European stock markets were lower on Wednesday as investors dealt with the effects of oil prices hitting record highs, while technology stocks added to the downward pressure after downgrades in the...
House prices rose 1.3% in July, an indication that four interest rate rise have done little to cool the surging housing market, says the Halifax House Price Index. The increase brings house price...
04/08/2004
More than 80,000 tickets for the Athens 2004 Olympics were sold to the public last week, the games' national organisers said. The figure was sharply higher than an average of around 4,000...
03/08/2004
Athens Business Club geared to tap the Games for an expansion of investment and trade opportunities About 2,000 Greek and foreign firms have registered with the Athens Business Club (ABC) 2004, set...
03/08/2004
U.S. oil prices hit new record levels above $44 a barrel Tuesday after the head of the OPEC producers' cartel said there was little the group could do to cool red-hot markets. U.S. light crude (...
03/08/2004
Futures lower as crude sets intraday record above $44 a barrel. Record high oil prices could continue their hex on Wall Street Tuesday, with futures indicating a lower open for stocks. Early...
03/08/2004
After five long days of negotiation, trade talks on Sunday (2 August) came to an end with an agreement on further liberalisation of world trade. Representatives from the 147 countries of the World...
03/08/2004
The unemployment rate in the 12-nation eurozone was stable at nine percent in June, the European Union's statistics unit Eurostat said Tuesday. Other newly published Eurostat data showed a 0.6...
03/08/2004
Royal Bank of Scotland today added another £3.38 billion to the bumper profits haul accumulated by the UK's biggest banks in the first six months of 2004 The group, whose brands include NatWest and...
03/08/2004
A manufacturing recovery is well under way, a closely watched report suggests, with the sector growing at the fastest rate in nearly 10 years. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said...
03/08/2004