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INVESTMENT
GUIDE 2012 Top stocks, key strategies, best opportunities & advice from the experts
+ DEMETRA KALOGEROU, PETROS LIVANIOS, DARIOS MELAS 2012
One step forward, Two steps back
EUROZONE
Breaking up is hard to do?
INTERVIEWS
Andreas Athinodorou Andrey Dashin Ester Levanon
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MONEY / BUSINESS ECONOMY TAX & LEGAL LIFESTYLE / opinion
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08 EDITORIAL 10 NEWS BRIEFING 13 FIVE MINUTES WITH 16 INDICATORS | COMMODITIES | FOREX
22 COVER STORY Investment Guide 2012 Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best
+ opinion .XXX For Danger by Roddy Kyriakides
the debate Will 2012 be a better year for Cyprus than 2011?” by Dinos Milel (Yes) and Jack Gregory (No) 18 Eat, Pay, Love by Eleni Vickers
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XXXXX by Peter Economides
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The experts’ view 30
68 60 FEATURES 38 | Safeguarding the Cyprus securities market
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
48 | Living the Big Dream Interview with Alpari CEO Andrey Dashin
52 | Cyprus: A Future Regional Energy Hub? Founding a local exploration & production industry
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+ BOok review
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56 Teamwork, Innovation, Success The international Business Banking (IBB) division of Marfin Laiki Bank 60 Breaking Up is Hard to Do? The top ten most likely consequences of a eurozone break-up
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64 Staying Smart Interview with Dr. Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
money: MONEY: Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar By Barry Eichengreen 63
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68 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 2011 may have been bumpy but 2012 could be even worse
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BUSINESS: Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful By Daniel S. Hamermesh 66 TAX & LEGAL: The Number That Killed Us: A Story of Modern Banking, Flawed Mathematics, and a Big Financial Crisis By Pablo Triana 77
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72 Can Cyprus afford to give up its ‘selling point’ of a 10% corporate tax rate in the context of closer eurozone fiscal integration? The views of leading law firms and corporate service providers
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74 Small Country, Huge Potential Interview with Andreas Athinodorou, CEO of the Aspen Trust Group
78 Diamonds Are Forever They sparkle, they are expensive but are they worth investing in?
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