• Qatar USA

    Bayern look to tighten grip on fifth straight title

    Bayern Munich travel to Freiburg tonight as the Bundesliga leaders, but the champions know they must kick it up a notch following the winter break if they are to earn a record-extending fifth straight title. Bayern secured top spot going into the break in December with a 3-0 win over second-placed ...

  • Malta

    The value of employer branding and its benefits

    I remember a politician once commenting that there used to be a time when people would be chasing jobs and now (at the time of the comment) the jobs were chasing people. Although this comment was made a number of years ago, employers and employees know that it is still ...

  • USA Giappone

    Toshiba woes intensify on reports of $6bn writedown

    Toshiba Corp’s financial crisis deepened yesterday as media reported it may unveil a bigger-than-expected $6 billion writedown for its US nuclear business, sending its shares sliding 15 per cent. The reports cast doubt on whether steps by the scandal-hit conglomerate to bolster its finances – including the possible sale of a ...

  • USA

    Inaugural cheers, fireworks: Trump sweeps in for his big day

    With fireworks heralding his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington Thursday on the eve of his presidential inauguration and pledged to unify a nation sorely divided and clamoring for change. The capital braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators — with all the attendant hoopla and hand-wringing."It's a ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Brexit: Lloyd's rules out Malta base for subsidiary outside London

    The chief executive of Lloyd’s of London has confirmed that the insurer will be setting up a subsidiary outside of London as a result of Brexit, and has said that the location will ‘hopefully’ be announced by the end of March.Malta has been ruled out of the running, contrary to ...

  • Malta

    Malta should not be embarrassed for using taxation as competitive instrument – Minister Scicluna

    “Malta is not embarrassed that we use taxation as a competitive instrument, much like wages” Minister Edward Scicluna said whilst addressing the Business Europe Tax Policy Group on the priorities and objectives in the area for the Maltese presidency of the EU Council.  “When it comes to taxation, each member state ...

  • Malta

    JPO, Evarist Bartolo team up again in new alliance to be unveiled tomorrow

    Minister Evarist Bartolo and former Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando have teamed up again in a new alliance that will be unveiled tomorrow.The Malta Independent this morning received a notice of a press conference to be held by Dr Pullicino Orlando on what he said was “socio-political” developments.This was quickly ...

  • USA Malta

    Minister Bartolo files for libel on reports contractor was paid almost double value of works

    Education Minister Evarist Bartolo has filed for libel proceedings this morning over claims that Mr Bartolo ignored Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools’ recommendations, resulting in a tiling contractor being paid almost twice the value of works.The report was made by the Times of Malta and allegedly stems from an FTS internal ...

  • USA

    Editorial: Before the Trump rollercoaster

    By this time tomorrow, the world will be in the Trump era.As we write, the world, especially what we call the West, Europe, live the eve with trepidation, much as one would await the arrival of a hurricane or a severe storm.Donald Trump is not a man of prepared speeches ...

  • Italia

    Italy crews work through night after avalanche hits hotel

    Rescue crews who reached the four-star mountain resort on skis found only eerie silence Thursday after a huge avalanche flattened the hotel, trapping more than 30 people inside. Two bodies were recovered, but the search for survivors was hampered by heavy snowfall and fears the buildings would collapse.Two people escaped ...