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McDonald’s employees participate in the annual Clean Up

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 16:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

More than 1.2 tons of rubbish were collected by McDonald’s Malta staff and their families at the annual Clean Up the World Day last Saturday.   McDonald’s, in collaboration with...

US jobs report disappoints, just 148K jobs added

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 16:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than anticipated in September — just 148,000 — suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct....

Short term Technical Forecast: Gold

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 12:28 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With the end of the fiscal deadlock in the US the price of Gold jumped more than 3% last week. A look at the daily chart reveals that this jump broke the downtrend which prevailed since Mid-August....

XAU/USD Forecast - October 22 2013

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 12:28 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With the end of the fiscal deadlock in the US the price of Gold jumped more than 3% last week. A look at the daily chart reveals that this jump broke the downtrend which prevailed since Mid-August....

Much awaited NFP day!

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 09:23 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

US equities were mostly flat yesterday in a market driven by the start of the earnings season, the end of the partial shutdown and a bit of optimism which pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high....

EU lawmakers OK beefing up data protection laws

Monday, 21 October 2013, 23:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A European Parliament committee on Monday approved sweeping new data protection rules that would strengthen online privacy and outlaw the kind of data transfers that the United States used for its...

AUD/USD Forecast - October 21 2013

Monday, 21 October 2013, 12:34 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The weekly chart of AUD/USD shows us that the pair is now trading at a key technical level. The price is approaching the 50% Fibonacci retracement level of the down move (from April to August) and...

US corporate earnings continue to lift sentiment

Monday, 21 October 2013, 09:31 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

US equities continued in their positive stance with the S&P hitting record highs. Asian equity indices took the cue and extended this optimism into this morning’s session...

Japan trade deficit at record in September

Monday, 21 October 2013, 06:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Japan's trade deficit ballooned to a fresh record for September as costs for imports of food and other necessities outstripped growth in exports.   Preliminary customs data Monday show...

Treasury's Lew: Budget fight 'got close to edge'

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 18:06 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the just-resolved budget fight was "a little bit scary" because it "got close to the edge," and the lesson has to be that the U.S. won't be...

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