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Go Mobile edges Vodafone in price
war
By
Kurt Sansone
Christmas is no truce for Malta’s mobile phone companies
and with the recent tariff reductions announced within days of each
other by the rival companies, the consumer is the net beneficiary.
Repatriation schemes kick off
By David
Lindsay
Banks in Malta are scurrying to promote new investment schemes
as hundreds of Maltese decide to remove their accounts from British
and Channel Island banks. The decision is thought to have been catalysed
by the new budgetary concessions to those with ‘undeclared’
foreign accounts.
It’s a bold plan indeed
By
Kurt Sansone
If the Marsa and Bormla shipyards restructure according
to the plans laid out by the Drydocks task force in seven years’
time the companies would see their combined turnover almost double,
government subsidy would go down by Lm14 million and the workforce
would be more than halved.
INTERVIEW
Pulling the same rope in
the workplace
Newly-appointed director general of the Malta Employers’
Association, Joe Farrugia, talks to MIRIAM DUNN about his
new post and how he thinks Malta can flourish in the international
market place
OPINION
The consumer’s role in
a liberalised telecommunications environment
By Censu Galea – Transport and Communications
Minister
The communications sector has, in recent years, witnessed significant
developments in Malta. A considerable amount of legislation has
been passed, notably, the Telecommunications (Regulation) Act, the
Malta Communications Authority Act and more recently, the Electronic
Commerce Act. A variety of subsidiary legislation has also been
enacted under the Telecommunications (Regulation) Act.
IN THE NEWS
Using economic profit as a powerful
company valuation tool
Liberalised telecoms bring lower tariffs,
better service
Chartered Institute of Bankers rebrands
itself as Institute of Financial Services
Paris meeting discusses world centre
for new thinking
Microsoft Roadshow Malta focuses on
IT and Business Communities
Malta Enterprise Board holds round
two
Chamber welcomes policy on boathouses
in the North
HSBC launches two initiatives for
persons with disability
Plaza in its eighth year
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