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Malta ranked in fifth place in Open Market Index

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 13:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta has been placed in a very prestigious fifth place world-wide in the Open Market Index published by the International Chamber of Commerce.   Malta registered a score of 4.7, equalled by...

Malta is now at 86% of EU GDP

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 13:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is now well beyond the benchmark 75% of EU GDP, at which point the country ceases to be a net receiver of EU structural funds help and becomes a net contributor.   Figures published by...

Nexia BT inaugurates new office, new service

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 12:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Nexia BT has formally inaugurated its new offices in San Ġwann, an occasion which also served for the audit and consultancy firm to launch a new service line.   Through its Turnkey BT...

Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 08:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.   The top complaints in...

Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 17:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't "lose a...

IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 14:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgent action" to slash the nation's crippling 27 unemployment rate...

UK banking commission urges better standards

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 08:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly.   After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, money-laundering and rogue-trading rock the...

Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 17:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its U.S. customers: showing the calories in its drinks.   The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards...

G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodging

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 15:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and...

100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 08:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this continent-sized country and united people from all walks of life...

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