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China’s Imports shrink in sign downturn worsening

Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

China’s imports shrank unexpectedly in August in a sign its economic slump is worsening, bad news for exporters elsewhere that count on the appetite of the world’s second-largest economy for natural resources and ...

Silicon Valley Isn’t sharing Facebook’s misery

Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn’t revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga.By most indications, tech companies in this hub of innovation are humming ...

Egypt Vows structural reforms, meets US executives

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Egypt’s Islamist leader vowed to carry out tough structural reforms to overhaul his country’s ailing economy and create a better environment for business ...

France’s Hollande Warns economy to stall in 2013

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

French President Francois Hollande is blaming a worse-than-expected economic slowdown for new cuts in the government’s growth forecast....

Japan Finds April-June growth slower than thought

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Japanese economy grew at a slower pace than earlier estimated for the April-June quarter. The Cabinet Office said Monday the world’s third-biggest ...

Germany Urges Europe to not let up on reforms

Monday, 10 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Germany's finance minister is insisting that countries must not use the European Central Bank's plan to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds as an excuse to let up on economic reforms and deficit-cutting....

China Factory output weakest in three years in August

Monday, 10 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Growth in China's factory production slowed to a three-year low in August, suggesting Beijing might need to launch more stimulus efforts to reverse a painful slowdown in the ...

Pacific Nations to reform economies to fend off euro crisis

Monday, 10 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Pacific Rim leaders pledged yesterday to fend off the deepening damage from the European crisis and revive flagging growth in the region by supporting open trade, reforming their economies and strengthening public finances....

More On Hagar Qim-oil exploration saga

Sunday, 9 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Do a vox pop in the streets of Valletta and ask people about the prospects for oil exploration here and the answer will surely be that it is a foregone conclusion that no oil exists on our continental shelf....

6PM Collaborates with the ICTSA

Sunday, 9 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

IT company 6PM has signed a collaborative agreement with the Information and Communications Technology Students’ Association (ICTSA)...

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