• Giappone

    Planned sales tax hike may be delayed if economy worsens to pre-2012 levels: Suga

    Japan will not go ahead with a consumption tax hike planned for October 2019 if the economy deteriorates to levels seen before Shinzo Abe returned ...

  • USA

    US stocks break 20-year record

    S&P 500 hits sixth consecutive closing high fuelled by economy and tax cut hopes

  • USA

    US trade ruling set to hand Trump tariff firepower

    Whirlpool said to have suffered from imports of LG and Samsung washing machines

  • Malta

    Tools for success

    The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry together with Bank of Valletta plc held Start-Up Strong, Tools for Success, as part of SME Week Malta 2017 on Wednesday. The event was aimed at encouraging young people to take the startup route and become entrepreneurs. During the event the Malta Chamber ...

  • Malta

    Passport buyers’ origins to remain ‘a secret’

    The origin of foreign millionaires buying a Maltese passport cannot be revealed as it may prejudice the government’s diplomatic relations with other counties, according to Identity Malta. Identity Malta’s decision not to release such information was supported by the Data Protection Commissioner, who was brought into the picture by the Times ...

  • Malta

    A telecommunications merger - Benoît Durand

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, the bosses of Melita Ltd and Vodafone Malta have portrayed the proposed Melita acquisition of Vodafone Malta as a positive development for competition in the telecommunications industry in Malta. Unfortunately for Maltese consumers, this claim appears largely unfounded. For the reasons set out below, the Office for Competition within ...

  • Malta

    What independence?

    The answer to Emily Barbara-Sant’s question (‘Conspicuous absence’, September 28) is simple: it is pointless celebrating an ‘independence’ that does not exist. The Maltese have no control over their courts (the European Court of Justice rules ok), no control over their borders (the EU rules ok), no control over their laws ...

  • USA Malta

    Talk on law, justice and the muses

    How to better understand and appreciate the concepts of law and justice through the muses and the arts will be the topic of a lecture by Mr Justice Silvio Meli to be held at the Malta Chamber of Advocates within the Law Courts in Valletta. The talk ‘Law, Justice and the ...

  • Malta

    Today's front pages

    The two stories on the front page of today's Times of Malta report on the Chief Justice's appeal for new law courts, and Identity Malta's explanation on why so few details of the 'passport buyers' was being released in the interests of diplomatic relations. The Malta Independent gives prominence to a ...

  • USA Spagna

    Stock market party settles down for central bank reflection

    Global stocks came off record highs and the euro fell back towards seven-week lows yesterday as minutes from the European Central Bank’s last meeting showed policy-makers had widespread concerns about the single currency’s rapid rise. The ECB’s plans to map an exit from an era of ultra-easy monetary conditions could be ...