Merrill Lynch's Irish unit makes €1bn after-tax lossesMERRILL LYNCH, the US investment house taken over by Bank of America at the peak of the financial crisis, made after-tax losses…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Corporations and the concentration of powerBOOK REVIEW: Life Inc: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back by Douglas Rushkoff Published by The Bodley…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Kenmare DiaryOne Dublin stadium enough: REMEMBER THE National Stadium? Colm McCarthy raised a few laughs when he identified plans for the…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Ministers' areas get more investmentCAPITAL SPENDING: CONSTITUENCIES WHERE the sitting TDs include Government Ministers receive higher infrastructure spending per…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Economist warns wage cuts of 5% necessaryWAGE CUTS of 5 per cent in both the private and public sector are needed “to achieve the necessary improvement” in the economy…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Nama 'won't revitalise banks'The proposed National Asset Management Agency (Nama) will fail in its bid to create healthy banks even if it works exactly as…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Planet BusinessTHE NUMBERS: 75 – the number of staff Nama expects it will need to take on, according to its business planFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Britvic Ireland sees sales volumes fall almost 14%SOFT DRINKS group Britvic Ireland saw sales volumes plummet almost 14 per cent over the three months to the end of September, …Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Route to successTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Darryl Ismail. Chase Travel International Founder and chief executive.Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Joint ventures likely to develop sitesUNFINISHED PROJECTS: NAMA WILL fund the completion of some unfinished developments “on a partnership or joint venture basis” …Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Department outlines issues that may cause agency to failRISKS: THE DEPARTMENT of Finance has outlined eight “key risks” that could result in the failure of the National Asset Management…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
ESRI calls for 20% child benefit cut and welfare freezeESRI REPORT: CHILD BENEFIT should be cut by 20 per cent and social welfare payments frozen, but the package of tax increases…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Tax changes part of new dealTAXATION: A SINGLE rate of tax relief on private pension contributions, a “site valuation tax” and the abolition of the Pay-…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Welfare cut no remedy to public fiscal crisisTasc conference: CUTTING WELFARE payments will extend the economic slump into a depression rather than ease pressure on public…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Civil engineering activity fell in SeptemberCIVIL ENGINEERING is now the weakest performing part of the construction sector, according to a “disappointing” new snapshot …Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Call to replace Nama with 'good bank'ACCESS TO CREDIT: THE GOVERNMENT’S proposal for a “bad bank” in the shape of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is …Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Ireland is sliding into depression - economic conference toldIreland is sliding into depression and small pockets of economic growth at this stage are "meaningless", it was said at an economic…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
200 workers to lose jobs at Linen SupplyABOUT 200 workers at Linen Supply of Ireland are likely to lose their jobs after the examiner appointed to the company recommended…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
C&C plan to 'reposition' Magners ciderDRINKS GROUP C&C hopes to grow volumes of its cider Magners next year after it managed to stabilise sales volumes over the…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Rate of deflation at 6.5% - CSO figuresFALLING FOOD and transport prices deepened Ireland’s annual rate of deflation to 6Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Growth in mobile devices for papersMOBILE APPLICATIONS will be a key growth area for the newspapers of the future, the managing director of The Irish Times Maeve…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Price plan pushes H&M profits downSWEDISH CLOTHING retailer Hennes & Mauritz (HM) has reported a pretax profit on its Irish stores of about €997,000 for 2008…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Banks and Aer Lingus main movers as Iseq advances 2%DUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 3,295.75 (+62.72) Settlement date: October 9thWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Profits at Esso slip to €3m for 2008FUEL RETAILER Esso Ireland saw its profits fall to €3 million last year, down from more than €5 million in 2007, as increased…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Tougher budget likely as tax take €2bn lowerTHE DECEMBER budget could be tougher than expected after the Government admitted yesterday that tax revenues collected this year…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
State must borrow €2bn more as taxes fallTHE GOVERNMENT will have to borrow €2 billion more than it expected to finance the running of the State after continued weakness…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Consumer confidence up in SeptemberCONSUMER CONFIDENCE in the economy improved slightly in September despite the triple whammy of lay-off announcements, the Nama…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Tax take €2bn below targetThe Government will have to borrow €2 billion more than it expected to finance the running of the State, after continued weakness…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Disappointing finish for Iseq despite early optimismIseq: 3,304.28 (-43.05) Settlement date: October 6th I RELAND OUTPERFORMED other European stock markets, but the Iseq index …Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Dublin market closes down slightlyIreland outperformed other European stock markets, but the Iseq index of Irish shares still finished in negative territory, with…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Fall in home loans for fifth month in rowMORTGAGE BROKERS called on the Government to intervene in the subdued mortgage market yesterday after figures from the Central…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Bank of Ireland raises €1bn in second fundraisingBANK OF Ireland has raised €1 billion in funding over a 3½ year period in what is the bank’s second successful fundraising this…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Let me try to spell it out for youFrom Obama to Osama and back to Obama, Microsoft’s spellcheck function is constantly updating its dictionary and grammar roles…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Nama will cause 'untold damage' writes DesmondTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) will cause “untold long-term damage to Ireland Inc”, while nationalising the banks…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Former governor of Central Bank Maurice Doyle dies aged 77MAURICE DOYLE, former governor of the Central Bank and a former secretary of the Department of Finance, has died aged 77 after…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Tax officials wrote off €129m in unpaid levies and PRSIREVENUE COMMISSIONERS: THE REVENUE Commissioners wrote off €129 million in unpaid taxes and PRSI in 2008, up almost 10 per cent…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Inflation returns but outlook still negativeDEFLATION TURNED to inflation once again in August, as the summer sales ended and prices rose for the first time in almost a …Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
More cuts in spending needed, says BarclaysTHE GOVERNMENT will be forced to take “aggressive measures” beyond the spending cuts and tax hikes already implemented to bring…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Nama worries put increased pressure on bank stocksDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 3,176.00 (+32.28) Settlement date: September 14thThu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Spar, Maxol agree joint deal in NICONVENIENCE GROUP Spar has announced a £200 million (€227 million) deal with service station operator Maxol in Northern Ireland…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
CRH increase of 5.1% drives modest gains on IseqDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 3,143.72 (+77.11) Settlement date: September 11thWed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Nama speculation weighs on bank stocksSustained pressure on the banks was the main feature of the Iseq index today, as pre-Nama investor speculation continued to weigh…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Taxation group's proposals questionedTHE “TAX neutrality” of the Commission on Taxation’s recommendations were called into question yesterday in a survey of business…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Third rate of income tax 'has merit' but only if tax on labour remains lowINCOME TAX: A THIRD rate of income tax “has merit” but should “have regard to the need to keep taxation on labour low and marginal…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
CRH drives modest gains on IseqPositive performances by the Iseq index were almost unheard of this time last year, but one year on from the fall of Lehmans, …Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Students get low-down on high financeTHERE WAS just one thing missing from the University of Limerick’s virtual trading floor, said Niall FitzGerald, the Irish deputy…Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Smart Economy Q & AStill stuck in the dumb economy? Wise up to the new, smarter worldFri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
