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I Will survive - the development of resilience

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I start this article by using the title of this popular song made famous by Gloria Gaynor in 1979 and still living on as an essential element in a number of gatherings which include music....

Mind Over market

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the 66 years since World War II ended, virtually all centrally planned economies have disappeared, largely as a result of inefficiency and low growth. Nowadays, markets, price signals, decentralisation...

Time For Dr Gonzi to take the medicine

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

I am assuming today that we are living in pre-electoral times, without wanting to anticipate what the outcome of the parliamentary vote on Thursday will be....

Will There be no end to these tiresome men?

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Franco Debono has announced that he will put before Parliament a Private Member’s Bill on political party financing. Those who saw his behaviour over the last few months in t...

The Exciting and the mundane

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The GonziPN government, rather than managing our fortunes, is once again in a crisis, whereas Labour, on the other hand, is excited about our nation’s prospects....

Human Holding pens and a bête noir or hero

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It would be funny if it were not, well crazy springs to mind.While the EU is making waves to protect battery...

Key Challenges facing our gaming industry 

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was an icy cold wind that greeted me at Hamburg airport on my way to attend a specialised gambling conference ...

Mintoff And what happened in 1998

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When Dom Mintoff distanced himself from the Labour Party in the 1996-98 Alfred Sant Labour government he did not do so because he expected to be named a minister, ...

Europe’s Emancipation from the credit raters

Saturday, 21 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the last four years, the three largest credit rating agencies, which between them rate almost all of the world’s credit, have risen on the coat tails of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis to become the stuff of headlines...

Concordia Disaster could cost industry millions

Friday, 20 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The capsizing of the Costa Concordia could not have come at a worse time for the cruise industry – right at the start of the peak booking season...

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