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A judge has set Jan. 3 for the first pre-trial hearing in the Biden administration’s case against Microsoft (MSFT.O) over its $69 billion bid to take over “Call of Duty” ...

Euro zone wages are growing quicker than earlier thought and the European Central Bank must prevent this from adding to already high inflation, ECB President Christine Lagarde told a Croatian ...

The outgoing year saw a number of key events in Cyprus’ economy and business world, ranging from domestic legislation to influential international incidents By Kyriacos Nicolaou Resilience amidst adverse conditions ...

The average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus marked a 5.3 per cent year-on-year increase in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...

Global hedge funds are set to register their worst returns in 14 years in 2022 after aggressive US interest rate rises hit asset prices hard, however, their declines are overall smaller than ...

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas said on Thursday that it is holding FTX assets worth $3.5 billion based on market pricing at the time of transfer on a temporary basis ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue for the period between January and October 2022 reached 90 per cent of those recorded in 2019, despite arrivals reaching 80 per cent of those recorded during that year, according to ...

Oil rose on Friday and was on track for a second straight annual gain in a volatile year marked by tight supplies because of the Ukraine war and weakening demand ...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to allow more than 2 million Turkish workers to retire early is his latest measure to ease economic hardships in the run-up to tight elections, and ...

Egypt on Thursday lifted a key restriction on imports and approved a list of economic activities the government would leave to the private sector, in an effort to meet two ...

Association of Real Estate Agents and Entrepreneurs of Cyprus (Skek) president Andreas Kaouris on Thursday said that despite the challenges, combined with the decline in global real estate prices, Cyprus’ ...

The National Betting Authority this week announced that it recorded a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in gross betting revenue during the third quarter of 2022, generating €238.1 million, compared to €192.08 million in ...

From the moment Russian gas exports to Germany were first disrupted in June, German firm Kelheim Fibers began casting around for alternative options to keep its engines running. As a ...

Turkish locals’ forex and gold holdings dropped $5.04 billion in the week to Dec 23 when adjusted for the parity effect to stand at $194.44 billion, data from the central bank showed on ...

The price of Solana, a cryptocurrency token that had been lauded by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, fell 10.36 per cent on Wednesday, and is down 94.2 per cent so far in 2022. The ...

Almost 10,000 specialised professionals have relocated to Cyprus Information technology sector alone contributes €3 billion to economy More than 1,200 international companies have relocated to Cyprus in 2022, alongside 9,800 specialised members of staff, according ...

US oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees that they should not be “bothered by stock market craziness” after the company’s shares fell nearly 70 per cent this ...

It has been a rough 12 months for emerging markets that have seen more governments stumble into default, currencies suffer and double-digit losses in stocks and bonds alike – though many investors ...

US stock investors could not be more eager to turn the page on 2022, a brutal year dominated by market-punishing Federal Reserve rate hikes designed to tamp down the steepest inflation ...

The price of gold in Egypt has risen to unprecedented highs as nervous savers seek refuge from a weakening currency and some companies export bullion to raise scarce dollars to ...

The Russian rouble slumped to an eight-month low against the dollar on Thursday, struggling under the weight of expectations that sanctions on Russian oil and gas may limit export revenues. ...

Four international rating agencies this week published the dates upon which they will issue their newest evaluating reports on the Republic of Cyprus’ creditworthiness for 2023. The assessments will take place ...

Cyprus VAT Association (Cyva) president Demetra Constantinou this week provided a summary of the benefits, services, and the reason for establishing the association. Constantinou stated that the main reason for ...