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		By: yor/malta		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-392330</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[yor/malta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387681&quot;&gt;david and goliath&lt;/a&gt;.

Let us not forget that Caqnu and Co grew bloated in size and bulldozed their way up under successive PN governments. Now they smell the wind of change and are making plans for the future: Futur Biex Inkomplu Jghaqduhom.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387681">david and goliath</a>.</p>
<p>Let us not forget that Caqnu and Co grew bloated in size and bulldozed their way up under successive PN governments. Now they smell the wind of change and are making plans for the future: Futur Biex Inkomplu Jghaqduhom.</p>
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		By: carlos		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-391939</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[carlos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Such persons  threatening the whole politcal and economic system should never have been allowed to become so mighty.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such persons  threatening the whole politcal and economic system should never have been allowed to become so mighty.</p>
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		By: Claude Sciberras		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claude Sciberras]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think that MEPA should only sanction something if it is something trivial not a whole complex outside the development zone, and then again if you sanction once then you should not sanction a second or third time.  I think that if this is the way MEPA is working then no wonder our country is looking more and more like a jungle of buildings.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that MEPA should only sanction something if it is something trivial not a whole complex outside the development zone, and then again if you sanction once then you should not sanction a second or third time.  I think that if this is the way MEPA is working then no wonder our country is looking more and more like a jungle of buildings.</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-389366</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388206&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Do you think that she might consider taking over the banks once again when she is part of the government?

I mean, it runs in the family.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388206">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Do you think that she might consider taking over the banks once again when she is part of the government?</p>
<p>I mean, it runs in the family.</p>
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		By: maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388206&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Banks and national governments. The reason for their fear is different but fear just the same.

As you said in another comment further up, threathening to lay people off works like a charm.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388206">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Banks and national governments. The reason for their fear is different but fear just the same.</p>
<p>As you said in another comment further up, threathening to lay people off works like a charm.</p>
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		By: anna caruana		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388243</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[anna caruana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387560&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Veru gvern bahh, 

These people should be stopped immediately and not 4 or 5 years after they commit every illegality in the book.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387560">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Veru gvern bahh, </p>
<p>These people should be stopped immediately and not 4 or 5 years after they commit every illegality in the book.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388206</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387681&quot;&gt;david and goliath&lt;/a&gt;.

Banks? BANKS? How about national governments?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387681">david and goliath</a>.</p>
<p>Banks? BANKS? How about national governments?</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-388205</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387560&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Next time you owe the government any taxes, Jozef, just threaten to lay people off. Works like a charm, every time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387560">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Next time you owe the government any taxes, Jozef, just threaten to lay people off. Works like a charm, every time.</p>
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		By: david and goliath		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387681</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[david and goliath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Is it true Caqnu can hold the whole country to ransom by threatening to do a Goliath?&quot;

The banks are terrified of him in case he threatens to sack employees, And then it&#039;s a domino effect right up their backs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Is it true Caqnu can hold the whole country to ransom by threatening to do a Goliath?&#8221;</p>
<p>The banks are terrified of him in case he threatens to sack employees, And then it&#8217;s a domino effect right up their backs.</p>
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		By: Rover		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/when-is-a-business-deal-not-just-a-business-deal/#comment-387667</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rover]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clamp down and ask questions in parliament? Like heck she would when there are 3.6 million at stake.

It would be interesting if someone had to shed some light as to which banking institution/s finances the Caqnu deals. The exposure to property lending must be worrying to say the least in this market.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clamp down and ask questions in parliament? Like heck she would when there are 3.6 million at stake.</p>
<p>It would be interesting if someone had to shed some light as to which banking institution/s finances the Caqnu deals. The exposure to property lending must be worrying to say the least in this market.</p>
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