Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Business & Finance
An ICT offshoring destination?
Offshore outsourcing (offshoring) is one of the most significant forces shaping today's business environment. It is the process whereby one...
UK in talks on troubled lender rescue
The prospect that a second British bank could be nationalised has intensified as regulators and politicians continued talks yesterday over the...
RS2 achieves Oracle Certified Partner status
RS2 Software plc, the global software provider of Bankworks card management solutions, has announced it has achieved Oracle Certified Partner...
New Vodafone internet plan
Vodafone Malta has introduced the 'Vodafone Easy' home internet package, at €9.50 per month and is available at €9 for Vodafone mobile...
Stock Market Report - Equity volumes decline on weak sentiment
During the last full week of the third quarter of the year, the Malta Stock Exchange Share Index edged 0.97% higher to 3,832.285 points, but...
Indicators for the week - All eyes on ECB
In the Euroland, markets will focus on the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting when the bank will decide on the area's interest rates. Of...
The credit crisis - observations from the local market
We are witnessing one of the most dramatic events in financial history. The seriousness and speed at which these events are unfolding is...
Currency outlook - Free markets and state intervention
For students of economic history, none of the recent financial markets turmoil should be too surprising. Booms and busts are a persistent, if...
Bonello and a world banking trail
The role of a central banker like our Michael Bonello has been pushed to imaginable heights, not only in his function of international banking...
Go introduces 'Broadband Everywhere'
Go has combined its clients' home and mobile broadband internet into one versatile cost-effective package called 'Broadband Everywhere'. This...
Abakus Solutions to host Greek graduates under Leonardo Da Vinci programme
As of November , Abakus Solutions will host two workers from Greece under the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme funded by the European Commission. The...
Prices for US homes suffer record drop
Prices of US existing homes suffered a record drop in August and the rate of sales tumbled, offering little sign of improvement in the source of...
Barclaycard fined for silent calls to customers
Regulators have slapped the maximum possible fine on British credit card operator Barclaycard for bothering customers with telephone calls even...
New customer assistance officers
Melita has recruited 20 additional customer assistance officers for its Customer Assistance Department which is now operating round the clock,...
Useful tips for graduates applying for their first jobs
Preparation is the key to success when searching for a job after graduating.
Reed Personnel Services Malta, a franchise of Reed UK, suggests...
HP launches laptop with 24-hour battery
HP has announced it has achieved an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single...
Youths offered work experience
Throughout the past year, the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) has managed a scheme for youths aged 16 to 24 with limited work...
Health spending may have to slow
Spending on healthcare may have to slow as Western economies stall, bringing to an end a period in which expenditure has far outstripped growth in...
First US greenhouse cap-and-trade market opens
Ten states in the US Northeast kicked off the country's first cap-and-trade market on greenhouse gas emissions last Thursday, gaining accolades...
Hotel project boom in Dubai
The opening of the Atlantis resort in Dubai (1,529 rooms) at the end of this month will mark the completion of one hotel project of nearly 100 in...
Spa design consultant for Mistra Heights
Mistra Heights developer Gemxija Crown Ltd have announced that International Spa Design, led by renowned consultant Peter Anderson, have been...
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