Chris Scicluna

Type: Person

Name: Chris Scicluna

Title: Communications Coordinator - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malta)

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 54 mins ago - 1 reports

Federal Reserve System

US Stocks Seen Up Ahead of Fed

The two-day Fed meeting, ending on Wednesday with a press briefing and economic forecast from Chairman Ben Bernanke, will be the main focus for global markets this week. Investors are eager to know when the Fed may start scaling back its $85 billion monthly ... [Published CNBC - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Chris Scicluna, Federal Reserve System, Stocks

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Futures Pointing Toward Sharply Higher Open On Wall Street

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - After ending last week's trading notably lower, stocks may move back to the upside in early trading on Monday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a sharply higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 111 ... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Futures, Wall Street, Index, Federal Reserve System, Chris Scicluna

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

PN employees still without May salary

election remains unpaid.Staff ReporterFor the third consecutive month, the majority of Nationalist Party employees have been asked to bear with the party as salaries for the month of May will be distributed late.A selected few have already received their ... [Published MaltaToday - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Nationalist Party (MT), Malta, Chris Scicluna, Claudio Grech, Tonio Fenech

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Bank of Japan

Nikkei leaps upward on strong Japanese growth in first quarter

Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter THE JAPANESE economy grew at a respectable pace of one per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.3 per cent in the last three months of 2012, it was announced yesterday.The Nikkei stock index rose on ... [Published City A.M. - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Nikkei Index, Chris Scicluna, Current Account Balance, Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

John Dalli

HEALTH Full Page Malta rules out legal action against former EU Commissioner

VALLETTA - Malta does not have enough evidence to start criminal proceedings against former EU Health Commissioner John Dalli in a bribery case, Malta's Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit reported on Monday.Dalli resigned in October after OLAF, the ... [Published The Oregon Herald - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Malta, John Dalli, European Commissioner, Silvio Zammit

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

Simon Busuttil

Ray Bugeja to head PN finances commission | 29 May 2013

Ray Bugeja to head commission appointed to address PN’s financial woes.Ray BugejaStaff ReporterEntrepreneur and PN leadership contestant Raymond Bugeja will head a commission which will review the Nationalist Party's finances and commercial entities.PN ... [Published MaltaToday - May 29 2013]

Entities: Simon Busuttil, Malta, Chris Scicluna, Claudio Grech, Tonio Fenech

First reported Feb 11 2013 - Updated Feb 11 2013 - 1 reports

Cato Institute

China becomes world's largest trading nation

China has become the biggest trading nation in the world, according to new figures from its ministry of commerce.With total imports and exports claimed to have reached $3.87trn (2.45trn) last year China edged passed the US which recorded net trade of ... [Published Plastics and Rubber Weekly - Feb 11 2013]

Entities: China, Chris Scicluna, Cato Institute

Quotes

Daiwa Capital Markets Chris Scicluna said, "all eyes will turn to the post-meeting press conference where bernanke will unveil the fed's latest economic projections - relevant for the timing of the first rate hike - and hopefully provide greater clarity on the likely timeframe for tapering asset purchases."

Futures Pointing Toward Sharply Higher Open On Wall Street [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 17 hours ago]

"if, and how, these forecasts change could send an important signal about the fed's near term intentions" said Scicluna. In the meantime, the Fed will purchase $4.75-$5.75 billion of 5-6-year Treasury notes on Monday

US Stocks Seen Up Ahead of Fed [Published CNBC - 21 hours ago]