Japan's consumer prices rose in September for the fourth straight month, boosted mainly by higher energy costs, in the latest set of data showing fitful progress toward revitalizing the...

The last week in June saw around 80 of HSBC’s corporate customers from across the globe gather in Guangzhou, China for an International Exchange event.   Among the delegates taking the...

The rally of the Aussie against the Greenback could have seen an intermediate high yesterday....

Traditionally Malta has had a strong trading relationship with China and was the first Western European country to establish diplomatic relations with China in 1972.   With a growing...

With just 26 open infringement cases, Malta is the fourth-best performer in the EU, bested only by Latvia (20 cases), Lithuania (22 cases) and Estonia (24).   This was revealed in a...

Introduction by Michel Cordina, Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC Malta    Welcome to the HSBC Malta’s “Doing business in” series of in-depth articles, offering specialised...

With Malta about to loosen the rules as to residency and citizenship permits so as to attract high-spending persons, it may come as a surprise that according to the most recent survey of what were...

These are days of public controversy about the government’s proposed Individual Investor Programme, with all sorts of arguments being put forward in the public arena.   Comparisons are...

US equities closed slightly in the red, and Asian equities were mixed due to concerns over a possible policy tightening by the Chinese central bank to prevent a risky fuelling credit growth....

A name makes all the difference in the fight between Ford and Toyota over who has the top-selling car in the world.   Ford on Wednesday claimed that crown for its Focus compact during the...