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Workers at Chevron’s (CVX.N) Gorgon and Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Australia plan a total strike for two weeks from Sept. 14, a union alliance said on ...

Australia’s Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) said its long-serving CEO would bring forward his retirement amid a publicity firestorm over an accusation of illegal ticket sales, signalling what the flagship ...

Turkish depositors mostly converted funds back to dollars last month when they withdrew from state depreciation-protected accounts, according to initial data and senior bankers, as Ankara begins winding down the ...

Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) does not expect its sales in Europe to be all-electric by 2030 but will have its line-up ready, Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said in an interview at the ...

Belgium has raised a record 21.9 billion euros ($23.65 bln) from savers in a bond sale designed to compete with bank deposits, a sign of growing popularity for government debt as discontent ...

Continental (CONG.DE) will integrate Google Cloud services into its vehicle cockpit system, the company said on Monday, enabling drivers to ask the vehicle for assistance such as context on ...

International Ecosystem PIN-UP Global is taking part in the SiGMA Balkan & CIS 2023 conference, being held in Cyprus over September 4-7, 2023. The gambling business’ best representatives will be named during ...

Clothes made from recycled textiles are emerging in Europe, highlighting new business opportunities that also reduce the industry’s environmental footprint. By Sofia Strodt Two textile plants in southern Finland ...

A chronic shortage of engineers in Vietnam is emerging as a major challenge to the growth of its semiconductor industry and to US plans of fast-tracking the Southeast Asian nation ...

The United States is making $12 billion available in grants and loans for automakers and suppliers to retrofit their plants to produce electric and other advanced vehicles, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm ...

The US expanded the restriction of exports of sophisticated Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) artificial-intelligence chips beyond China to other regions including some countries in the ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting August 28: Hellenic Bank announced on Wednesday that it posted a profit of €160.2 million during the first half of 2023, ...

“Do something not only for yourself but also for others”: an interview with Mariusz Gasiewski, founder of GameCamp by Google, about the future of communities and the tech industry, and ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) said this week it would unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for competing products to work with its ...

Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tracking company of violating the European Union’s General Data Protection ...

International credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings has upgraded the prospects of the Cypriot economy from stable to positive, citing the ongoing macroeconomic stabilisation. At the same ...

Net new loans in Cyprus showed a modest recovery in July 2023, reaching €300.5 million compared to €240 million in the previous month. For the period from January to July, net new loans ...

Washington has weighed into a dispute between Cyprus and international companies led by Chevron over how to develop a giant offshore gas field, backing the US company’s plan to ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week reported that it expects increased flight activity during the winter season of 2023-2024. In an official statement, Etap executive director Nasos Hadjigeorgiou ...

Cyprus’ industrial producer prices saw a 3 per cent decline in July 2023 compared to the same month in 2022, according to data provided by the Cyprus Statistical Service. However, the year-to-date figures ...

Cyprus has witnessed a significant increase in the turnover of services during the second quarter of 2023 when compared to the same period in 2022. This growth has been noted across all ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The economic environment has been relatively fluid in recent weeks and months. Headline inflation has declined, while core inflation has remained uncomfortably high. In Europe, economic activity ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it introduced generative artificial intelligence to its Search tool for users in India and Japan that will show text or visual results ...

Cyprus’ national Fiscal Council this week called for immediate planning to gradually address the government’s debt to the Social Security Fund, amidst ongoing surplus reports in the general government ...