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A Look at employment and the minimum wage

Thursday, 4 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The PN strategists seem to have decided to base their electoral campaigns on outright lies. Misinterpreting beyond any reasonable level of acceptance the words of the leader of the Opposition...

It’s Nearly done, but they’re still moaning

Thursday, 4 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The announcement yesterday that €44 million have been spent already on the City Gate project have drawn the ‘they just don’t get it do they’ crowd out of their bars, cafes and holes in the ground, to kvetch and bicker on the internet...

Central Banks on the offensive?

Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It looks like a coordinated offensive: On 6 September, the European Central Bank outlined a new bond-buying programme, letting markets know that there were no pre-set limits to its purchases...

Negative Empty politics as opposed to positive concrete deliverables

Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Labour Party is in panic. This is showing quite clearly now as they have started to realise that pre-election polls have to be taken for what they are and that the people in Malta have learned many lessons from the past...

Banking On financial inclusion

Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The 2008 financial crisis highlighted the profound importance of finance for the globalised economy. But 2.5 billion people worldwide still lack access to formal banking services, ...

In Urgent need of a political bailout

Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is more than meets the eye to the unconfirmed report that PN Crown Prince Simon Busuttil will be running on the district from which I have been elected so far...

‘The Tyranny of small numbers’

Monday, 1 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the last few days we have seen violent demonstrations in the world from Nigeria to Cairo to Indonesia to even Australia. Some are thinking this is representative of the 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. It is not....

Property Market is stagnant

Monday, 1 October 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The property market and the construction industry are sectors that, like other business activities, employ and engage hundreds of workers both directly and indirectly...

Defending Multiculturalism

Sunday, 30 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This month marked a day in history when the world stood still. Glued to our television screens, we witnessed horrifying images of the World Trade Centre engulfed in flames and people despera...

The Mangy donkey

Sunday, 30 September 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Next Saturday marks an anniversary that should not pass unnoticed or without comment and reflection. I a...

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