jumped in the three months to April, raising expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again, perhaps several times, to ...

Toyota (7203.T) will introduce high-performance, solid-state batteries and other technologies to improve the driving range and cut costs of future electric vehicles (EVs), the automaker said on Tuesday, a strategic ...