We reproduce in today’s issue (The Malta Business Weekly) the full text of the Standard & Poor’s rating action that was published last week.   Unfortunately, the text was not...

Malta saw a 9% decline in the number of monetary financial institutions in the course of last year, the European Central Bank said this week.   According to the ECB figures, on 1 January,...

Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates pitched an optimistic future for the world's poor and sick in their annual letter Tuesday, arguing passionately against three myths they say hurt...

French President Francois Hollande told top companies that they have to promise to hire and invest more if they want to benefit from a promised cut in payroll taxes.   Companies in France...

Worried about the groom getting cold feet? There's an insurance policy for that.   With the cost of the average American wedding reaching about $26,000, insurers have been selling a...

China's economic growth decelerated in the final quarter of 2013 and appears set to slow further, adding to pressure on its leaders to shore up an expansion as they try to implement sweeping...

The Milano slot story   During the recent days there has been some unclarity as regards Air Malta’s flights to Milan’s two airports.  While Air Malta has been stating that...

In a move that echoes Twitter, Facebook is adding a feature to its service that lets users know the topics of discussion that are trending among the site's 1.2 billion users, whether it's the...

No economy can move ahead by just standing still. The only imperative is to grow as standing still will only mean regression, recession and unemployment.   All through the past decades of...

European car sales dropped for the sixth straight year in 2013, but there were signs of improvement.   The European carmaker's association, ACEA, said sales of new cars shrank 1.7...