ECONOMY

Cypriot recession persists

Cyprus?s economy contracted 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2012, the Nicosia-based Cyprus Statistical Service said in a statement on its website on Friday.

That compared with an initial estimate on May 15 of a contraction of 1.5 percent. [Bloomberg]

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