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                PBS could be run by 90 full timers  
                By 
                Ray Abdilla 
                "The Public Broadcasting Services, PBS could be run by 90 
                full time employees. No one will be fired from PBS but something 
                has to be done quickly, at least by the end of this year. PBS 
                cant continue to lose any more money." 
                 Maltacom 
                shares lowest in a year 
                  
                Bad debt unrelated 
                to Price Club demise 
                By 
                Kurt Sansone 
                The publication of Maltacoms financial statement 
                for the first six months of the year showing a decrease in profits 
                when compared to the same period last year, has hit the average 
                price of Maltacom shares on the Malta Stock Exchange, which dropped 
                to its lowest price in over a year 
                
              VFM Med Rim Fund sees 
              birth of new process 
              By 
              David Lindsay  
              Valletta Fund Management, jointly run by Rothschild Asset 
              Management and Bank of Valletta, recently took its first steps in 
              its internationalisation process by launching the Mediterranean 
              Rim Fund 
               
              INTERVIEW 
               
                 
               Robin Fuller  
              Valletta Fund Management recently launched their groundbreaking 
                Mediterranean Rim Fund - investing in and retailing the fund in 
                Mediterranean's emerging markets of Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco 
                and Malta. Apart from boosting the regional economy as a whole 
                and providing a good distributed yield to investors, the Fund 
                also marks the first step in Valletta Fund Management's internationalisation 
                process. David Lindsay learns more from Rothschild Asset 
                Management Managing Director Robin Fuller about the initiative 
                and Rothchild's long history with VFM. 
                
               
              IN THE NEWS 
               
                
               LAFICO deal still being 
              polished up  
                
              HSBC's equity analysis radically 
              restructured  
                
              Direct Credits becoming even 
              more popular  
                
              HSBC reduces interest rates 
              for new home  
                
              Better deal for home buyers 
              from APS Bank 
                
              Maltacom appoints new corporate 
              broker  
                
              Dr Cassola to visit Robin Cook 
               
               
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