• Giappone

    Trump launches his attack on restraints on banks

    President Donald Trump launched his long-promised attack Friday on banking rules that were rushed into law after the 2008 economic crisis, signing orders after meeting with business and investment chiefs and pledging further action to free big banks from restrictions. Wall Street cheered him on, but Trump risks disillusioning his ...

  • Giappone

    Trump inherits a healthy job market from Obama following 76 straight months of employment gains

    President Donald Trump has inherited a healthy-looking job market from his predecessor, with the economy registering a burst of hiring in January and an influx of Americans looking for work. U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That was the biggest gain since September and ...

  • USA Giappone

    Nordstrom to drop Ivanka Trump’s clothing, accessories line

    Nordstrom said Thursday it will stop selling Ivanka Trump clothing and accessories. The Seattle-based department store chain said the decision was based on the sales performance of the first daughter’s brand, The Seattle Times reported. The move comes amid a campaign known as “Grab Your Wallet,” which has been calling ...

  • Giappone Myanmar

    Heavy equipment manufacturer Kubota opens facility in Myanmar

    Heavy equipment manufacturer Kubota Corp. has opened an import and sales facility in Myanmar, vowing to support its growing farm machinery market and expand dealer networks by providing access to quality products. Located in the Japanese government-backed Thilawa Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, Kubota’s ...

  • Francia

    Le Pen kicks off her French presidential campaign

    France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen kicked off her presidential campaign today, hoping promises to shield voters from globalisation boost her chances at a time of French political turmoil. Opinion polls see the 48-year old daughter of National Front (FN) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen topping the first round on April ...

  • Malta

    Sixty young farmers to benefit from €4.3m EU allocation

    Sixty young farmers are expected to benefit from a €4.3 million allocation in a drive to lure people back into farming. Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Ian Borg said the sub-measure was aimed at supporting young farmers. In Malta, 70 per cent of the full time farmers are over the age of 40. Young ...

  • USA Malta

    EU migration plan will provide no quick-fix solution - PN

    EU leaders must be careful not to give the impression that a 10-point plan agreed in Malta yesterday will provide a quick-fix solution in addressing migration flows from Libya, the Nationalist Party said today.  "Things will not change from one day to the next... We have been here before and previous ...

  • Malta

    Public land 'siphoned from people and given for private profit'

    It is extremely worrying that swathes of public land, Malta's scarcest and most precious resource, is being siphoned from the people and given for private profits, a pressure group said today.  Moviment Graffitti expressed its strong disapproval with the government's decision to transfer public land, currently occupied by the Institute for ...

  • Cina Mongolia

    Jewellery, cash... horses donated to help Mongolia government

    Private citizens in Mongolia are donating cash, jewellery, gold and even horses to help the government make a near $600 million payment to bondholders next month. The cash-strapped nation has been embroiled in an economic crisis brought about by a collapse in foreign investment, slowing growth in China and weak commodity ...

  • Malta

    Local newspapers in review

    The Malta EU summit dominated the front pages of most Maltese newspapers today: Carrying a picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at St John's co-Cathedral, Times of Malta said the Malta summit had agreed a Libya-specific plan.  The Malta Independent said EU ...