Customers put British banks in their placeRare it is that the humble customer wins an argument with a bankSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Eircom instructs in value of fundamentalsEircom is celebrating its first anniversary as a public company, if celebrate is the right wordSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Car sales accelerate and tax take tooSo we're spending like the boom will never end and one of the biggest winners is the ExchequerSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Inflation moves posing a puzzleQuite who the Government hoped to keep happy with its inflation control proposals is a puzzleSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
E-commerce Bill all set to be signed into lawIt went to the wire but the Dail this week agreed the E-commerce Bill, clearing the way for it to be signed into law with an …Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Standard Life sees off carpetbaggers' threatBritain's largest mutual broke new ground this weekSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Uncertainty still faces Eircom strategic saleIt's been another bad week for EircomSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Happy ending eludes EircomEircom and its army of small shareholders must be wondering when the nightmare will endSat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
CGNU only think bigOnce again this week, the little investor has been left out in the coldSat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Microsoft's tacticsNo surprises in the end when the US district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson finally ruled on the penalties in the Microsoft case…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
EBS mortgage troubleTrying to be nice can get you in trouble. Just ask the EBS Building SocietySat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Some credit due to DuisenbergHaving taken all the brickbats when the euro was at the wrong end of a hiding in the currency markets, you can scarcely blame…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Tesco initiative does it creditA picture of cats and pigeons was summoned up by the announcement this week of the arrival of a new credit card in the Irish …Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Many casualties in Merrion re-ratingThe onward march of inflation has finally forced the Government to concede on its full-year forecasts, with the figure expected…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Eircom delivers ringing messageHe may be right, but the last thing beleaguered Eircom shareholders need right now is the company's chief executive, Alfie Kane…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
First Active finds itself on a learning curveGiven the reception he received from shareholders at this week's annual meeting, First Active's chairman, Mr John Callaghan, …Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Keane must be seen to deliverBank of Ireland released its annual figures with a flourish this week, unlike the surreptitious performance by its rival, National…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
No definitive ruling on mobile telephonesA report out this week sought to rule definitively on the safety of mobile phones, examining the extensive and growing body of…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Warnings from sidelines should be acted on fastIt is hard sometimes amid all the bustle and cheer of the booming economy to heed the warnings coming from the sidelinesSat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Uneasy feeling about Harland & WolffIt has been a good week for the staff and management at Harland & Wolff shipyard in BelfastSat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Smokers face detention over cigarette breaksNext time you feel the urge to rage about intolerant bosses and colleagues over a furtive cigarette outside the doors of your…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Trichet's ECB ambitions dim alongside the euroAfter last week's chaos, the euro continued to test new lows against the dollar, sterling and other major non euro-zone currencies…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Love bug brings aid to tech security stocksThe so-called love bug has been wreaking havoc with computers across the globeSat May 06 2000 - 01:00
NIB results kept in the shadowsLess than a week after the Irish Bankers' Federation's incoming chief called on members to help restore the sector's tarnished…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
US abandons Big Brother for opennessIt must be something to do with Horst KohlerSat May 06 2000 - 01:00
ECB seeks way out of euro crisisAfter all the excuses and all the bad luck, it seems increasingly clear the European Central Bank is at a total loss as to how…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Broker gets the red light from Central BankAnother stockbroker, BCP, has been ordered by the Central Bank to stop taking on new clientsSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
TMTs providing touch paper for the ambitiousIt is not only the novices who have been burned by stock market vagariesSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Mixed signals from ECB help undermine the euroPity the poor old euro; it appears it can do no rightSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
McCreevy's confidence may be of blind varietyConfidence is a great thing but blind confidence can be the prelude to a nasty fallSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Nasdaq inspires perverse moodOne of the most intriguing elements of the market's recent decline, especially the slump in the value of technology stocks and…Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Microsoft woes hit the NasdaqAnyone who underestimated the power of Microsoft should learn a salutary lesson from the current gyrations in the US Nasdaq index…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Telecoms boom may cause number chaosThese days, everyone is talking about telecommunicationsSat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
First Active salaries not linked to performanceIt's just as well that salary increases at First Active aren't linked to the performance of the bank's share priceSat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Redmond treated the same way as othersAlready there has been a lot of talk about the sentence imposed on former assistant Dublin city and county manager George Redmond…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Eircom leaves an uncertain airFor a company in the communications business, Eircom seems uncommonly poor at getting its message acrossSat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Price has yet to be paid for litterTime was when the phrase "Dirty oul' Dublin" was a term of endearment. Increasingly it is now a badge of shameSat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Biotechnology lobby warns of no cure without patentsA cold wind blew through the ranks of biotechnology companies this week following statements from Bill Clinton and Tony Blair…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
Inflation dampens the Celtic Tiger's fireNow that the inevitable has finally arrived, it is causing all sorts of alarm in the ranksSat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
Technology stock slide gives investors a reality checkThe headlong rush into new technology stocks pulled up sharply this week, giving pause for thought to those lucky enough to get…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
EU states end 27-year war of words over chocolateQuite why the British are worried about being bulldozed into a federal Europe is a puzzleSat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
Winner all right for Kerry Group in Cheltenham weekJust when the ever-more hectic pace of the Celtic Tiger starts to get you down, along comes something to restore your faith in…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
Silence leaves punters in doubtSometimes you just wonder at the tactics involved in this increasingly litigious societySat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Taxing times at British banksIt's not often that you will hear someone complimenting Irish banks, with their padded margins, for playing fair by their customers…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Time for sense in row on DIRTThe spat between the Revenue Commissioners and banks based in the International Financial Services Centre is one of those delicious…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Hanging on the line for service at EircomYou've got to hand it to Eircom, the former State telephone operator, which now stands proud as the largest company on the Irish…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Inflation data counter partnership spinSometimes the timing of certain events tests the patience of our national plannersSat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Beware cash-rich dot com turkeysAt last, a voice of reason amidst the phalanx of new technology interestsSat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
