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16 May 2007
ISSUE NO. 486


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ECB to recommend Euro entry with established ERMII parity rate
Karl Stagno-Navarra
European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet will today echo the European Commission’s formal recommendation for Malta’s adoption of the Euro as it’s national currency as from January 1, 2008, and will also recommend keeping the established ERMII central parity rate of Lm0.429300 as the equivalent of EUR1.
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Ministry confirms meetings on Malta Shipyards future
Gerald Fenech
Although discussions and meetings have apparently taken place in the past days on the future of Malta Shipyards, effectively confirming the story published by sister paper Malta Today last Sunday, the Ministry for Industry, Investment and IT have insisted that no offer to buy out the yard has been made as yet.
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Malta online gaming sector to generate EUR5 billion in turnover for 2007
Karl Stagno-Navarra
With an estimated turnover of EUR5 billion this year alone, Malta is set to become the European hub of online gaming, with new applications constantly flowing into the Malta Gaming Authority offices that has seen a three-fold increase in revenue and job creation in just under two and a half years.
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OPINION
George M. Mangion
The oracle at Castille
This government is no longer ossified but is taking the courageous decisions READ MORE >>


POINT OF VIEW - Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Our history as a drive for tourism
Malta is investing considerable resources to upgrade its tourist product READ MORE >>


EDITORIAL
A new dawn for Malta Shipyards?
Last Sunday’s announcement in our sister paper Malta Today on the supposed talks currently underway between government and a foreign company to eventually sell Malta Shipyards has sent welcome ripples through the business community although it may have been received with trepidation by the union sector. READ MORE >>


Interview
From business to politics and back
Interview with John Dalli, MP, who talks about his early career as an accountant, his life in politics his burgeoning business career and his ambitions for malta in the international commercial scenario READ MORE >>


Information Technology
GFI EventsManager wins Redmond Magazine’s 2007 Readers’ Choice Award
GFI EventsManager has been recognised for excellence and awarded the 2007 Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Security Auditing Product category by Redmond Magazine, GFI Software announced today. READ MORE >>

NetApp Enterprise Storage
NetApp® FAS systems are the industry´s broadest family of compatible storage systems, offering unmatched business agility, superior application uptime, simplicity of management, and low TCO. READ MORE >>

UK’s leading car parts distributor selects Datatrak’s DispatchIT as its supply chain management solution
Euro Car Parts Ltd, one of UK’s leading car parts distributors reached an agreement this month to run datatrak’s flag ship solution, DispatchIT on their fleet of distribution vehicles and mobile sales force. The multi-year deal will see over 450 mobile devices running the advanced job dispatch solution, including the mobile sales force version of DispatchIT which will be used by 80 mobile sales men across the UK. READ MORE >>


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