• Spagna

    Economía/Empresas.- HSBC e IBM desarrollan un solución de inteligencia artificial para digitalizar el comercio

    MADRID, 10 (EUROPA PRESS) El banco internacional HSBC está trabajando con IBM para desarrollar una solución de inteligencia artificial cognitiva, combinando reconocimiento óptico de caracteres con robótica avanzada, para mejorar la eficiencia del mercado, según ha informado IBM en una nota de prensa.

  • Malta

    Bank assets in Malta grew 4.5 points more than eurozone

    Assets of the core domestic banks expanded by 5.3% in 2016, 1.7 percentage points higher than in the previous year. This growth outpaced that reported by banks in the eurozone by 4.5 percentage points. With total assets of €21.8 billion, the size of core domestic banks was equivalent to almost 220% ...

  • Malta

    Property recovers to pre-crisis highs

    Property prices in 2016 grew by 4.7% compared to the previous year, recovering to the pre-crisis peak, according to a report issued today by the Central Bank of Malta. However, the CBM said there was no cause for alarm about affordabilityas the ratio between the median house price and households’ income ...

  • Panama Nuova Zelanda

    €16.8 million recovered from Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks

    Just over €16.8 million was recovered by the tax authorities after previously unknown foreign holdings by Maltese were laid bare in the Panama Papers and Swiss Leaks. Information supplied by the Tax Compliance Unit (TCU) shows that €6.3 million has been recovered from its investigations into the Panama Papers data, which ...

  • Cina Regno Unito Malta Hong Kong

    HSBC Malta’s profitability dented by various factors

    On July 31, HSBC Bank Malta plc published its interim financial statements. The announcement by HSBC Malta coincided with similar announcements across other stock exchanges around the world by other HSBC Group companies, namely in Hong Kong and London. As is customary with only a few of the companies listed on ...

  • Russia USA Australia

    Why do human beings speak so many languages?

    The thatched roof held back the sun’s rays, but it could not keep the tropical heat at bay. As everyone at the research workshop headed outside for a break, small groups splintered off to gather in the shade of coconut trees and enjoy a breeze. I wandered from group to ...

  • USA Giappone Corea del Sud

    North Korea outlines plan to launch missiles toward Guam

    North Korea on Thursday announced a detailed plan to launch a volley of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers, and dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury" if it doesn't back down.The announcement, made in the ...

  • Malta

    Property up by 4.7% in 2016 according to Central Bank Report

    In 2016 real house prices grew by 4.7% over 2015 and reached the pre-crisis peak, the Financial Stability Report by the Central Bank of Malta has revealed."Apart from rising incomes, such upward pressure on house prices largely reflected the increase in population from inward migration to take up employment opportunities ...

  • Malta

    MUMN condemns ‘irresponsible attitude’ towards nursing students

    The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said today it is very disappointed on how the nursing students are being treated by the University of Malta.In a statement, the MUMN said first and second year nursing students who as part of their studies are currently conducting clinical placements received an ...

  • Malta

    130-year-old artillery carriages restored with HSBC Malta Foundation’s support

    History has come full circle at Malta’s most visible tourist attraction, the Saluting Battery below the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, where two full-scale reconstructed 64-pounder traversing carriages have been returned to transport the visitors to the 19th century.The timber carriages were introduced in Malta by the Royal Artillery for ...