Business
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Oil giant boss poised to step down
The boss of oil giant Shell announced more bumper profits last Friday but said he will quit the group next year in search of a “change in lifestyle”. Peter Voser, who is 54 and has been chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell since July 2009, told...
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70% of customers prefer healthy tills
Lidl UK has doubled the number of healthy tills in stores nationwide to 1,200 after 70 per cent of the 1,294 customers surveyed said they preferred to use a healthy till for their family food shop. Lidl introduced the tills, which replace ‘treat’...
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Dhalia at A Place in the Sun Live
Dhalia Real Estate Services recently attended A Place in the Sun Live at the London Olympia. This expo, attended by over 100 exhibitors, as well as TV personalities who host the UK television programme bearing the same name, helps visitors choose an...
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Richard England exhibition at BOV
Around 150 panels featuring Richard England’s work in architecture, sculpture, graphics and art will take centre stage at Bank of Valletta’s 21st retrospective exhibition. The exhibition will be inaugurated by President George Abela and will run...
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Nationwide to scrap historic society brands
Nationwide is to scrap three historic building society brands that it took over at the height of the financial crisis, with the loss of 500 jobs. Up to half of 91 branches of the Cheshire, Derbyshire and Dunfermline mutuals are to be shut as a...
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Firms ‘flouting responsibilities’
A rising number of cancer patients in the UK feel discriminated against when they return to work after treatment, a charity has said. Almost two in five patients (37 per cent) who go back to work after being treated for cancer say they experience...
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BSkyB profits increase 9% to £994m
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB insisted its sports offering had “never been in better shape” as it laid down the gauntlet to rival BT with a leap in earnings and subscriber numbers. The group said operating profits increased nine per cent to £994...
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Construction ‘past the worst’
Britain’s beleaguered construction industry showed signs it may be ‘past the worst’ as figures revealed a marked slowdown in its overall decline, helped by a boost in house building. The sector experienced its slowest rate of contraction in six...
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Nuisance neighbours deter buyers
An aerial view of houses on residential streets as nuisance neighbours are the biggest turn-off for prospective home-buyers, ahead of messy gardens and bad taste decorations, a property website has found. People living in the North East and the East...
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Lichtenstein-inspired graffiti artwork
Shannon Craig, aged 20, holds a copy of a giant Roy Lichtenstein-inspired graffiti artwork she helped to produce with the help of the Tate Modern Gallery, which is open for public display, close to the Tate Modern Gallery in south London. Working...
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Knowing our online shopping rights
Buying goods online is becoming increasingly easy. With a simple mouse click, we can purchase anything we need from anywhere we like. Shopping online is less stressful and time-consuming than having to drive from one shop to the next in traffic and...
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Faulty washing machine
Q: I recently bought a washing machine with a five-year commercial guarantee. After two years and one month, the washing machine developed a fault. It started making strange noises and I immediately contacted the seller. When I called, I was asked...
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Weekly consumer advice
• When buying online, we have the right of cancellation, which starts from the date we receive the goods ordered. • The cooling-off period may be extended by up to three months if the seller fails to provide us with the information required under...
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EU sees deeper eurozone recession throughout year
The eurozone economy will contract by more than expected this year and Budget deficits will decline more slowly, the European Commission said yesterday as it set out forecasts for the next two years. France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands – four...
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Index turns positive
Following a shortened week due to Wednesday’s public holiday the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) Index managed to re-position itself in winning grounds with a gain of 0.4 per cent, despite trading notably lower in three sessions. In fact, the remarkable...
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FTSE rises up to very near six-year highs
The FTSE 100 rose yesterday to return to near six-year highs reached in March, as strong US jobs data lifted markets while mining stocks rebounded on a recovery in metals prices. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended up 0.9 per cent, or 60.75 points...
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Youth (un)employment challenge
In an article entitled Generation Jobless, The Economist wrote about the 300 million young people around the world aged between 15 and 24 who are unemployed. The topic of youth unemployment may not be a new one, but the way The Economist has...
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DAX leads European shares higher after ECB interest rate cut
European shares rose yesterday after the European Central Bank cut interest rates, and investors said the ECB’s readiness to act further to boost growth would support equities in the near term. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.4...
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