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Cruise liner tourism seriously
threatened by EU tax protocol
- 180,000 cancellations already for 2004
By
David Lindsay
The sight of cruise liners along Valletta’s Sea Passenger
Terminal has these days become a very familiar one, with the lucrative
sector adding substantial value to the tourism sector as well
as to the pockets of Valletta shopkeepers and other cottage industries
that service the booming tourism segment.READ
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Maltese Parmalat companies to report
to MFSA by today
By Julian Manduca
The Malta Financial and Services Authority has written to "all
Maltese companies holding a warrant or licensed to act as nominees,"
to ask them to report any connection with Parmalat related companies
and top ranking officials. READ
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Product
Malta must be brought up to scratch - Zahra
In today’s Malta Financial and Business Times’
interview (see pages 10-11), Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
president Winston J Zahra says how the ill-portents of hotel unsustainability
are coming to light following warnings issued by the MHRA. READ
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Maltacom’s
interim financial statement bolstered by Vodafone sale
- earnings per share nearly double to 12c3
By
a staff reporter
National telecom provider Maltacom’s financial statement
for the first three quarters of the year, which was released yesterday
by the company, shows surging profit levels for the January-September
period – at close to double those of 2002. READ
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INTERVIEW
Emergency product ‘Malta’
MATTHEW VELLA gets the low-down on brewing trouble
for product ‘Malta’. Have the Maltese Islands
failed to get out the doldrums of national activity? Hotelier
and Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association president Winston
J Zahra wishes things could be different
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OPINION
A new Chamber for a new, and challenging, year
Malta
Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise President Reginald Fava
addresses the Chamber’s recent 155th Annual General Meeting.
Following are extracts from his speech, in which he gives
commerce’s insight into issues such as EU membership,
the Malta Business Bureau, the challenges and opportunities
for small businesses, and the state of public finances |
NEWS
Contracts Director fails to reply
to ‘illegal’ Mater Dei re-evaluation exercise allegations
Full impact of VAT increase to
be expected by February
Tourism turnaround by Q2 2004 –
Zammit Dimech
HSBC Group donates GBP30,000 to
Foundation for Educational Services
Malta’s per capita GDP revised
to 71 per cent of EU average
Brincat asks for a more detailed
investigation into VOM
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