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Spanish banks receive much needed financial assistance

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 16:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's troubled banks has arrived.   A...

UK Jobless claims improve unemployment rate remains constant

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 14:19 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Claimant count for the month of November slipped to -3k, improving when compared to last month’s +10.1k. The actual print was also better than expected +7k. These figures show resilience from the part...

Reasons to be joyful

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 11:54 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The year 2012 will end on a high note for GreenPak Cooperative Society as its scheme is well on track to record its highest recycling performance since its set up in 2005. This has only been possible...

Piggy banks being collected for counting

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 11:50 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

First Lady Margaret Abela is visiting a number of schools around Malta and Gozo, collecting some of the more than 5,000 piggy banks which were distributed to classrooms last October.  ...

Japan election puts spotlight on reviving economy

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 11:25 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It's the $6 trillion question: how to jolt Japan out of its 20-year economic slump.   The dozen or so parties vying in a Dec. 16 parliamentary election all agree the world's...

US lawmaker urges rethink of Europe gas strategy

Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 08:24 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A senior Republican lawmaker is urging the Obama administration to do more to help NATO allies in Europe ease dangerous dependence on Russia's gas monopolies.   Republican Sen. Richard...

Euro shrugs off concerns over Italy as investors eye Fed

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 18:02 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

After a nervous start to the week on global financial markets, global shares and riskier assets edged higher on Tuesday, but gains were subdued as investors awaited the outcome from the Federal...

Bank of Valletta’s participation in Paqpaqli ghall - Istrina

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 17:33 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

President George Abela and Bank of Valletta Chief Executive Officer Charles Borg were among the few who got to pose with the McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 Car during Sunday’s Paqpaqli...

EB Butterfly Children Malta raise €6,200 for DEBRA

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 17:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Children suffering from the genetic condition, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), are known all over the world as the Butterfly Children. This is because their skin is as fragile as a butterfly’s...

Angry bank clients push way into Cyprus parliament

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 17:24 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Cypriot police say a group of investors and savers protesting outside parliament shoved their way past security and entered the building.   The protesters claim the Cypriot banks sold them...

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