13 - 19 January 2000

• Atlas and Capital to merge and represent AXA Insurance
• Freeport port workers still on strike
• 1,000 vehicles scrapped since introduction of VRT
• Central Bank warning over counterfeit currency
• Melita in Valletta
• Maltapost discontinues surface mail services
• Delicata goes international to overcome lack of vineyards
• 16% increase in utility rates for industry
• Malta Drydocks in first bid for repair of US Navy vessel
• Malta Business Convention launched
• AX Holdings announce changes in top management
• Malta used as testing ground for US energy company
• Thunder, lightning, family jewels, privatisation and globalisation