Bank of Valletta has registered a pre-tax profit of 115.8 million in the year ending 30 September 2013, representing an increase of 5% over the previous year.   The profit is the highest the...

Six of the world's leading central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, say they will provide each other with ready supplies of their currencies on a standing basis, extending arrangements...

The Dutch activist representing a number of Maltese investors in SNS-Reaal, Frans Faas, did not have exactly comforting news to those who had sought his help in trying to recoup their...

PKF is one of the corporate sponsors to MHRA, a major association in the tourist sector representing 70% of all hotels in Malta and 35% of all restaurants, which over the past 50 years has striven to...

Malta remains the worst place in the European Union in which to do business, according to the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2014’ released on Tuesday.   The influential...

Boeing said much of the design work for a major overhaul of its 777 will be done outside of its main commercial airplane base in the Seattle area.   The plan laid out in a memo to Boeing...

This time next week we will all be analysing, discussing and dissecting the Budget 2014 which is to be presented in Parliament next Monday.   This time, beyond the countless debates in the...

For the first time in five years, the U.S. government has run a budget deficit below $1 trillion.   The government said Wednesday that the deficit for the 2013 budget year totaled $680.3...

A new survey points to an increase in confidence in the eurozone's nascent economic recovery.   The European Union's statistics office on Wednesday said economic sentiment in the...

Japan's industrial output rose 1.5 percent in September from the previous month, as stronger production of vehicles and electronic components added to signs the recovery in the world's...