FBD profit down 29% on fall in investment returnsInsurer FBD Holdings saw pre-tax profits fall 29 per cent last year on the back of a substantial fall in investment returnsWed Mar 06 2002 - 00:00
Another $10m trading loss at AIBAIB last night confirmed that one of its bond traders had run up losses of $6 million after US authorities announced they were…Wed Feb 20 2002 - 00:00
Employers look forward to VAT windfall as accountant takes case against RevenueEmployers may receive a VAT windfall at the expense of the State in a dispute over canteen facilities.Mon Dec 17 2001 - 00:00
Fund managers target US stocksFund managers in the euro zone have targeted US equities in an effort to boost profit, moving out of cash-heavy positions two…Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Long-term cheer for tourism sectorIt has truly been an annus horribilis for the tourism industry this yearFri Oct 19 2001 - 01:00
EMC logs first loss in 12 yearsEMC, the world's top maker of data-storage systems, yesterday reported its first quarterly loss in a dozen years as it took an…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
Questions and AnswersPlease send your queries to Dominic Coyle, Q&A, The Irish Times, D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 or e-mail to dcoyle@irish-times…Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
With-profits funds still have role for cautious investorsWith-profit policies have a part to play in the plans of cautious investors, according to a report released this weekFri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
Drug focus turns to smaller firmsWith the outlook for the traditional giants of the drugs sector under review as valuable patents expire, attention is switching…Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
Insurers face ratings downgradeLloyd's of London syndicates will be among the groups most heavily affected by the flood of claims in the aftermath of the attacks…Fri Oct 05 2001 - 01:00
Questions and AnswersPlease send your queries to Dominic Coyle, Q&A, The Irish Times, D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 or e-mail to dcoyle@irish-times…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Hardball is a game that can be played both waysIt's not often the United States suffers two blows in the same week on the trade frontSat Aug 25 2001 - 01:00
More pragmatic note enters Budget arithmeticAlong with the downturn in the fortunes of the technology sector, a more pragmatic note has entered the budgetary arithmeticSat Aug 25 2001 - 01:00
Gent's coup unravels rather alarminglyChris Gent must wonder how the deal that was supposed to make his name has turned on himSat Aug 25 2001 - 01:00
Fed's reputation on the up as rates go downAnother Fed meeting, another rate cutSat Aug 25 2001 - 01:00
Changed times in tech worldWas it only last year that everyone was seeking to match the rocketing salaries in the software sector and that the reform on…Sat Aug 25 2001 - 01:00
Fund managers scrabble for a piece of actionPrivate investors are not the only people who think the Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy is looking out for themSat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Euro takes heart as dollar losesBefore Wim Duisenberg and his colleagues in the European Central Bank congratulate themselves on the probity of their stance …Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Tech-sector dependents face nervous futureNervous times for employees of technology companies in the Republic and indeed the rest of us who rely on the technology-driven…Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Accountants could do with some goodIf there is a group of people in need of the positive gloss of public relations it must be accountantsSat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Dell, HP figures confirm gloomUS technology giants Dell and Hewlett-Packard last night reported figures which confirmed the parlous state of the industryFri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Healthy future for pharmaceuticalsDavy Stockbrokers has issued its first report on healthcare, forecasting upside for investors in Irish pharmaceutical and healthcare…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Aura of success dims for O'BrienDoes Ireland's Entrepreneur of the 1990s ever feel that it doesn't pay to try to repeat earlier triumphs? Denis O'Brien made …Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
Baltimore forced to adjust figuresFor a company specialising in internet security, Baltimore's management has recently been showing anything but a safe pair of…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Uncertainty over Iona TechnologiesUncertainty hangs over Iona Technologies in the eyes of analysts, following the company's admission that turnover and profit …Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Broker forecasts ECB rate cutIrish credit growth continues to slow, with figures falling in six of the last eight months, and indications that consumer spending…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
AIB may face growth challengeAIB, as usual, did nothing to frighten the markets with its interim figures this week, although there were some raised eyebrows…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Praying for bull rather than bearWho'd be a telecoms company these days? The news from the sector in recent weeks has been one of unremitting gloom as company…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
Silence is golden for Firestone case lawyersStaying with the law, every so often a case comes to light that makes you understand just why it is that lawyers have such a …Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
ECB needs leadership and less consensusYou would imagine the European Central Bank would know better by this stage than to tempt fate in the marketsSat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Battler Denis O'Brien still faces challengeJust when you thought the Eircom saga could throw up no more surprises, back into the ring comes the battling Denis O'Brien with…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Foot-in-mouth still burningWe may have got foot-and-mouth under control in Ireland but it appears that foot-in-mouth is becoming ever more rampant in Europe…Sat Jun 23 2001 - 01:00
Euro police nab one of their own for fraudIt was an inauspicious week for the group set up to police the euroSat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Eircom staff win twice over on sharesTurning again to the Eircom saga, small shareholders eyeing the prospect of 30 per cent losses on their investment in Eircom …Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Workers rule the roost at EircomSo now we know who ran Eircom. It was easier in the old days when, as a semi-state, it was clearly run by the workersSat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
French get tough with suspected tax cheatsWith the benefit of hindsight, those bankers involved in the DIRT scandal may feel they got off lightlySat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Immigrant labour joins the mainstreamA truer picture of the immigrant labour situation emerged this week with the publication of separate reports from the Chambers…Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Eircom staff pitted against shareholdersThe battle this week for the fixed-line business of Eircom has shifted between high drama and farce as interested parties at …Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
More to e-commerce than 3G licencesListening to the telecoms and technology industries over the recent past, one would think not only that Ireland was no longer…Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Penny drops for the banks on forex issueThe banks spent months telling us they were all playing fair by the rules on foreign exchange commissions in the euro zoneSat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Who is Minister for Europe?It comes as a surprise, given how fervently all major political parties in the Oireachtas have been telling us they are fans …Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Cautionary tale for eager suitorsAs the various suitors face off in an effort to secure what remains of Eircom, they might pay heed to a report this week that…Sat Jun 02 2001 - 01:00
Euro shrinks when Wim's mouth opensSports presenter David Coleman became as famous for speaking nonsense as for his chosen tradeSat Jun 02 2001 - 01:00
E-breaks creeping into working hoursIt looks like employees may soon pay the price for abusing Internet access at workSat Jun 02 2001 - 01:00
A leadership unable to show the wayOnce again an Irish Government has shown itself happier to follow than to leadSat Jun 02 2001 - 01:00
Euro must get real to get betterSometimes it seems the world is tilted against you, no matter how you try, and that is how the governments of the euro zone must…Sat May 26 2001 - 01:00
Standards at Elan draw FDA fireElan Pharmaceuticals has been reprimanded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over conditions at one of its seven plants…Tue May 22 2001 - 01:00
