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Foreign investors’ figures favourable for Cyprus

15/04/2014(0)
Foreign investors showed great interest in Cyprus in 2013 due to the Government’s scheme offering citizenship and permanent residence on the island, Minister of Interior, Socrates Hasikos has revealed. ... Read More
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EU Expands Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine

15/04/2014(0)
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to expand sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine by putting more people under asset freezes and visa bans, British Foreign ... Read More
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Google Considers Change To Search Algorithm That Would Favor Website Encryption

15/04/2014(0)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is considering a change to its PageRank software, which would favor websites that use encryption to protect visitors’ personal information, meaning safer sites would appear higher ... Read More
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Nestle sales up despite slack prices in Europe

15/04/2014(0)
Food company Nestle SA says sales rose 4.2 percent in the first quarter despite deflationary price pressures in Europe. The Switzerland-based maker of Lean Cuisine, Nespresso and Haagen-Dazs said ... Read More
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JPMorgan Chase Earns 19 Percent Less to Start the Year

14/04/2014(0)
JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the largest but no longer the most profitable U.S. bank, announced a 19 percent decline in first-quarter earnings this morning, with weaker income from trading and ... Read More
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Chinese Property Developers Stake Out Shares In Commercial Banks, Intensifying Systemic Risks

14/04/2014(0)
Major Chinese property developers have in recent months been buying increasingly large stakes in regional banks, posing risk that an unravelling in the real estate market could leave both ... Read More
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Is Wal-Mart Heading to An Organic Empire To Fuel Its Wild Oats Rollout?

14/04/2014(0)
Wal-Mart’s bold entry into the booming organic food market sets a lofty goal for the company: offering a wide range of products bearing the coveted USDA certified organic seal ... Read More
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Heartbleed Compromises Bitcoin Wallets: Digital Currency Also Built Using OpenSSL

14/04/2014(0)
Bitcoin is the latest digital entity to be added to a growing list of organizations compromised by the Heartbleed bug. The Bitcoin Foundation said on Friday that the latest ... Read More
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Amazon.com To Acquire comiXology, A Digital Comics Company, As Retailer Seeks To Expand In Online Publishing

11/04/2014(0)
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, a seller of digital comics, for an undisclosed amount. New York-based comiXology offers graphic novels from ... Read More
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Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer

11/04/2014(0)
Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund while Apple and Intel, which invested with IV previously, declined to participate, according ... Read More
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