Delays alleged in building materials price-fixing caseTHE ACTIONS of CRH, Kilsaran, Readymix and other building materials companies contributed to the delay in a case being brought…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Court blocks bank bid to appoint receiverDEVELOPER DAVID Agar yesterday succeeded in getting a High Court order preventing Ulster Bank from appointing a receiver to one…Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
CRH seeks dismissal of competition claims casePUBLICLY QUOTED companies CRH and Readymix asked the High Court yesterday to dismiss a claim against them for damages for breaches…Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Corrib pipeline 'to be ready by 2014'Shell and its partners in the Corrib natural gas field plan to spend €800 million completing the project between now and 2014…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Lloyds takes control of Heuston complexLLOYDS BANKING Group took control of the high-profile Heuston South Quarter complex in Dublin late yesterday following an agreement…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Profits at Green Plains fell 20% to €29m last yearPROFITS AT Green Plains, the US biofuels group 20 per cent-owned by Irish utility NTR, fell by 20 per cent to €29 million last…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Ballymore wrote €26m off its assetsBALLYMORE DEVELOPMENTS, part of Seán Mulryan’s property empire, wrote almost €26 million off the value of its assets last year…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Bill Cullen hotel lost €912,000 in 2010MUCKROSS PARK, the Killarney hotel owned by Bill Cullen, the businessman who fronts TV3’s The Apprentice, and his partner, Jackie…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Incentives for staff 'knocking on doors' selling Irish goodsEMERGING MARKETS: WORKERS WHO spend long periods selling Irish goods and services in emerging markets will get tax exemptions…Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
United Drug wins €30m packaging dealTHE PACKAGING division of pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor United Drug has won a new contract from an existing customer…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Tax breaks for R&D bolsteredThis year’s finance bill will bolster the existing tax breaks for research and development (R&D) that are designed to encourage…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Plans to sell credit card business droppedTHERE WERE unconfirmed reports yesterday that Bank of America intends to pull the sale of its Irish and British credit card business…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Share holders target of fraud bidFRAUDSTERS ARE targeting retail shareholders in Irish plcs in a bid to get their bank account details and possibly other personal…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Vodafone Ireland's profits down 17%PROFITS AT the Irish arm of mobile network operator Vodafone fell by close to 17 per cent to €106 million last year, the company…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
United Drug forecasts rising earningsPharmaceutical and healthcare services group, United Drug, expects earnings this year to grow by between 4 per cent and 8 per…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Strong corporate data drives valuesMARKETS ROSE across Europe yesterday, buoyed by good corporate news, stronger than expected jobs data from the US, and positive…Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Tullow to sell $2.9bn stake in Ugandan oilfieldTULLOW OIL has been given permission for the sale of a $2Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Spread betting firm risks being struck offMARKETSPREADS, THE spread-betting company embroiled in a €1Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Amaya bids €27m for CryptologicAMAYA GAMING is poised to make a formal bid for Cryptologic that values the Irish-based gambling software specialist at over €…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Investors likely to be sought for gas exploration projectTAMBORAN RESOURCES is likely to recruit new investors to raise some of the €50 million it needs to continue natural gas exploration…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Laws to raise online betting tax due before summerNEW LAWS to raise tax from online betting are likely to be published before the summer, later than originally predicted in the…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Treaty boost to markets across EuropeDow Jones: 12,632.91 (-0.16%) SP 500: 1,312.40 (-0.05%) Nasdaq: 2,813.84 (+0Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Leitrim has $55bn gas reserves, firm claimsINITIAL INDICATIONS from exploration drilling in the northwest show that the area could hold enough natural gas to supply Irish…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Former executives at Marketspreads pursued for €1.4mFINANCIAL SPREAD betting business Marketspreads is pursuing former executives Brian O’Neill and Fergus Rice for €1Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Rainmaker secures €1.5m from Diageo Ulster Bank venture fundRAINMAKER, THE airline software business run by former CityJet executive Pat Byrne, is raising €1Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
O'Donnell to step down as chief executive at KentzTHE CHIEF operations officer at engineering group Kentz, Christian Brown, is set to succeed Hugh O’Donnell as chief executive…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Cemex offers to buy out ReadymixMULTINATIONAL Cemex said yesterday it has offered to buy out the remaining 40 per cent of Irish company Readymix that it does…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Ballymore subsidiary Clearstorm shows end-of-year assets of €191mLONDON-BASED Ballymore Properties subsidiary Clearstorm had assets worth close to €191 million at the end of its 2011 financial…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
NTR agrees funding for wind projectNTR’S US wind energy arm has closed a deal with a group of international institutions that will allow it to borrow €270 million…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Ballymore €45m sale takings for NamaBALLYMORE Properties will hand over the €45 million it is poised to make from the sale of a London development site to State …Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Production snags hit Tullow share priceTULLOW OIL’S share price fell more than 4 per cent yesterday after the company confirmed technical problems had slowed production…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Mixed day for European marketsMARKETS WERE very much a mixed bag across Europe yesterday, although there was some semblance of good news in an IMF proposal…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
DCC says mild winter will hit profitsDCC’s SHARE price fell sharply after the industrial group warned that the mild winter was likely to leave profits trailing expectations…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Siteserv in talks with IBRC over liabilitiesSUPPORT SERVICES group Siteserv is in talks with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation – formerly Anglo Irish Bank (IBRC) – over…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Few Nama fire sales likely in short term, says investorSTATE ASSETS agency Nama’s determination not to sell properties below the value at which it acquired them is likely to result…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Priory Hall figure deemed bankruptPROPERTY DEVELOPER Thomas McFeely, one of a number of people held responsible for the Priory Hall scandal, has been declared …Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
One of Russia's richest women set to buy Morrison Hotel for up to €25mSTATE ASSETS agency Nama is poised to sell the Morrison Hotel in Dublin to Yelena Baturina, one of Russia’s richest women.Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
State company for water set to be proposedA REPORT outlining proposals for the setting up of a State company to manage water supplies is expected to be published by the…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Energy costs contribute to €13m loss at AirtricityINCREASED ENERGY costs left electricity and gas supplier Airtricity with a €13 million loss last year.Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Netflix casts its net wideVIDEO-STREAMING service Netflix was launched on the Irish and British markets this week with a library of films and TV shows …Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
600 jobs in bookmakers at risk, says head of LadbrokesUP TO 600 jobs are at risk in bookmakers’ shops around the Republic, according to one of the industry’s chief executives.Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Irish Netflix customers to wait more than a year for some cinema releasesSUBSCRIBERS TO movie and TV streaming service Netflix, which is available in Ireland since yesterday, will have to wait for more…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Union to investigate if workers can benefit from Wedgwood saleTRADE UNION, Unite, plans to investigate whether or not former Waterford Crystal workers should benefit from the controversial…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Europe cheered by France's ratingMARKETS ROSE yesterday as there were increasing signs that corporate earnings are more robust than investors previously believed…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Service industry businesses most vulnerable to failureBUSINESSES SUCH as shops, pubs and hotels are likely to be most vulnerable to failure over the year ahead as the recession and…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Nama to pursue Dunne in court for €100mSTATE ASSETS agency, Nama, is to pursue developer Seán Dunne in court for more than €100 million in personal guarantees he gave…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Bruton sets up new work rights officeTHE MINISTER for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton is creating a new office in his department as a first step to…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
EMI Irish arm blames piracy for halved profitsRECORD LABEL EMI’s Irish division says a near halving of its profits to €1Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Euro zone debt worries depress stocksRENEWED FEARS about European sovereign debt and banks’ ability to raise funds dragged stocks down yesterday.Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Final tax take sees State end year €25bn in redTHE UNIVERSAL social charge and the pension levy boosted the State’s tax take by €2Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
