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Thursday, 11 September 2014, 18:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
During the month of October, the Building Industry Consultative Council is launching another training course on how to maintain and care for old houses and houses of character. This course is starting...
Middlesex University Malta welcomes English language campaign
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 18:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Middlesex University Malta welcomes the announcement that the Education Ministry is embarking on a programme and campaign to raise the standards of English language use in Malta. Maltese...
Insanity Master Class Weekend at Cynergi
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 17:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
From the 3rd-6th October, Cynergi Health and Fitness Club will be hosting an Insanity Master Class Weekend. Having taken the fitness world by storm, Insanity is a max interval training workout which...
Russian gas supplies to Poland drop further
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 16:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Russian natural gas deliveries to Poland dropped by 45 percent on Wednesday, the third day of decreases, heightening concerns that Moscow is piling on political pressure over the crisis in...
Apple rebound leads the US market
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 15:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
US A rebound in Apple pushed US stocks higher yesterday following a recent weakness in US equity markets. Apple shares increased by over 3 percent, the most actively traded stock on the...
From industry to services
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 14:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Read them how you will but it is hard to portray the most recent index of industrial production figures as being particularly positive. After all, industrial production in July 2014 was 4.2% lower...
Malta sees EU’s highest GDP growth in Q2 2014, over Q1 2014
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 10:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Seasonally adjusted GDP remained stable in the euro area (EA18) and rose by 0.2% in the EU28 during the second quarter of 2014, compared with the previous quarter, according to second estimates...
Cable lifted as “No” campaign takes the lead at the indicative polls
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 09:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As a preliminary gauge of sentiment we see that the US equities staged a rebound after the losses made Tuesday. Major Asian equity indices were mostly weaker but the Japanese Nikkei was the exception...
GWU supports cutting business cost and bureaucracy overheads
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 08:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Last week saw the publication of two important documents, related to Malta’s economic performance, in the form of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2014, and the Government’s Pre-budget Document 2015. In the first of a series of interviews Piers Allen contacted the President of the General Workers’ Union, Victor Carachi, to find out his perspective on Malta’s current economic situation....
MSC Armonia enters drydock in Palermo
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 08:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
MSC Cruises’ ambitious Renaissance Programme to renew and enlarge four ships of its 12-strong fleet has reached a new level after MSC Armonia arrived in Sicily. On Sunday 31...