Market economics)

A single pair of premium melons fetched a record 3.2 million yen ($29,300) at A May 26 auction in Japan, where the fruit is regarded as a status symbol.

U.S. consumer prices rebounded in April after dipping in March, driven by a surge in gasoline prices and an uptick in housing costs, the Labor Department reported May 10.     

Greece has caught up with the majority of its European Union peers in terms of lifting restrictions in retail commerce, rising to 11th among the bloc's 28 member-states in the sector's deregulation chart.

A US anti-dumping investigation targeting Greek pipemaker Corinth Pipeworks could affect results for its Belgian parent Cenergy Holdings from 2019, one of the Brussels-listed company's co-chief executives said on Thursday.

Spouses will now be able to submit separate income tax declarations if they so wish, following a verdict by the Council of State, and will then be able to receive separate tax clearance documents too.

Transport authorities in Athens are stepping up their efforts to broaden the use of electronic travelcards by commuters despite the challenges the network is facing three months since the new ticketing system became fully operational.

The government is again scrambling to pay off its dues to taxpayers and suppliers in order to meet the target set by the country's creditors.

If the target is achieved, the eurozone will approve the disbursement of a 500-million-euro subtranche that is also destined for the repayment of state arrears.

People in Bosnia and Herzegovina have started topping up the fuel tanks of their vehicles ahead of the announced price rise that will come into effect on Thursday, when a new excise tax law takes force.

The winter sales began Monday, with thousands of shoppers taking to Ermou Street, central Athens's main commercial strip, in search of bargains. The sales run through February 28. Retailers are obliged by law to display items' presale prices alongside their sale prices. The Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) warned of fines for those who do not do so. [ANA-MPA]

Nearly a 3% increase in gas prices for the domestic market as of January 1, 2018, offers the state gas supplier Bulgargaz of the Commission for Energy and Water Regulation. The current prices are BGN 343.36 per 1000 cubic meters or BGN 32.27 per MWh. Tariffs are two - for quantity and energy, because of the requirements of the European Commission.