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A year into chairing the world’s biggest fashion retailer, Marta Ortega is trying to shake up Zara owner Inditex’s fast-fashion image and draw in more aspirational shoppers, according ...

Oil prices ticked down in Asian trade on Friday as bullish sentiment about Chinese demand and potential Middle Eastern supply disruptions was tempered by uncertainty over US economic data to ...

Hellenic Bank this week released a statement announcing the completion of Project Starlight, which refers to the sale of a non-performing exposures (NPE) portfolio, combined with the sale of APS ...

Britain’s economy grew in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Friday, with a jump of business at travel agents and state support for soaring energy ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week released its quarterly report for the fourth quarter of 2022, which highlights the current state of the collective investments sector in Cyprus. ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (IDEK) on Thursday announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Italian innovation organisation META Group. The agreement seeks to facilitate the operation ...

State-owned Cyprus Asset Management Company (Kedipes) on Thursday reported that its board has decided that its state aid repayment for the first quarter of 2023 will be capped at €60 million. According ...

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Thursday that global sales hit a record for the month of February as it bounced back from severe pandemic-induced parts shortages, adding that worldwide ...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Tuesday launched a tool to help cybersecurity professionals identify breaches, threat signals and better analyze data, using OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 generative artificial intelligence model. ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud has accused Microsoft (MSFT.O) of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader ...

The easy-cash era is over and markets are feeling the pinch from the sharpest jump in interest rate in decades. The collapse of US-lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in early ...

British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of its long-acting HIV preventive medicine for use in lower-income countries, where ...

Britain’s government has lost tens of billions of pounds to fraud in recent years, with most public bodies unable to grasp the scale of the problem, the independent public ...

The failures of US lenders Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, followed by Credit Suisse’s rescue, and the ensuing turmoil in world markets have re-ignited the recession risks ...

The Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents on Wednesday released a statement saying that 25 legal entities and 45 natural persons were convicted of illegal real estate brokerage in 2022. According to ...

Total deposits in Cyprus recorded a net increase of €357.1 million in February 2023, compared to the previous month, with their balance amounting to €51.9 billion, according to a report released this week ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) this week announced that it will be holding an information event entitled “European Innovation Council Info Days” between April 4-5 2023. The event will take ...

The DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation contributing to the development of the Internet Computer (IC) project. IC is a web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain advanced smart contract functionality to the ...

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co Ltd (002594.SZ) reported an 11-fold increase in fourth-quarter profit as it extended its lead in the domestic market with a wide range of products. ...

Housing markets in tech hubs are cooling more rapidly than other parts of the United States amid a wave of layoffs in the technology sector and elevated mortgage rates, according ...

British grocery inflation rose again in March to a record 17.5 per cent, inflicting yet more pain on consumers battling a cost-of-living crisis, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher Kantar ...

Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the world’s leading designer of computer chips used in creating artificial intelligence, on Monday showed new research that explains how AI can be used to ...

French authorities on Tuesday searched the Paris offices of five banks, including Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) and HSBC (HSBA.L), on suspicion of fiscal fraud, part ...

PwC Cyprus on Tuesday released the results of the firm’s global business survey, which revealed that family businesses experienced their highest growth in 15 years during their most recent fiscal ...