HSBC’s knowledge training for excellence in PCM
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 14:13
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
What does Payment and Cash Management (PCM) involve? PCM is the handling of daily working capital to provide clarity, consistency and control for optimum use of liquidity. PCM services...
UK recovery gains steam with 0.6 pct growth in Q2
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 13:15
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The British economy grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter compared with the previous three month period, official figures showed Thursday in what the government hopes will be the start of a...
Malta’s debt burden has seen fourth largest increase in EU in Q1
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 11:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Although Malta’s debt burden at just under 80% of GDP, is well in the mean of EU member states’ stakes, the rise of its debt burden from Q4 2012 is the fourth largest increase in the EU, a...
Index puts Maltese property prices at 96.02
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 11:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A European Central Bank publication, updated last week with figures from the Central Bank of Malta, put Maltese property prices at 96.02 on the ECB’s residential property price...
Leader: The other, hidden, surge of immigrants
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 11:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There is a surge in cars sporting foreign number plates on our roads – and it’s not because of Ferragosto. This increase has been noticeable for the past months. Cars from...
China bans new government buildings in frugality drive
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 07:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
China's leaders have banned the construction of government buildings for five years as another step in a frugality drive that aims to address public anger at corruption. The general...
Betting agencies have big day on royal baby names
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 08:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Bookies cashed in big as thousands of Britons placed bets on what Prince William and his wife, Kate, would name their newborn child. Ladbrokes took 50,000 bets in the hours after the...
Survey: Brighter US economic outlook boosts hiring
Monday, 22 July 2013, 09:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Companies are increasingly confident the U.S. economy will grow at a modest pace over the next year and are hiring more, according to a survey of business economists. Nearly one-third of...
US showing little enthusiasm for Detroit bailout
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 06:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
During the bleakest days of the Great Recession, Congress agreed in bipartisan votes to bail out two of Detroit's biggest businesses, General Motors and Chrysler. Today,...
FAA wants Dreamliner transmitters inspected
Saturday, 20 July 2013, 07:37
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Airlines should inspect the emergency locator transmitters of all Boeing 787 "Dreamliners," the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged Friday following a fire earlier in the week aboard...