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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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DISTORTED CONCEPTION IN BUSINESS
Business is an activity whose main objective is to make profit. Continuous accumulation is a built-in feature of all business organizations. However, it is not always easy to make profit, at least not today. In advanced industrial economies, almost all small startups fail. In the US, 95% of new small ...
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Opinion: Succeeding together - Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil
The budget for 2017 has given us the opportunity to hold to account a government that has now been in office for almost four years and that should not keep treating politics as a game of spin. The Economic Survey for 2016, which the government published with the budget, has ...
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Opinion: Prosperity with a purpose - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
In 2016, we find ourselves in a period of unprecedented global economic instability: Brexit, low or non-existent growth in much of the eurozone and the rise of extremist parties are all signs of the new volatility. That is why my government focused on achieving a healthy, stable economy as the ...
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Editorial: Our frail economy
As the government pulls out all stops to proclaim how good the economy is, and this is then fortified by credit rating agencies and the European Commission, it would be profitable to stop and reflect beyond the mere headlines.We do have sustained growth in our economy and we do have ...
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Maltese visual effects company brings 15th century Florence to life in Rai Uno’s ‘I Medici’
Stargate Studios Malta: tell me about how it all began.The company started as ‘The Bigger Picture’ some 12 years ago, and it was founded by Matthew Pullicino and me as a production company. Over the years we produced high-end television commercials, short films and other audiovisual projects, predominantly for the ...
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State points out gaps in Health audit report
The government yesterday defended itself in the multi-billion shilling HealthGate affair, rejected the Health ministry's interim audit and said everything tendered and paid for has been delivered. It said the Sh5.2 billion figure widely reported as suspect spending was greatly exaggerated and emphasised there was no inappropriate spending or procurement. ...
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Business Beat: Co-working spaces critical to entrepreneurship ecosystem
As the innovation ecosystem in ‘Africa's Silicon Savannah' grows, each of us needs to take a step back and consider our role within the community.
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Business: Co-working spaces critical to entrepreneurship ecosystem
As the innovation ecosystem in ‘Africa's Silicon Savannah' grows, each of us needs to take a step back and consider our role within the community.
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LG Health Care Acquires Asian Unit of Johnson & Johnson's "Reach" Brand
LG Household & Health Care said on November 1 that it acquired the Asia-Oceanian unit of Reach, the oral care brand of Johnson & Johnson of the United States. Established in 1972 by Johnson & Johnson, the brand sells toothbrush and dental floss products. It holds trademarks and patents in ...
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GM Korea sales rise 1.1% on-year in Oct.
GM Korea Co., the local unit of US automaker General Motors Co., said Tuesday its sales grew from a year earlier in Octo
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New York law targeting commercial operators of illegal hotels seen hurting small-scale Airbnb ranks
Jordan Reeves works for a nonprofit and his partner is a puppeteer. They say there’s not a lot of spare income floating around their Brooklyn apartment. That’s why they sometimes rent the place through Airbnb for extra cash when they’re not there. But a new law that carries fines of ...
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‘Fostering should not be run exclusively by State’
Fostering services should not be run exclusively by the State as is being suggested in the new Child Protection Bill, according to the director of the Church’s children homes. “We have a big problem in Malta because of lack of foster carers, which in turn puts immense pressure on residential homes. “At ...
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Business in Brief: Partner CEO scores regulators, urges breakup of Bezeq
Check Point bests forecasts for third-quarter results; Profits at Discount New York plunged in the third quarter; Teva trades heavily as ETFs bail out of drug maker’s Tel Aviv shares.
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There can be no humanitarian solution to the conflict in Yemen - UN relief chief
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: YemenThis humanitarian catastrophe in "Yemen is a man-made disaster, where conflict has exacerbated and exponentially increased the suffering of the 50 per cent of the Yemeni population," Mr. O'Brien to the Security Council. Mr. President, There can be no humanitarian solution to ...
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ICRC highlights human cost of ignoring Geneva Conventions
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: World"Not enough countries, not enough armies, not enough armed groups, are abiding by the fundamental human values enshrined in the Geneva Conventions," says ICRC chief.Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today launched an ad-style video which illustrates ...
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Water on the front line near Mosul, Iraq
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: IraqIn recently retaken Al Houd, UNICEF unloaded 3,000 sets of drinking water, 1,500 hygiene kits and 1,500 buckets on the ground of a walled residence, as residents gathered outside the gate.By Sharon Behn Nogueira31 October 2016 Al Houd, south of Mosul , was retaken by ...
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Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity
The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation's identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.Lost or severely damaged in the ...
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Budget 2017: The PN Opposition offers no alternative, fresh proposals for Gozo – Anton Refalo
Gozo Minister Anton Refalo said that for the Gozitan dream to come true, the government needs to work in a team. "We have assisted for an hour and a half harsh criticism from the Opposition and I am very worried at the lack of credibility which the PN offers," he ...
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Marsascala mayor defends Jerma high-rise plans; ‘better to build upwards than sideways’
Marsascala Mayor Mario Calleja has defended a proposal that would see the construction of three towers, the tallest being 44 floors, on reclaimed land on the site of the former Jerma hotel. The Malta Independent on Sunday spoke to Mr Calleja on Thursday, one day before the Planning Authority said ...
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Key: TPP has 'no chance' if Trump wins
Prime Minister John Key thinks the US could ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, but not if Donald Trump beats her.
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SKT, Intel partner for autonomous vehicles
South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom said Monday that it has joined hands with US chipmaker Intel Corp. for the develo