As debt crisis and economic turmoil sweep across Europe, the International Monetary Fund has identified another looming threat to global economy; rising oil prices. The fund strongly suggests monitoring tension between Iran and the Western world. The United States have sanctioned Iran’s oil consumers, and the EU is considering an embargo as well. Seeing as… Continue Reading
Preventive Global Economic Crisis Measures It was bad enough that we had to endure the worst global economic crisis since the Second World War, but what would be even worse would be not learning from it. So what can be done today? Measures need to be taken now to ensure a continual “tracking of economic… Continue Reading
With the global economy still in somewhat of a crisis and all the events in Japan impacting world finances too, it might be understandable if one were to inquire about the current position of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today. Of course though, when it comes to such large monetary issues, where there are two… Continue Reading
<h3>Global Financial Crisis on the Mend</h3> Finally there is some good news vis-à-vis the much talked about – nay, incessantly whined about – global financial crisis. The peak was around 3 years ago but since then there have been signs of improvement, albeit at a snail’s pace and still necessitating significant assistance according to Sultan… Continue Reading
An article in today’s ‘Times of Malta’ – quite fitting for International Women’s Day – is showing how the women of Malta are quite capable of succeeding unaided. An EU suggestion of special treatment of women has been rejected by the businesswomen of Malta, who believe that “gender imbalance at work should be addressed by… Continue Reading