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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...

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