BOV awaiting MFSA communication
Friday, 4 January 2013, 16:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Bank of Valletta is looking forward to receiving from the Malta Financial Services Authority the findings of the independent review of investors in the La Valette Multi-Manager Property Fund. The...
Eurozone inflation holds steady at 2.2 percent
Friday, 4 January 2013, 11:31
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Inflation across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro was unchanged at 2.2 percent in the year to December. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, did not provide further...
Mexico bakes nearly mile-long 'rosca' cake
Friday, 4 January 2013, 08:11
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Mexican bakers have made a traditional holiday ring cake that instead of measuring the usual two feet or so, weighed in at 10 tons and stretched in a nearly mile-long circle on Mexico City's main...
Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenship
Thursday, 3 January 2013, 18:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship. A...
German jobless rate up to 6.7 percent
Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:17
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Germany's unemployment rate crept up to 6.7 percent in December due to seasonal factors and a more sluggish economy, but the labor market remained robust and the average number of people out of...
US manufacturing expanded slightly last month
Thursday, 3 January 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
U.S. manufacturing grew slightly last month and factory hiring increased. The modest gain suggests the economy entered the new year with some momentum. The Institute for Supply Management...
Dubai opens Airbus A380 concourse
Wednesday, 2 January 2013, 14:15
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Dubai Airports says it has opened the world's first concourse entirely dedicated to the Airbus A380, with an Emirates airlines flight making the maiden voyage to London's Heathrow...
Political brinksmanship still threatens US economy
Wednesday, 2 January 2013, 08:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Lawmakers managed to avoid driving the United States over the so-called "fiscal cliff" with a late-night vote Tuesday. But higher taxes and brinksmanship in Washington are likely to sap...
Fiscal 'cliff' deal reached
Tuesday, 1 January 2013, 09:18
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts in government programs due to take effect at...
Hours before US 'fiscal cliff,' hints of progress
Monday, 31 December 2012, 16:19
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The U.S. Congress and the White House had just hours Monday before a midnight deadline to come to a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of austerity measures that...