THE MALTA FINANCIAL & BUSINESS TIMES  

09 August 2006
ISSUE NO. 449


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Pre-budget consultation


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IHI issues EUR2m share transfer to Kuwaiti property giant
Matthew Vella
International Hotel Investments (IHI) has completed the first of a three-stage agreement with National Projects Holding Company (NPHC), a subsidiary of Kuwaiti group National Real Estate Company (NREC), when it issued 2 million shares at a price of 1 euro to NPHC on Monday, a deal worth Lm861,490.
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Survey finds Gozitans financially worse off
James Debono
A survey conducted by sister newspaper MaltaToday reveals that the absolute majority of Gozitans are financially worse off this year
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iSoft suspends director following accounts probe
Matthew Vella
Troubled UK software group iSoft, a finalist among tenderers for the EUR29 million (Lm12.5m) IT system at Mater Dei hospital, yesterday suspended its commercial director Steve Graham.
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Josephine Attard Sultana kicked out of the GWU
In what is increasingly looking like a purge of officials who had supported the failed contestant for the GWU’s top post in October, Manuel Micallef, yesterday the union’s national council voted to terminate the involvement with the union of section secretary Josephine Attard Sultana. READ MORE >>


 


OPINION

Cracking the pre-budget code - George Mangion
One is justified to ask what can the 2007 budget do to help mitigate the
growing pains and smoothen the stretch marks
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Interview
A company’s religion
The recently published guidelines issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority on good corporate governance for listed companies are “balanced and appropriate for the Maltese corporate scenario” and follow the international trend. READ MORE >>


Information Technology

Oracle in business-IT agreement with IDS Scheer

EnterpriseSAP attends SAP channel meeting


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