|  FIMBank in historic takeover 
                of London Forfaiting leading global forfaiters entire share capital valued at 
                GBP30.9 million
 By 
                Matthew Vella
 Yesterday morning at 0900hrs an announcement was made on both 
                the Malta Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange of an offer 
                by FIMBank to purchase the entire issued share capital of London 
                Forfaiting company, the leading global forfaiting company. 
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  Maltas antiquated tax regimes 
                hit the spotlight, by mistake By 
                Julian Manduca and David Lindsay
 A number of Maltas various tax regimes hit the international 
                headlines this week after an article in the Financial Times erroneously 
                quoted an antiquated EU report that had listed seven Maltese tax 
                regimes found to be harmful and out of line with those of member 
                states, Malta Financial Services Authority Chairman Professor 
                Joe Bannister told this newspaper yesterday. READ 
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  A 
                new future for public transport By 
                David Lindsay
 Speaking in todays interview Transport and Communications 
                Minister Censu Galea outlines what he calls a general overhaul 
                of the public transport system.READ 
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                  | INTERVIEW
  Overhauling public 
                      transport as we know it Transport Minister 
                      Censu Galea speaks to David Lindsay about the recently introduced 
                      bus ticketing system and its data collecting function, the 
                      future revamping of public transport as we know it and suggested 
                      alternatives to buses for transporting the public
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                  | OPINION 
  Europes date with 
                    destiny President Guido de Marco addressed the Wider, deeper 
                    stronger, conference on EU enlargement at Londons House 
                    opf Commons. Following are extracts from his speech.
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