G20 finance chiefs in exchange rate pledge
Saturday, 16 February 2013, 16:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's 20 leading industrial and developing countries on Saturday pledged not to target their exchange rates for competitive...
Q&A: Currency the latest threat to global economy
Saturday, 16 February 2013, 08:15
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The world economy faces a new threat. Instead of a banking collapse or too much debt, fears are growing that countries are using their currencies as an economic...
Putin urges G20 ministers to consider social cost
Friday, 15 February 2013, 18:14
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on financial chiefs of the world's leading industrial and developing nations to consider the political and social...
Britain finds horsemeat in school meals, hospitals
Friday, 15 February 2013, 14:58
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Tests have found horsemeat in school meals, hospital food and restaurant dishes in Britain, spreading the scandal over adulterated meat beyond frozen supermarket products. Results were...
US Airways lands $11 billion merger with American
Friday, 15 February 2013, 08:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
US Airways CEO Doug Parker has landed the big merger he sought for years. Now the soon-to-be CEO of the new American Airlines has to make it work. The fleet needs new planes and new paint....
UK: Horse drug may have entered human food chain
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 18:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Six horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine painkiller may have entered the human food chain in France, Britain's food regulator announced Thursday — and the...
Eurozone recession deepens as Germany falters
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 12:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The recession across the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro deepened in the last three months of 2012 as Germany faltered in the face of anemic demand across the debt-ridden...
EU ministers call for emergency meat testing
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 22:06
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
European Union nations on Wednesday called for more intensive testing for a month to try to contain the scandal in which horsemeat was sold as beef. The emergency...
Portugal's jobless rate hits record 16.9 percent
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 15:49
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Portugal's National Statistics Institute says the country's unemployment rate rose to a record 16.9 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. The institute said in a report...
Greece, Italy, Albania reach pipeline deal
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 10:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Greece, Italy and Albania are to sign an agreement backing a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea to western Europe. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to...