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The US and Britain should make their rules for the crypto industry much clearer to prevent firms from developing in “offshore havens”, the chief of US crypto exchange Coinbase Global ...

Britain now has western Europe’s highest rate of consumer price inflation after it fell by less than expected in March to 10.1 per cent from February’s 10.4 per cent, official ...

Russian natural gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) is setting up a Middle East unit, the company said in a regulatory disclosure on Tuesday. It did not reveal details. Several Russian ...

British budget airline easyJet on Tuesday released a six-month update on its results, ending March 31, 2023, which showed a £120 million improvement over the corresponding period of the previous year. The company, ...

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is again asking a US judge to pause tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s baby powder and other talc products cause ...

The first phase of a scheme to transition hotel businesses to a circular economic model has begun in Cyprus, aimed at strengthening their competitiveness and resilience through sustainable practices. The ...

China’s auto market, the world’s largest, is accelerating toward an electric future – leaving established global brands stuck in the slow lane. When auto executives convene in Shanghai for ...

Beleaguered bitcoin miners are finally feeling the spring sunshine after a cold, hard crypto winter. The power-hungry companies that pump new bitcoin into circulation have been thrown a lifeline by ...

Ernst & Young’s US arm said on Monday it was shedding 5 per cent of its workforce, less than a week after the unit’s objection torpedoed the global accounting ...

UBS (UBSG.S) on Tuesday said it was making changes to its $6 billion share buyback programme following its takeover of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S). UBS said it will use some ...

Deposits at three financial institutions fell in the first quarter as the industry’s biggest crisis in more than a decade prompted a flight of funds, with customers seeking better ...

The EcoX Cyprus fintech community is organising an interesting blockchain meetup and networking event in Limassol to discuss blockchain technologies and their applications with guests from Binance, Internet Computer and ...

Cyprus-based venture capital firm 33East on Tuesday announced that it has been selected to manage the Cyprus Equity Fund, further helping to grow and develop the island’s startup and ...

Britain’s unemployment rate rose unexpectedly in the three months to February but pay growth stayed higher than forecast, highlighting the dilemma for the Bank of England (BoE) as it ...

French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) is reviewing its pricing policies of electric cars worldwide to ensure it stays competitive after a wave of price cuts by US rival Tesla Inc (...

In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or ...

Workers from Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Shanghai factory have taken the unusual step of posting on social media to appeal to Elon Musk and the Chinese public after being told ...

Israel’s finance minister on Sunday said Moody’s decision to cut the outlook for Israel’s sovereign credit rating was “not a big drama” and reiterated his stance that ...

Banks in the Middle East and Central Asia have very limited exposure to last month’s banking turmoil in the United States and Europe, but financial pressures are adding to ...

Switzerland’s tradition of dependable consensus politics has taken a battering after the government used an emergency law to push through a state-backed mega-merger of UBS (UBSG.S) and Credit ...

The European Commission has just published the 2022 edition of the ‘EU Regional Competitiveness Index’. Published every three years since 2010, the Index has been measuring ‘the ability of a region to ...

Sales at Birkin bag maker Hermes (HRMS.PA) rose 23 per cent in the first quarter, above market expectations, as wealthy shoppers in China and Europe splurged on luxury fashion and ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Friday slashed prices for its electric vehicles in Europe, Israel and Singapore, expanding a global discount drive it began in China in January while raising ...

Employers are expected to sound the alarm over labour unrest and uncertainty currently plaguing the economy when they meet on April 25 and will be looking to President Nikos Christodoulides for ...