Yet it seems that in the shadows of the financial crisis, chief executive Richard Leupen has pondered all avenues to transform the scale of his $2 billion business. Speaking at the time of the group's annual results last year, Leupen hinted that a healthy balance gave UGL the firepower to make a

By Hiroko Komiya Greek teachers, hospital workers and tax collectors plan to strike for 24 hours tomorrow as 600,000 public workers oppose Prime Minister George Papandreou ’s plan to freeze wages and reduce benefits. Private-sector employees will follow Feb. 24. “Europe’s fiscal

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said he can’t call for outside aid as his government struggles to cut the European Union’s largest budget deficit. Papaconstantinou has so far failed to convince investors that Greece can push the deficit below the

By Ron Harui The European currency’s 50-day moving average, currently at $1.4324, dropped below its 200-day moving average of $1.4351 today, creating a dead-cross pattern. The euro slid 11.9 percent in less than two months after the last such cross occurred, dropping from $1.3998 on