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THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2020 • ISSUE 64
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PAUL COCKS
THE local equity market is recovering after
the COVID-19 lockdown measures led to
a decrease in market activity and decrease
in share prices, BusinessToday has learned.
Sources within the industry said that
once measures started being introduced
to combat coronavirus, the equity market
immediately started to feel the strain.
e first of the companies listed on the
Malta Stock Exchange to feel the heat
when the authorties announced the clo-
sure of Malta International Airport and a
compulsory quarantine for anyone visiting
Malta, were those with close links to tour-
ism.
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INTERVIEW BERNHARDT ENGERER PG 4
Editorial PAGE 5
CLEANER POLITICS FOR BETTER BUSINESS
Local equity market
post-COVID recovery
being buoyed by bonds
Data analysis and what it
brings to a business
Evolution Gaming in bid
to take over NetEnt
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Developers lobby group
denounces piecemeal
development brief changes
New digital economy
think tank eyeing esports,
quantum technology and
big data
Marthese
Portelli
JAMES DEBONO
THE developers lobby group has
denounced piecemeal changes
to development briefs, which it
claims are used to circumvent lo-
cal plans and accommodate indi-
vidual projects.