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THE
ECONOMIC UPDATE LOOKS AT
THE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING SUB- SECTOR, WHICH, AFTER
30 YEARS, NOW ACCOUNTS FOR 65 PER CENT OF MALTA’S MANUFACTURED
EXPORTABLE GOODS
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F O C U S
What to do with Lm5,000
By Marika
Azzopardi
Paying of loans is a top priority in many people’s
minds. This is based on a poll organised by The Malta Financial
and Business Times which asked a simple question to a selection
of white-collar workers. ‘If you were given Lm 5,000 today,
what would you do with them?’ READ
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Globe-British American merger to
go ahead
The merger of Globe Financial Management plc with the Malta branch
of British American Insurance is to go ahead. The merger will create
Malta’s largest non-banking financial services organisation,
operating in the field of investment advice, retirement planning,
life and health insurance. READ
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Shadow Foreign minister George Vella
stands his ground
By Kurt
Sansone
Labour Party deputy leader George Vella believes that a
partnership agreement with the EU is still possible and the blue
print was set in 1998 when an agreement was signed between the Labour
administration and the EU. Dr Vella reiterated that although the
1998 agreement was based on the association agreement that Malta
has had with the EU since 1971 it set the pace for a different type
of arrangement. READ
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INTERVIEW
EU not forged by citizens
Toni Abela presents his arguments against European
integration and expresses his concerns about NATO |
OPINION
Tourism. Selling Malta as a
product through photography; Illusions or reality?
Drawing false illusions of Malta are not helping Tourism argues
Mario Schembri Wismayer
NEWS
Slack business for bars … better
for restaurants
Bar owners are not happy with this year’s timing of the World
Cup finals. Not only are they battling an economic slowdown, but
the early-morning timings of the matches also means they are not
finding this year’s footballing bonanza to be the guaranteed
money spinner it usually is.
Manufacturing still suffering from
dnepressed demand - FOI
According to the Federation of Industry’s latest Industry Trends
Survey, the forecasts of export oriented firms for this year’s
second half are more pessimistic than the firms’ sentiment
was for the second half of 2001
Regulatory approval for 21% Lombard
Bank share transfer
Lombard Bank announced late last week that the necessary regulatory
approvals have been received for the sale of the 21 per cent shareholding
of the bank held by CCF Holdings (Suisse) and Handelsfinanz-CCF
Bank to the Banca Unione di Credito.
CBM survey finds gradual improvement
in business sentiment
According to the Central Bank of Malta’s latest business perceptions
survey, there has been a cautious improvement in sentiment among
the business players responding to the survey.
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