The Malta Business Weekly - 2017-11-16

• Paradise Papers: Finn used millions to rescue Maltese bank
• Maltese foreign minister in talks on oil smuggling with Libyan authoritie­s
• Follow-up Audit: Follow-up Reports, 2017 by the National Audit Office
• Prize-giving Ceremony for Coin Design Competitio­n
• Autumn 2017 Economic Forecast: continued growth in a changing policy context
• Bank of Valletta to increase its share capital through a Rights issue of 105 million new shares
• GO launches 1 Gigabit service for business
• Malta: Current account and budget balance surpluses cement
• Number of EU workers in UK rises by 112,000 since Brexit vote
• MCAST launches new mobile app game designed by MCAST student
• Paulo Freire Institute and Vodafone Malta Foundation launch a free, digital toolkit for people facing literacy challenges
• Award of the Internatio­nal Ocean Institute’s Elisabeth Mann Borgese Medal to Professor Alfred J. Vella rector, University of Malta
• Malta, from a trade hub to a world Fintech centre
• Positive developmen­ts in negotiatio­ns to finalise trade agreements discussed during FAC Trade Council of Ministers
• ‘The regulatory interventi­on in Fintech could make or break its developmen­t’ – Minister Scicluna
• ESMA alerts investors to the high risks of Initial Coin Offerings
• Peace – Commemorat­ive €2 coins under the programme From children in solidarity
• Children’s Coin Design competitio­n 2018-2020
• Last Chance to Exchange Maltese Lira Fifth Series Banknotes
• Air Malta to start services to Casablanca, Venice and St Petersburg next summer
• Transport Malta announces winners of the 2017 Permanent Sustainabl­e Mobility Measures competitio­n
• Future of Europe: Towards a European Education Area by 2025
• Growth through retail could be plateauing
• Tapping European business and technology opportunit­ies
• Only 20% of Boards spend enough time on corporate culture
• The Many Potential Benefits of Serverless Computing
• Four major banks supporting The Shoreline’s Phase 2 sea view apartments – on sale from 21st November
• IBB Hotel Collection sets up its management team
• Second extension – Grant schemes on electric Environmen­t Friendly Vehicles
• Uber set to sell $10bn stake to Softbank
• UK spies are worried about the Kaspersky software that Barclays gave its customers for free
• Innogy takes £427m hit on Npower value
• Nisa shareholde­rs back Co-op takeover
• Boeing wins $15bn order from Emirates
• TradeMalta announces the winners for Malta Internatio­nal Business Awards
• Minister Abela: the government is determined to inject a new verve for trade promotion
• The President’s Trust and Boston Link launch ‘Youth Employment Skills Workshops’
• Enemalta completes excavation of Marsa-Qormi tunnel
• BNF Bank supports ninth edition of the President’s Solidarity Fun Run
• Satariano – Maltezos Solar Water heaters celebrate 35 years in Malta
• PKF attends Banking and Corporate Management Conference 2017
• Emirates and Vibe FM sends winner to Dubai
• MCAST Institute for the Creative Arts showcases works in progress on the production of Verdi’s ‘Aida’
• St Cecilia’s Day Concert – Music from the German baroque masters
• David Hockney at The Royal Academy of Arts
• National League – Round Up
• Tesco takeover of Booker gets go-ahead
• Connected toys have ‘worrying’ security issues
• Money Market Report for the week ending 10 November
• Venezuela in selective default, says credit ratings agency
• STM shares suspended, acquires Malta pension firm
• 23 EU states (but not Malta) launch new era for European defence cooperatio­n

The Malta Business Weekly - 2017-11-09

The Malta Business Weekly - 2017-11-23