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The housing cost in Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Germany and other EU members; an excessive burden
March 9th, 2017
Housing costs – an excessive burden for 11 % of Europeans Costs relating to housing are the main items of expenditure for many European households. In the European context, these expenses include rental or mortgage interest payments but also ...
Greece says East Med gas pipeline to Europe feasible
March 9th, 2017
A pipeline planned to transport natural gas from the recently discovered fields in Eastern Mediterranean to Europe is feasible and viable, the CEO of Greece’s Public Gas Corporation has said. “There has been a lot of speculation over the ...
Where investors are looking for opportunities right now?
March 6th, 2017
Stock market investors have plenty to cheer about, with the Trump rally adding to the big gains of the Obama years, but it’s also natural to worry that U.S. stocks have more room to go down than up. So ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped
February 16th, 2017
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped As the helicopter roars its way west from the Tel Aviv coast, two dots emerge from the featureless blue. Closer up, they begin to take shape: Giant platforms for ...
Iran prepares to stop using the dollar as anger builds over Trump ban
February 1st, 2017
Iran says it is preparing to stop using the dollar in its official statements – a move that had been in the offing but appears to have been expedited after Washington included the country in a list of seven ...
FTSE up on miners, pharmas after Tuesday’s Brexit debate
February 1st, 2017
London shares opened on a positive note with miners, pharmas and utilities leading blue chips higher amid ongoing concerns about the US’ controversial travel ban and after UK parliamentarians’ Brexit debate yesterday. Soon after the open, FTSE 100 was ...
LinkedIn reveals UAE’s most powerful profiles
January 23rd, 2017
LinkedIn has released its first ever list of the most powerful profiles in the UAE. Based on the most views, the world’s largest professional network has revealed its UAE 2016 Power Profiles list, which includes 45 profiles of CEOs ...
A multibillion-dollar natural gas boom may reunify Cyprus
January 12th, 2017
A potential energy boom in Cyprus could spur a deal to reunify the ethnically-divided island after more than 40 years. A breakthrough may come at a United Nations-brokered multilateral summit in Geneva this week. The island nation has discovered ...
German discounter Lidl posts a merry 10% increase in December sales
January 11th, 2017
Lidl UK has posted a merry revenue increase of 10% in the month of December compared to 2015, with Christmas sales of turkey, vegetables, and lobster helping boost revenue. Retail intelligence firm Verdict Retail said that sales encouraged by Lidl’s ‘Pick ...
