Armenian President Robert Kocharian will be holding an official visit to Cyprus in November, at the invitation of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos. Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis said Kocharian’s visit is scheduled for November 22 to 25. Kocharian also plans to meet the community on Friday, November 24, with a visit to the elementary school Nareg
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The dollar rose against the yen as the market brushed off a weekend meeting of Group of 20 countries that discussed currency values but offered few surprises. The euro climbed broadly, pushing to near a record high against the yen after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB has to be strongly vigilant
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PandaLabs has detected mass email messages that offer jobs at a supposed NGO committed to helping underprivileged children. However, it is actually a stratagem to find “mules”, that is, people to launder stolen money. These emails have subjects like the following: ‘Best Job No Experience Needed’. Whereas the message body text offers a well-paid job,
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Universal Life Insurance Public Company Ltd, holder of 61.06% of Universal Bank Public Ltd. (USB) rebuffed a takeover bid by Aspis for minimum 20% of USB at 95 cent per share and instead announced that it has signed a sale agreement with Schoeller Holdings Ltd and Path Holdings Ltd. According to the agreement, Universal Life
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The European Commission has adopted a proposal to ban the import, export and sale of cat and dog fur in the EU. There is evidence that cat and dog fur is being placed on the European market, usually undeclared as such or disguised as synthetic and other types of fur. The vast majority of the
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Hellenic Bank Pcl (HB) announced that registration lists of the issue of Series B Bonds 2016 have closed on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 and the Company has received applications for CYP 25 mln bonds. It is reminded that pursuant to a decision of the Board of Directors dated March 29, 2006, the total bonds 2016
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Netgear has announced its record revenues for the first six months of its Middle East operations. Netgear Middle East has registered revenues of US$ 2 million from its initial six months of operations. The company has also announced it will unveil the award-winning Skype Certified WiFi Phone (SPH101) at GITEX Dubai 2006.Netgear has aggressively expanded
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Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices (E&D) division will launch its new line up of digital communication and input devices for Gitex 2006, which will be held from November 18-22 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The move comes as E&D seeks to establish its presence in expanding markets for peripheral and input devices in
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Oracle announced that it has acquired SPL WorldGroup, a leading provider of revenue and operations management software for the utilities industry and tax management software for government organizations, such as the Electricity Authority of Cyprus’s billing system. SPL delivers best-in-class solutions for customer care & billing, mobile workforce management, outage & distribution management, and asset
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On December 31st, Nokia will welcome the New Year in unique style – by connecting millions of music lovers from around the world as they count down the final minutes of 2006. Nokia New Year’s Eve, a global music event stretching across four continents, will feature a number of international artists including The Black Eyed
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