Business
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 by
Atlas JMFS Investment Services Limited
Financials drag index down
Following last week’s marginal rise the, Malta Stock Exchange index retreated from its positive position by recording a loss of 0.2 per cent to end the week at 2,971.832 points. Despite a relatively encouraging week with the index trading on higher...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Eurozone crisis drives stocks lower
World stock markets fell in nervous trade yesterday and the euro hit a new four-month low against the dollar as a downgrade hit 16 Spanish banks ahead of a key G8 meeting, rattling investors. Shares on Wall Street briefly bucked the trend amid...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 by
Western Union Business Solutions
Daily currency report
Fresh eurozone concerns were compounded by disappointing US economic data, accelerating a flight into safer assets such as the US dollar and yen which seems to be turning more aggressive by the day. Rating agency Moody’s delivered a fresh blow to...
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Friday, May 18, 2012 by
Lawrence Zammit
Take nothing for granted
Last week Malta was given two certificates of good government, one by the International Monetary Fund and the other by the European Union. Someone may point out that this week the EU is still assessing whether Malta’s deficit reduction is...
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Friday, May 18, 2012
European stocks come tumbling down again
Europe’s main stock markets tumbled yesterday and the euro hit a new four-month dollar low as worries spiked over the eurozone debt crisis that is plaguing Greece and now circling Spain. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 1.24...
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Daily currency report
Stresses in global markets eased somewhat, as investors appeared to take a breather, following days of relentless selling of risky assets. The euro found some short-term reprieve despite mounting worries that individuals in Greece are starting to...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Harry Papachristou
Concerned about a euro exit, Greeks pull funds from banks
Greeks are withdrawing euros, afraid of the prospect of rapid devaluation if the country leaves the single currency, minutes of President Karolos Papoulias’s meetings with political leaders showed. Greece’s warring parties have refused to form a...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Joanna Ripard
Ex-shipyards personnel excel at SR Technics
SR Technics, the aviation maintenance company, has just promoted 12 of 18 assistant technicians recruited two years ago to technicians. The assistant technicians, some in their 50s, included men previously employed with Malta Shipyards. SR...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Joanna Ripard
200 guests for ship design software conference
Around 200 shipbuilding and process design professionals will travel to Malta next week for a Netherlands-based ship design software annual users’ meeting at Valletta’s Mediterranean Conference Centre. Numeriek Centrum Groningen develops and markets...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Curmi & Partners and Morgan Stanley to explore wealth management opportunities
Curmi & Partners will this evening be hosting an event with Morgan Stanley to explore wealth management opportunities in Malta. David Curmi, managing director of Curmi & Partners said: “In light of the challenging investment environment, it has...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Anthony Manduca
Fears of Greek exit from the eurozone increase
Elections are to be held in Greece on June 17 after Tuesday’s final talks among the political parties to form a coalition government failed. A caretaker government will now be appointed by President Karolos Papoulias to administer the country until...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
InterContinental enhances social media presence
InterContinental Malta is currently enhancing its social media presence with a greater emphasis on interactivity for users. The first of a number of initiatives is an overhaul of the property’s Facebook timeline which now features a restaurant...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Banif’s 15 month Hi-Saver Account re-launched
Clients opting for Banif Bank’s re-launched 15 month Hi-Saver Account now have the flexibility of choosing the minimum opening balance and subsequent monthly deposit payments which best suits their lifestyle. Over the initial period of 12 months,...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Fiesta Trend Plus now available
The new Fiesta Trend Plus is now available; this highly popular car is offering additional features that include Momo alloy wheels, parking sensors and Bluetooth. This model, currently available at the Gasan Enterprises showroom in Mriehel, also...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Jobigloo celebrates first anniversary
Jobigloo.com, one of Malta’s leading jobsites and the largest free job portal, has been live for a year. Launched at the end of April last year, Jobigloo.com now has more than 8,000 page views, over 5,000 unique visitors per month and a daily...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Mellieħa Holiday Centre upgrades with Tempur mattresses
Beds within all the 156 bungalows at the Mellieħa Holiday Centre have fitted with Tempur Cloud 19 mattresses. This Tempur mattress conforms to body shape and offers an ideal balance of softness and support by combining the unique Tempur material...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Joanna Ripard
Finance Malta social media platform is a hit
Since going live on March 7, more than one million people have viewed Finance Malta’s posts on Facebook, analytics for the recently launched social media platform show. In just two months Finance Malta has succeeded in winning a healthy social media...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Martin Debattista
Early days for e-commerce
Only 15 per cent of Maltese companies who took part in a recent survey said they sell online. The rest claimed their products are not suited for such a medium, and they also mentioned lack of expertise, difficulties in implementing payment...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
BMIT gives free trial of its cloud services
Following the launch of its cloud services platform a few weeks ago, local-company BMIT has extended a 15-day cloud computing trial to the guests at the official launch. The trial gives access to all the features and functionalities of our cloud...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 by
Patrick J. O Brien
Designing your way into the web market
As the internet attracts more and more daily users who engage in various activities online there is a natural increase in the demand for people who can design great, visually arresting and highly usable websites. Although it’s still early in 2012,...
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