UBS investors warm to Credit Suisse deal
UBS’s (UBSG.S) emergency takeover of Credit Suisse may lead to thousands of job losses, departures of key staff and a risky integration challenge, but for many UBS investors ...
Fashion retailer H&M to launch in Brazil
Fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) will launch stores and online trade in Brazil in 2025, the company said this week.
H&M opened its first store in Latin ...
Cyprus tourist arrivals soar in June — Poland and Sweden among top five markets
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus experienced a significant increase of 22.7 per cent in June 2023 compared to the same period last year, although they remained 10.6 per cent lower than the record-breaking arrivals ...
Global rules leave crypto firms with no place to hide, says G20 watchdog
Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at FTX exchange and other crypto casualties, the G20’s Financial ...
For markets, BoE communication is bottom of the class
As markets navigate a likely end to the steepest interest rate rises in decades, investors say the Bank of England has been less consistent in its messaging than other major ...
Dollar licks wounds as policy peak looms
A bruised dollar took respite on Monday after suffering its worst weekly drop of the year, as traders waited on economic data and policy decisions before selling it down any ...
Crypto ransom attacks rise in first half of 2023, Chainalysis says
Crypto crime fell overall in the first six months of 2023, but the volume of payments to ransomware attackers surged and is on track for its second-biggest annual total on record, ...
AI startups bringing dollars but lean workforces to ailing San Francisco
In a frenzy unseen since the birth of social media in the early 2000s, investors are pouring billions into generative AI and fueling a startup boom in San Francisco.
At ...
BYD proposes $1 billion India plan to build EVs, batteries
China’s BYD Co (002594.SZ) has submitted a $1 billion investment proposal to build electric cars and batteries in India in partnership with a local company, three people with direct knowledge ...
In greening air travel, small parts can make a big difference
Aircraft flaps and emergency power units are part of efforts to reduce the aviation industry’s contribution to global warming.
By Tom Cassauwers
Each time a plane takes off or ...
EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance
The European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to take the lead in the metaverse – shared virtual worlds accessible through the internet – and to prevent Big ...
LG Electronics targets $77 bln sales by 2030, holds high hopes for vehicle components
LG Electronics (066570.KS) said this week that it is targeting 100 trillion won ($77 billion) in sales by 2030 and plans some 50 trillion won of investment as the South Korean company announced its ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce on Friday announced that it successfully held its Journey Towards Sustainable Tourism conference, detailing grants, support schemes and best practices in this space.
The conference, ...
Limassol business delegation visits Sofia Tech Park — aspires for local equivalent
The Vice President of International Relations at the Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Heros Miltiadous, met with the Vice President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Todor ...
Cyprus falling down the freedom and prosperity ladder
By Charles Ellinas
To many, it may not sound surprising, but it is a sad reflection of the last ten years. Cyprus continues its freefall global rankings, in a number ...
KPMG to invest $2 billion in AI, cloud services
KPMG said this week that it will spend $2 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud services through an expanded partnership with Microsoft (MSFT.O), closely following Accenture (ACN.F) in betting ...
Smart girls don’t marry? Japan rushes to erase stigma for women in science
A third-year student at one of Japan’s top engineering universities, Yuna Kato has her sights set on a career in research but fears it might be short-lived if she ...
CySEC reaches €100K settlement with broker accused of market abuse
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Friday announced that it has reached a settlement with a licensed broker for market abuse violations.
The commission explained that it has ...
Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift
Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of favourable regulatory and investment moves have started to shift momentum in markets that had been stuck in a rut ...
Accelerating the East Med’s huge energy resource potential
Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister George Papanastasiou has announced the government’s intentions to push ahead with developing Cyprus as a key regional energy hub, inviting global energy professionals to ...
Famagusta business board promotes district development
Issues concerning Famagusta residents, local authorities and entrepreneurs, were discussed at a meeting between Disy head Annita Demetriou and the board of the district’s tourism, commerce and entrepreneurial company (...
Cyprus Business Now
During his speech at The Economist business conference on the Eastern Mediterranean held in New York this week, Constantinos Herodotou, the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), emphasised ...
How the property crash unravelled Sweden’s SBB
For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Swedes, investing in one of their country’s biggest landlords SBB (SBBb.ST) was a sure bet for years. Now it is at the ...
Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, expands to Europe, Brazil, to take on ChatGPT
Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said it is rolling out its artificial- intelligence chatbot, Bard, in Europe and Brazil on Thursday, the product’s biggest expansion since its February launch and pitting ...