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Those Fickle sovereign wealth funds

Friday, 30 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

NEW YORK: Two years ago, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) were the bogeymen of world finance. Then came the global financial crisis, and worries about them seemed to vanish...

Problems Have no vacations

Friday, 30 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Academic research from the States points out one rather important factor...

Tony Zarb Celebrates

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

“Whether you sell cars, food or advertising, that kind of instant surge in unemployment will hit you hard. But there’s worse: remove ST Microelectronics’ export value from the equation, and Malta’s balance of trade is thrown right off kilter”...

Natural And civil rights

Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Now divorce may also seem to me to be legitimate in many cases where there is abuse, violence, negligence or simply lack of interest in one’s self or in the partner...

Bad Days for the environment… yet again

Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It might sound reassuring for Mario de Marco to declare that our environment is too small to afford to suffer any more mistakes than we have already committed in the past. I could not but agree more. ...

Nightmares

Monday, 26 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister himself tries to play with words with regard to whether people are at risk of poverty or in poverty...

Inflation And the internal market

Monday, 26 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

An important element for the goal of boosting our economic growth potential to above euro-area average levels lies in the maintenance of price competitiveness. Unfortunately, with the exception of 2007...

Getting A fair deal out of government

Sunday, 25 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Economic circumstances continue to challenge our standard of living and the well being of businesses, especially small businesses. ...

Pensioners: The future majority consumers

Sunday, 25 July 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is under attack. The European Commission has warned the government to hasten the reform of state-funded health care as well as the pension system. It argues that the ...

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