To a struggling White House, the economy that was supposed to be a political millstone is losing some drag.   During Barack Obama's presidency, pocketbook worries have been the dominant...

Ensuring greater access to affordable health care is a crucial factor in alleviating poverty and promoting economic growth, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Friday in announcing ambitious...

The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday, even though the economic recovery has almost ground to a halt in the 17-country eurozone.   The currency...

“Today is a good day for Maltese business,” Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said yesterday, referring to and HSBC €50 million Malta Trade for Growth Fund, launched yesterday along with a...

The Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) Index appreciated by a further 2.47 per cent in November, to close at 3,541.448 points. With one month to go year’s end the MSE Index is up 10.3 per cent. During...

        Politics is full of clichés. So a promise made during an electoral campaign may, not surprisingly, be discounted somewhat. I can assure you that the...

America's first pony car — the Ford Mustang — is celebrating its 50th birthday with a new design and plans to go global.   Ford Motor Co. was to reveal the 2015 Mustang on...

The ECB has played an important role in averting risks   As you will all be aware, many of the member states of the euro area are going through fundamental reforms that would over time...

Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Columbia, Greece, Ireland and Malta have become the latest signatories to the G5's automatic exchange of tax information pilot, bringing the total number of countries...

Qantas Airways said Thursday it will slash 1,000 jobs and suffer half-year losses of at least 250 million Australian dollars ($225 million), increasing the likelihood that regulators will throw...