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Priceclub’s turmoil proportionate
to Parmalat’s financial fiasco
By Julian Manduca
The impact of the collapse of the Priceclub on Malta is probably
equal to or could even be in excess of that of the possible impacts
of the Parmalat scandal, The Malta Financial and Business Times
reveals. READ
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Leisure industry fears smoking ban
will have negative economic impact
By Kurt Sansone
Malta will be joining Ireland and Norway this year in enforcing
a ban on smoking in public places but the regulations, which come
into force in April have raised eyebrows in the leisure industry
with one operator describing them as "cold turkey."
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How
much Maltese money could be lost in Parmalat?
A number of stockbrokers have confirmed that Maltese
investors made investments in the troubled Parmalat, but because
of client confidentiality could not confirm the details.
Up until a few months ago an investment in Parmalat was considered
a wise investment and several stockbrokers advised Maltese to
invest in the dairy giant. READ
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Maltacom
chairman rules out redundancies
As the Maltacom Group seeks to invest in innovation
in the coming year it will also be looking closely at its bottom
line in a bid to have a leaner operation. But newly appointed
Chairman Sonny Portelli, yesterday ruled out that a leaner company
meant redundancies.
"Like any business we have to look at our cost base. We have
to be efficient and lean.
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OPINION
The eurozone’s economic
outlook and long term growth prospects
Professor Otmar Issing, Member of the Executive
Board of the European Central Bank, yesterday spoke before
the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European
Parliament. In his address, Issing delivers a macroeconomic
outlook for the euro area and the most important structural
issues facing the euro area and focuses on the European Parliament's
draft resolution on structural reforms and the Lisbon agenda |
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FOI calls for drastic measures
to bolster eroding competitiveness
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