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Strong measures will be needed
to allay spiralling deficit
- Country living on thin air, says veteran economist
By Matthew Vella
"We are chasing ghosts. We are hoping our gross domestic
product will increase when revenue is not coming in, expenditure
is rising, and wastage in human resources and other areas is rampant.
We are a country living on thin air."
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Groundbreaking buyout, soaring profits
leave investors non-phased
- FIMBank emerges triumphant in battle for London Forfaiting
By David Lindsay
Despite having announced that its profits for the first half of
this year had leapt more than twice as high as last year’s
and after announcing Friday it had emerged triumphant in its battle
to acquire the world-leading London Forfaiting Company, Malta’s
investing community still appears numb to the enormous growth
potential Malta Stock Exchange-listed First International Merchant
Bank holds at the moment.
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am not speaking to the press, says Alfred Mifsud
By
Kurt Sansone
The Labour Party’s vigilance board decision on Saturday
to publicly warn Alfred Mifsud not to continue "harming the
Labour Party" in his articles came as a bolt from the blue
after the good publicity the party enjoyed from the visit of the
European socialists.
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INTERVIEW
Volksbank targets local,
Maghreb markets and establishes local commercial presence
Newly appointed Volksbank Malta Managing Director
Herbert Skok speaks to DAVID LINDSAY about the bank’s
ambitious plans for the local market spurred by its onshore
move, for which the bank was granted a licence just last
November. Mr Skok’s appointment falls in line with
the bank’s new strategic directions given his extensive
experience in commercial and international banking
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OPINION
Urging the corporate sector to sponsor volunteer care initiatives
Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister for Social Policy Dr Lawrence
Gonzi addresses a seminar on ‘Emerging challenges of
looking after children in residential care’ organised
by the APPOGG agency yesterday. In his address, Dr Gonzi called
on the corporate sector to look closely at projects like Home
Start and urged corporate support for these programmes. |
NEWS
Malta not invited to Prague, did
not seek invitation
Email makes its mark felt on postal
service
EU says France may push European
deficit over limit
Labour supply rises, unemployment
falls
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