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The biggest US banks are so tied up in regulatory red tape that they couldn’t cause a crisis if they tried. The 16th largest, though? That’s a different ...

Technology executives, prominent venture capitalists and founders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raced this weekend to keep alive companies caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O). ...

Cracks are appearing in the global financial system as the decade-long era of cheap money ends, with some investors worrying the shock collapse of Silicon Valley Bank signals world markets ...

SVB Financial Group Inc’s (SIVB.O) shutdown and takeover by banking regulators on Friday can be traced to the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates and souring the risk ...

The US Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp are weighing the creation of a fund that would allow regulators to backstop more deposits at banks that run into ...

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday he was working with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to “avoid or minimise damage” resulting from ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) will eliminate the use of rare earths in its next-generation electric vehicles (EV). The big reveal at the company’s investor day last week caused a sell-off ...

Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after Fukushima nuclear reactors exploded and sprayed the ...

Fish farming can make food supplies more stable while itself becoming more sustainable, according to researchers in Hungary and Norway. By Pieter Devuyst Attention seafood lovers! Gabor Hetyey strongly recommends ...

Nissan on Thursday said it will overhaul its approach to powertrains for all-electric and hybrid petrol-electric vehicles as it aims to bring hybrid prices in line with those of petrol-powered ...

Germany is shaping up to be an important source of tourism for Cyprus, with more than 200,000 visitors expected in 2023, according to recently-appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis. Koumis visited ...

Rising interest rates are causing shocks in the Cypriot real estate sector, with the government being called to intervene to prevent any long-term consequences, Council for Registration of Real Estate ...

Hellenic Bank this week announced that it has issued a new €200 million Tier 2 Subordinated bond under the EMTN Programme. According to the announcement, the bond was issued at its nominal ...

By Charles Ellinas On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day on 8 March, the results of a study by BNP Paribas published on 6 March shows that the ...

Silvergate Capital Corp (SI.N), one of the biggest banks in the cryptocurrency industry, said on Wednesday it was planning to wind down operations and liquidate voluntarily. MARKET REACTION: Shares ...

Cyprus marine technology company Marine-Fields Holding Ltd on Friday announced that it has expanded its presence in Germany through the acquisition of BM Bergmann Marine GmbH. The company said that ...

Non-profit organisation TechIsland this week announced a partnership with an annual international educational initiative for project-driven software development. TechIsland is becoming the ecosystem partner of Joint Advanced Student School(JASS), ...

The new Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy has started to meet with various key stakeholders, including the ambassadors of Japan, Estonia and Greece. The Deputy Minister also ...

SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O) scrambled on Thursday to reassure its venture capital clients their money was safe after a capital raise led to its stock collapsing 60 per cent and ...

German heating system suppliers said they can roll out electric heat pumps to households on a large scale to replace oil and gas boilers and protect the climate, but lawmakers ...

Two years after inflation began its rapid ascent, investors, economists and policymakers remain divided on the path ahead. Yes, headline inflation across major developed economies has retreated from multidecade highs, ...

In their fifties and deciding there was more to life than work, Liz and Ian Woodbridge quit stressful jobs during the pandemic – part of a cohort of British early retirees ...

Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) plans to spend $1 billion on drug research and development in the US this year as it works to double its sales in the country by the ...

Ariana Resources, a mineral exploration and development company with gold mining interests in Europe, this week released a financing and initial public offering update on Cypriot mining company Venus Minerals. ...