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Storm damage a catalyst for higher
insurance premiums
- certain factories saw workforce depleted to 25
per cent due to storm
By Matthew Vella
Insurance companies speaking to The Malta Financial and Business
Times yesterday said the scale of damages from Monday’s storm
which would be recorded by the end of the week, in terms of motor
insurance claims could possibly one of the highest yet.READ
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EU, US blamed for failure of trade
talks
- Malta favoured negotiations on Singapore issues
By Julian Manduca
The European Union and the United States drove the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) talks here to collapse as they refused to give
real concessions to a bloc of developing countries, members of
civil society have claimed. READ
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Dalli
joins Commonwealth finance ministers in Brunei for annual talks
- high level conference to focus on delivering
basic services to the poor
By David Lindsay
Maltese Finance Minister John Dalli yesterday joined more than
50 fellow Commonwealth finance ministers in Brunei under heavy
security surveillance for the 37th Commonwealth Finance Ministers
Meeting. READ
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Storm
brought Malta to verge of a national emergency
By Kurt Sansone
Monday’s torrential rain created floods of a different kind
at the Civil Protection headquarters with emergency phone calls
pouring in by the minute. READ
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INTERVIEW
Creating syntheses
between banking and stockbroking
David Lindsay speaks to Bank of Valletta Stockbrokers
Ltd’s Franco Xuereb about BOVSL’s scope of activities,
its success in tapping investment potential, investor outlook
and the subsidiary’s future prospects
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OPINION
Changing
fortunes: financing world growth
European Central Bank President
Dr Willem F. Duisenberg addresses the 2003 Spruce Meadows
Round Table in Calgary, Canada. Dr Duisenberg speaks on the
issue of future challenges in microeconomic policies and structural
reforms in particular economic areas of the world |
NEWS
Austrian banking group opens shop
in Malta, targets niche market
HSBC wins The Banker’s Best
Bank of the Year Award
Sweden delivers latest rebuke to
Europe's currency
Manufacturing sales up 3.1 per
cent
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