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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Flying start in fight on clotsIt's all too easy to understate the talent and potential of indigenous industry and innovationSat May 19 2001 - 01:00
Contrary ECB gives up pursuit of credibilityWhatever pretensions the European Central Bank had to securing credibility in the marketplace or among the wider public lie in…Sat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Numbers don't add up for farmers after cullIt was no surprise but, still, it took a devastating cull of livestock to finally deliver the proofSat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Internet shoppers find local delivery solutionAt last, someone seems to be thinking of the consumer in the great online adventureSat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Eircom investors find no reliefAs an exercise in transparency, it was a disappointmentSat May 12 2001 - 01:00
A tax amnesty in disguiseIt doesn't really matter what you call it, the Revenue Commissioners' offer to errant non-resident account-holders is an amnesty…Sat May 05 2001 - 01:00
TSB announced details of its product but no single credit union schemeTSB details its special savings products yesterday as it emerged that there would be no centralised product from the Irish League…Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
ECB awash in unwanted adviceThe European Central Bank cannot complain that it is short of advice when it comes to its current position on interest rates.Sat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
Fed chief puts Wim in a spinAlan Greenspan and his US Federal Reserve pulled a rabbit out of the hat this week with a surprise half-point cut in interest…Sat Apr 21 2001 - 01:00
Wary Microsoft beats forecastSoftware giant Microsoft built on a series of relatively upbeat results from leading technology companies in recent days, with…Fri Apr 20 2001 - 01:00
Gloomy Nortel to cut more jobsNortel Networks, the telecommunications equipment giant, had little comfort for staff and investors last night as it announced…Fri Apr 20 2001 - 01:00
IBM, Apple results ahead of expectationsComputer giants IBM and Apple caught the party mood on Wall Street last night with results ahead of expectations and cautiously…Thu Apr 19 2001 - 01:00
Nasdaq sees the point of converting to decimalisationThere was a landmark change this week for investors in one of the world's major stock markets, the Nasdaq, when it finally joined…Sat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Galen's prospects good, says brokerGoodbody has issued an effusive recommendation of one of its charges, Galen PharmaceuticalsFri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Jurys Doyle bounces backJurys Doyle has rebounded from the foot-and-mouth induced slide last week and the latest guidance for investors is that it is…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Eircom rated as short-term buyIt may be little consolation to Eircom shareholders but, with the extraordinary general meeting of the company to confirm the…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Davy approves of Smartforce dealOnline learning group Smartforce's purchase of icGlobal this week found favour with Davy, which saw it as a positive deal for…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Memorable issue for all the wrong reasonsIt wasn't a great week for CRH and it had nothing to do with revelations about directors' paySat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Suing for peace is no sport for businessIt was a depressing commentary on the business environment todaySat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Mary goes private on a public issueThe Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, may have imagined she would touch a chord when she declared banks should pay…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
In hindsight, Charlie has gift of far sightAs grand openings go, it was hardly spectacular but the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, could be well pleased at the formal…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Revelations drive insurers into spinThe Irish Insurance Federation (IIF) has spent the week attempting to put a favourable spin on figures which undermine arguments…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Organic fruit ousts jigsaws and ski-pantsBritish Conservative Party leader William Hague may have wished them banned forever but it appears the baseball cap is on the…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Headline professions glean little sympathySome of the least loved professions hit the headlines this weekSat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Time to tell Britain to clean up its actA few short weeks ago, Ireland was on the wrong end of a very public scolding from our peers in the EUSat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Analysts land in the bear pitThe grizzlies are stalking Wall Street. The US economy's heady 101/2-year flight may soon be no more than a fading memory.Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Brown budget suffers from charm deficitEven when he's presenting a pre-election giveaway budget, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown cannot quite let…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Harsh words delivered to euro-sceptic authorThere was a certain irony this week in the euro-sceptic author Bernard Connolly turning to the European Court of Justice to seek…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Shop around and save in long runThe first offerings under the new Government special savings incentive scheme have scarcely emerged and already it is clear that…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Source of cash flow a source of trouble?One of the biggest headaches facing eurozone authorities in the run-up to the introduction of euro notes and coins next January…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
McCreevy comes home to realityWhen is a U-turn not a U-turn? Give up? When it's a modificationSat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
