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- Bank of England says UK mortgage approvals fell to lowest level in March since at least 1999
- Bookmaker Paddy Power reports 4% increase in pre-tax profits for 2008 boosted by rising online business
- Boston Scientific to shut Letterkenny plant; Concerns for Celestica plant in Galway where 380 are employed
- BP in 2008 added 1.7bn barrels of new oil and gas to its reserves base - - a replacement ratio of 121% sufficient for 43 years of production
- Coughlan allocates €7 million for investment in industry research initiatives; Claims "Ireland Inc reaches milestone in transition to a smarter, greener economy"
- Dr. Peter Morici: Reasons to cheer Lehman’s demise
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 4%; Trichet to outline views on inflation at press conference
- European Commission says food price rises not all related to cost of ingredients; Biofuel production no effect on prices in EU
- Eurozone GDP growth accelerated in first quarter; Industrial Price Index rose 0.8% in April
- Fingleton to resign from Irish Nationwide Building Society
- Gardaí from the Bureau of Fraud Investigation raid State-owned Anglo Irish Bank HQ in Dublin
- Global Financial Crisis: Priorities for Regulatory Reform - IMF
- Iceland keeps benchmark rate at 15.5% as country tops the Global Peace Index
- Industrial producer price index fell by 0.5% in the Eurozone in August - up 8.5% in 12-month period
- Irish businesses are taking longer to pay their bills - Kildare worst county for stretching credit
- Irish Exchequer deficit rises to €20.1 billion in September; 2009 deficit forecast revised up to 12% of GDP
- Irish factory gate prices fell 3% in year to May bucking international trend; Data impacted by dominance of multinationals
- Irish merchandise exports fell 8% in year to November; Imports plunge 28%
- Irish national house prices fell 10.1% to end August 2009 compared to 6.0% drop in the same period in 2008
- Irish pension funds in April moved performance into the black for the first time in 2009
- Irish pension funds rise again in July - - now up 20.8% since end of February 2009
- Markets News Thursday: Post-NAMA Irish banks Loan to Deposit ratio drops but remains at high level of 130%; AIB surges to double-digit rise on "bad bank" plan
- Markets News Wednesday: German producer prices in biggest dip in 60 years; Shares down in Europe and Asia
- Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers September: "Goldilocks" welcomed back with slow but sustainable recovery in sight
- New Zealand exits recession with help from China
- Obama advisor says "Ireland must wean itself from dependence on FDI" - Foreign Direct Investment
- Pfizer to invest €190 million in a biologics facility at Shanbally, Co. Cork; 100 "high quality" jobs to be created over three years
- UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announces second British bank rescue; Royal Bank of Scotland Group may report £28 billion loss
- UK economy shrank in the first quarter of 2009 in the biggest contraction since 1979; Manufacturing contracted 6.2% - - the most since at least 1948
- UK GDP - gross domestic product - in the first quarter 2008 revised down to 0.3%
- Up to 70% of Irish defined benefit schemes which provide guaranteed benefits will soon be closed to new members
- World Bank delegation arrives in Georgia; Investors quit Russia; Russian economy dependent on energy exports and state-run large enterprises
- "Et tu brute": Betrayal of trust; Administering last rites to Catholic Church authority in 2009; Little other change in Ireland
- "Innovation" minister Lenihan spins claims spin-outs from Irish university research without credible data
- "Leading" "top" or idiot Irish economists glowing with wisdom in these challenging times
- "One in eight Germans lives in poverty!" - Needs-adjusted Nonsense and the New Poverty - Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn
- "Thought Leaders" discuss Ireland’s competitiveness; Gormley says country "staring into an economic abyss"
- 'Xanadu' Dreams Meet Harsh Reality
- (State) House Rules in Kansas Casino
- 90% of Irish Defined Benefit Pension Plans would currently fail to meet the minimum funding test
- A Big Bet on Spanish Property
- A Bottom in Commercial Property?
- A Building Downturn? Not in Berlin
- A Compromise on Fannie, Freddie
- A Couple's Descent Into Foreclosure
- A DHL Founder Asks $32 Million for Ranches
- A dialogue on the Chinese renminbi
- A Different Kind of Bike Tour
- A fragmented and incomplete view of risk at banks may result in bigger overall exposures says Economist Intelligence Unit research
- A further 230 jobs are to be cut at Dell's Irish operations
- A Gamble That Went Bust
- A Home for Household Surplus
- A House Is Not a Home
- A Logistical Tragedy
- A Logistical Tragedy
- A Lure to Dubai: Celebrity Endorsers
- A Night in Moscow: It'll Cost You
- A post-Lisbon Agenda growth strategy to make the EU fit for the future
- A Property Firm Helps Itself
- A quarter of the world's companies plan to freeze salaries this year; Employees in Japan, Lithuania and Ireland will see the lowest pay rises
- A Real-Estate Ace's Outlook
- A Reprieve for Project in Vegas?
- A Return to Real Estate
- A Review of Moscow’s Movie Тheaters. Bend Oregon Real Estate Mls
- A Rising Number of Foreclosed Homes
- A second Irish referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty and Bismarck's carriage
- A Tale of One City, Two Troubled Banks
- A Tale of Two Cities (in London)
- A Tenant's Twitter Tangle
- A top global banker calls on G-20 to give regulators more control of bank lending during boom times
- A typical Irish Chartered Accountant earns over €110,000 a year
- A Warehouses Gamble Sours in Phoenix
- A World of its Own
- Abu Dhabi Fund in NYC Deal
- Abu Dhabi Fund Might Buy Stake in Chrysler Building
- ACCBank to cut 200 jobs and close 16 branches; Wins f €6.1m court judgment against property developer
- Ackman Raises Stakes on General Growth Bet
- Ackman the Contrarian
- Activity in Financial Markets impacted by Credit Crunch; London's share of International Trading remains high
- Adding Comfort and Convenience
- ADM Londis reports profit before tax increased by 20% in 2007
- Advice on Selling a Home Without a Real-Estate Agent
- Aer Lingus announces 10.9% rise in April 2009 traffic compared with 2008
- Aer Lingus announces plan to cut 676 jobs, pay and target savings of €97m by end 2011; Traffic up in September
- Aer Lingus cuts US routes; IBEC says Irish Air Travel Tax should be re-examined; An ignorant or rational position?
- Aer Lingus expects 2008 loss to be close to €20 million; Loss also forecast for 2009
- Aer Lingus hikes charges for checking-in bags by as much as 50%; Ryanair reports fall in load factor in April
- Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharges
- Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharges
- Aer Lingus March traffic fell by 7.0% - - long haul down 20.9%; Ryanair calls for appointment of trade union leader David Begg as Chief Executive!
- Aer Lingus May traffic rose 2.7%; Airline agrees to cut directors' fees
- Aer Lingus passenger numbers rose 7.6% in year to June
- Aer Lingus passenger traffic up 8.8% in August; Numbers down on long-haul routes
- Aer Lingus report pre-tax loss of €119.7 million in 2008; Loss forecast in 2009
- Aer Lingus reports 32.4% plunge in long haul traffic in February
- Aer Lingus reports fall in passenger numbers in October 2009; Long haul dips 25.7% in 12-month period
- Aer Lingus reports loss of €20.6m in H1 2008; Fuel costs increased by €56.5m
- Aer Lingus reports operating loss of €93m in H1 2009
- Aer Lingus reports operating loss of €93m in H1 2009
- Aer Lingus reports revenue fall of 11% in 2009 and operating loss before exceptional items of €81.0m; Board to meet on restructuring plan
- Aer Lingus reports revenues fell by 16% during the first quarter of 2009; Facing "exceptionally tough trading environment"
- Aer Lingus reports rise in passenger numbers in August
- Aer Lingus return fuel surcharge to most US routes rises to €150
- Aer Lingus says it carried just over one million passengers in July
- Aer Lingus staff to ballot for strike action over plan for €74m cuts
- Aer Lingus traffic fell 8% in February
- Aer Lingus US traffic slumped in November
- Aer Lingus warns of uncertain outlook related to cost of fuel and slowing global economy
- Aer Lingus’ total passenger numbers increased by 7.5% in June 2009
- Africa seeing signs of recovery after global crisis - - IMF
- After Bubble, Ghost Towns Across U.S.
- After City Center, Architects Face New Reality
- After the Teardown
- Against All Odds
- Agreement on climate change may be within reach in Copenhagen
- Agribusiness and hunger - - Threat to global food security drives collaborative business models
- Agricultural commodity prices rose by an annual average of 29.6% in 2008 but will stagnate this year
- Agriculture more resilient to global crisis than other sectors; Rise in food commodity prices to ease
- AIB and Bank of Ireland announce EGMs to approve participation in "bad bank" NAMA - - discounts of 30% expected on transferred loans
- AIB announces changes to its lending and deposit rates
- AIB announces changes to its lending and deposit rates
- AIB announces changes to its lending and deposit rates
- AIB announces changes to its lending and deposit rates
- AIB announces half-year loss €872 million; Criticised/troubled loans at 25% of total gross loans
- AIB announces hike in Deposit and Mortgage Rates
- AIB announces interest rate changes
- AIB announces new pricing structure; Irish mortgage offers set to grow as lenders charge for higher risk applicants
- AIB announces SME package: €1bn funding for investment and working capital requirements; €200m Start Up fund
- AIB Bank announces resignations of Chairman , Group Chief Executive and Group Finance Director
- AIB Bank cancels one year discount on Tracker Mortgages on day Euribor inter-bank 3-month rate hit new 2008 high
- AIB Bank error in account classification results in overcharging on 40,000 accounts - - requiring average refunds of €100
- AIB Bank hikes mortgage rates
- AIB Bank offers to buyback up to €2.8bn in outstanding debt
- AIB Bank reports pre-tax profit of €1.28 billion in first-half of 2008
- AIB Bank says it continues to target a low single digit percentage earnings growth in 2008; Slower loan growth of around 10% is expected
- AIB Bank's caretaker leadership to face angry shareholders at its AGM; "As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance"
- AIB Chairman says decisions made in Ireland and AIB compounded effects of world recession; Regrets decisions on property development lending
- AIB Chairman tells AGM that funding is stable and robust with a strong emphasis on stable customer deposits; Current credit conditions are having some impact on its margin
- AIB cuts its 2 & 3 year Irish fixed mortgage rates to 5.2%
- AIB cuts mortgage and deposit rates
- AIB cuts mortgage broker commission by 50%
- AIB hikes Surcharge Interest Rate from 9% per annum to 12% per annum for branch loans and overdrafts
- AIB increases 2008 bad debts provision to €950m
- AIB launches "market leading" interest rate for First Time Buyers
- AIB launches the AIB Parent Saver Plan with 10.00% A.E.R. until May 2009
- AIB raises 2009 bad debt charges to €5.3bn
- AIB raises about €1 billion from debt swap
- AIB raises bad debt charge to €4.3bn; Loans in difficulty increased by almost €9bn in the first three months to €24.3bn
- AIB reports loss of €2.3bn for 2009 after a bad debt charge of €5.4bn; First annual loss since bank was founded in 1966
- AIB says alternative to capital injection of €3.5bn could result in State takeover of bank
- AIB says Irish business start-ups in 2008 will fall to 12,000 from close to 18,000 in 2007
- AIB Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund expanded by €23 million to €53 million
- AIB Seed Capital Fund reports €4.5m of investments in 2008
- AIB sponsored research says 81% of firms under threat if director dies
- AIB’s loan book is between 60% and 70% exposed to the property sector; Bad debt losses at Ireland's top three domestic banks may peak at almost €5.2bn over the next two years says Goldman Sachs
- AIG chief asks employees to return half of bonus payments; Resists naming recipients because of death threats
- AIG paid bonuses of more than $1m each to 73 people - - most from unit which almost doomed the insurance giant
- Air Force Leader's Ranch Goes on Sale
- Airbus expects higher fuel costs and slowing world economy to hit order intake
- Aircraft maintenance firm SR Technics closes Dublin Airport operation with loss of over 1,100 jobs
- Airtricity in £1.3 billion joint venture to build world's biggest wind farm in the outer Thames Estuary
- Airtricity secures consent for largest onshore wind farm in Europe
- Alabama Mall Shuts Doors
- All Eyes Are on Metrovacesa-HSBC Talks
- Allianz sells Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank to create group to challenge German market leader Deutsche Bank
- Allied Irish Banks halves earnings estimate on bad debt charge hike
- Allied Irish Banks reports plunge in 2008 profit; Chief Executive says: "I regret some of the lending decisions we made"
- Allied Irish Banks to increase tier 1 capita by €5.0 billion; To raise €1.5 billion in addition to €3.5 billion injection by the Irish Government
- Almost 13,900 researchers engaged in R&D in Irish business sector in 2007; No breakdown of multinational/Irish-owned firm activity
- Almost 18% of new entrants on Irish Live Register in Q1 2009 had jobs by end of June 2009
- Almost 4,000 Laptops lost or missing in Europe's major airports every week
- Almost half of foreign companies based in Ireland regret decision; Dell supplier Flextronics to axe 118 jobs in Limerick
- Amazon.com reports first-quarter profit rose 30%
- America may be the most corrupt developed country; The Irish politicians who should be more ashamed than Frank Dunlop
- America's long-awaited fiscal train wreck is now underway
- America's most famous investor Warren Buffett issues the latest of his celebrated "letters"
- American Chamber of Commerce says a reformed EU offers level playing field; IBEC says Sinn Fein has zero credibility on business issues
- American consumer spending rose 1.3% in August -- savings rate fell; Weekly jobless claims rose
- American Girl Founder Puts Houses on Sale
- American Paul Krugman wins the 2008 Nobel economics prize
- Americans boosted spending in January; income growth and the savings rate fell
- Americans growing increasingly gloomy about the economy
- Americans will have to save more in the future says US Treasury Secretary Geithner
- Among the First
- Among the First
- An Apartment Complex Teeters in New York
- An Appraisal Report: What must it contain?
- An estimated 345,000 houses or 17% of the Irish housing stock is vacant
- An Irish auctioneers' survey says residential property prices down on average 24% in 2009 but rate of decline in Q3 fell to 5.8%
- An unknown percentage of the fish we eat isn't what's it's purported to be
- An Urban Legend
- Analysis - Dr. Peter Morici ; US economy loses 51,000 jobs in July
- Analysis: Irish Economy - Cowen and the 100 days' milestone - a Political Pygmy amongst the Oireachtas Lilliputians
- Analysts Think Worst Is Yet to Come
- Andie MacDowell Plans 'Green' House
- Andor Technology says trading has been very strong in the second half of this year
- Anglo Irish Bank announces new 1 year fixed rate offer at 6% gross
- Anglo Irish Bank begins legal proceedings for recovery of €8 million against former chief executive David Drumm
- Anglo Irish Bank Bill should be rejected; Huge known unknown for public finances
- Anglo Irish Bank chairman Donal O'Connor confirms State faces further multi-billion euro exposure
- Anglo Irish Bank expects earnings per share growth of about 15% for the year ending 30 September 2008
- Anglo Irish Bank had loans to 15 customers in excess of €500 million each in September 2008; Customers withdrew €5.44 billion in last week of month
- Anglo Irish Bank launches Premium Demand Account paying up to 5.3% gross/AER/variable
- Anglo Irish Bank launches the "highest paying demand account in Ireland"
- Anglo Irish Bank reports 37% drop in profit after €500 million bad debts charge
- Anglo Irish Bank reports a 17% increase in underlying pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of March
- Anglo Irish Bank reports €4.1bn loss for 6-months to March 31, 2009 - - greatest business loss in Irish history; State to inject €4.0bn; Losses of €7.5bn by 2011
- Anglo Irish Bank says total level of loans to directors stands at €179m - Where were the auditors Ernst & Young?
- Anglo Irish Bank sells Austrian private banking subsidiary to Swiss group
- Anglo Irish Bank to be nationalised; Europe's most successful bank during Irish property bubble becomes its biggest casualty
- Anglo Irish Bank to issue interim management statement today
- Anheuser Bid Stokes Angst in St. Louis
- Annual growth rate in Irish residential mortgages in May 2008 fell to 11.1% - the lowest rate since January 1992 - Central Bank
- Annual Irish Consumer Prices fell 5.4% in June; Services down 5.6%; Ex-mortgage interest, inflation down 1.6%
- Annual Irish factory gate/manufacturing prices rose 0.3% in July; US dollar key factor in Ireland bucking international trend
- Annual Irish Industrial Production increased by 2.7% in November 2008
- Annual Irish industrial production up 8.9% in July 2009; US-owned pharmaceutical sector surged 68.3%; Turnover down 11.8%
- Annual Irish Inflation falls to 4.3% in April; Rate for Services was 4.8% while Goods increased by 3.8%; Food up 8.1%
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices down 2.1% in August
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices down 4.0% in April bucking international trend; Overwhelming dominance of multinationals impacts Irish data
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices up 0.1% in June
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices up 3.2% in January; 4,179 days lost to industrial disputes in 2008
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices up 3.9% in year to February because of dollar impact in US dominated sector
- Annual Irish Manufacturing Prices up 4.5% in March; US dollar movement big factor
- Annual Irish manufacturing production in November 2009 was 9.1% lower than in November 2008
- Annual Irish Production fell by 6.7% in March 2009; US dominated chemicals and man-made fibres up 19.2%
- Annual Irish Production increased by 0.6% in September 2009; Pharmaceuticals up 42.1%; Computer, electronic and optical products down 44.4%
- Annual Irish production increased by 3.5% in year to October 2009; Turnover dipped 21.2% on price falls
- Annual Irish Production increased by 4.2% in August 2008 but down 1.9% in latest 3-month period
- Annual Irish Production increased by 9.3% in May 2008; Basic chemicals up 41.6%
- Annual Irish Production output fell by 4.3% in May 2009; 18.7% growth in pharmaceutical output offset losses in other sectors
- Annual Irish residential mortgage lending growth rate turned negative in November for first time since 1990; Non-housing personal debt fell 21%
- Annual volume of Irish retail sales fell 14.1% in 2009 - -down 18% in value terms; Sales rose 0.4% in December
- Another CMBS Bright Spot
- Another Full Year Of Housing Pain?
- Another Russian Tycoon Buys in Snowmass
- Anti-Lisbon Treaty campaigner Declan Ganley both supporter and opponent of European farm subsidies
- Apartments Try to Stay Afloat
- Apollo of Petrograd
- Apollo Raises Stakes on Realogy Wager
- Apollo Signs Citigroup Deal
- Apple launches new iPhone 3G starting at $199 in US; Will be first available from July 11 in 22 countries including Ireland
- Apple launches the iPad
- Apple profits rise 36% as Mac sales surge 51% in its fiscal 2008 second quarter
- Apple reports 15% jump in quarterly profit; Unable to supply enough iPhones and Mac computers to meet demand
- Apple reports 9% rise in revenues and 15% surge in profit in fiscal second quarter as iPhone sales more than double to 3.8 million units
- Apple reports blowout fiscal 2010 first quarter; Jobs says annualising quarterly revenue, tech leader is now $50+ billion company
- Apple reports profit of $1.07 billion in fiscal 2008 third quarter - a rise of 31%; Shares fall 11% on outlook
- Apple reports strong fiscal first quarter; 4.4 million iPhones shipped; Intel to shed up to 6,000 jobs worldwide
- Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumps 47% on record quarterly sales for Mac computers and iPhones
- Appraisal Market to Be Regulated from
- Appraiser’s promise: Is it in your report?
- Area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of Oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of Natural Gas says the US Geological Survey
- As Banks Balk, Builders Go Elsewhere
- As Buildings Empty, Banks' Credit Woes Pile Up
- As Dues Dry Up, The Neighbors Pay
- As Vacancies Grow, Landlords Open Wallets
- Asia 2010 growth forecast upgraded - - region will be responsible for 60% of global growth of 4.4%; World's Emerging Markets will account for 75% of growth
- Asia Key Indicators 2008: Asian Development Bank offers new way to measure poverty in the Asia and Pacific region
- Asia rebounding fast from economic slump says IMF
- Asia recovers but challenges ahead as China cancels steel plant sale in response to worker protests
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News w/e Nov 30, 2008: China warns about impact of global financial crisis; Japan's biggest business organization wants workers to have more sex
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News W/E November 09, 2008: China announces huge $586 billion economic stimulus package
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News w/e November 16, 2008: Asia accounts for 61% of 623,805 foreign students in the United States
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending August 09, 2008 - Beijing Olympics symbolises rise of China as economic and political power
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending August 30, 2008 - - Ten years required to build sustainable talent base of engineers and designers for China's industry
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending July 26, 2008
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending June 14, 2008
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-ending June 21, 2008: South Korean President forced to retreat from reforms by mass demonstrations
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending June 28, 2008
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending October 04, 2008: China's contaminated milk scandal raises food safety concerns across Asia
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending October 18, 2008 - - China's economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending October 25, 2008 - - Financial turmoil hits East Asia's giants - Japan, China and South Korea
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending September 13, 2008 - - Chinese report says 70% of public surveyed say government officials benefited the most from economic development in the past decade
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending September 20, 2008: China confident of maintaining growth momentum despite global economic slowdown
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News Week-Ending September 27, 2008: Indian business community shocked by the workplace mob killing of a manger of a European multinational by former contract workers
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: Japan’s export slide slowed to 45.6% slump in March compared with year ago; GDP in 2009 to be revised down to -3%
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: China may review its economic growth target of 8% in 2009
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: China says at least 5% of 130 million migrant workers have returned home since late 2008
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: China's exports fell sharply in April
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: Chinese Lunar New Year - 1 million lose their jobs as Year of the Ox begins
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: East Asian economies are forecast to grow in 2009 at the slowest pace in eight years
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: India’s biggest discount retailer says hundreds of its stores were vandalised after it failed to pay its security guards
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: Japan reports stunning 49.4% plunge in exports in February - - the steepest fall since 1957
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: Japan's business confidence plunges to 34-year low; China - 30 years after historic decision on economic reform
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: Production at Chinese manufacturers declined for the seventh successive month in February
- Asia-Pacific Business & Finance News: US firm warns PC makers over Chinese censorship software
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News - - Week-ending July 12, 2008
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News Week-ending August 02, 2008: Hu says Beijing Olympic Games belongs to the Chinese people and, more importantly, to people across the world
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News Week-ending July 19, 2008: Olympic Games hurdles for Beijing businesses
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News Week-ending June 07, 2008: Indians, Malaysians and Indonesians protest against fuel price hikes; Thousands of Koreans rally against US beef
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News: Toyota expects first loss in 71 years; Japan's exports plunge; Sales of South Korea's national drink Soju soar
- Asia-Pacific Business and Finance News: Toyota names founder’s grandson to head group as sales slump
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending April 26, 2008: Vietnam grows at stunning speed
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending July 05, 2008: China outlines plan to ensure at least 95% self-sufficiency in grain supply
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending May 03, 2008: India considering a blanket ban on trading in food futures
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending May 10, 2008: China considers buying land in Africa and South America to provide food security
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending May 17, 2008: Mongolia is a vast and predominantly empty landscape but is experiencing a property boom
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending May 24, 2008: Sony Chief urges his managers to get "mad"
- Asia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending May 31, 2008: Asian countries prepare to cut costly fuel subsidies
- Asia-Pacific Business News: Japan’s Prime Minister Aso calls General Election for August 30th; Ruling LDP facing second defeat since 1955
- Asian business wakes up to "Desperate in Dublin" and sabotage in Mayo
- Asian central banks intervene to slow fall of US dollar; IMF asks if large reserves helped countries during the financial crisis?
- Asian cities close in on London and New York in Global Financial Centres Index; Dublin tumbles 13 places
- Asian Development Bank report says if crop yields in major producing countries could be raised to world average, global production of wheat would rise by about 17% and rice by 23%
- Asian Development Bank says era of cheap food is over
- Asian Economic Integration is good for US and Global Economy says Asian Development Bank study
- Asian economies poised for accelerated growth as global economic crisis recedes
- Asian growth losing steam fast amid Global Downturn - - IMF
- Asia’s rising “clean technology tigers” - - China, Japan, and South Korea - - to overtake United States
- Asia’s SMEs well placed for the regional recovery
- Asking prices for Irish houses fell 4.2% in the first three months of 2009
- Asking prices for Irish property fell on average 15% in 2007
- Asking prices for Irish residential property fell about 20% in 12 months to June 2009
- At Marriott, Finance Chief Is Promoted
- Attention Home Buyers: Lock in Your Rate
- Austin's Real-Estate Glut
- Australia adds 32,200 jobs in July as the economy continues to outpace other developed nations
- Australia heads ranking of 24 OECD countries for best institutional growth conditions; Ireland gets 5th ranking
- Australia Lending Plan May Be Derailed
- Australia raises benchmark interest rate to 3.25% - - first G-20 central bank to hike; Economists see subtle shift to monetary tightening
- Australia's GDP rose 0.6% in second quarter of 2009; Also up 0.6% in 12 months to June
- Australian group bids €95 million for Irish telco Eircom
- Australia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.7% in November - - leads developed world in post-recession job creation
- Average Irish national house prices fell by 1.1% in September - down 10.6% in 12-month period
- Average age of world's 435 nuclear power plants is 25 years; 75% of Western Europe's plants in last half of life
- Average earnings show annual decrease of 11.1% in the Irish financial sector
- Average Irish household is responsible for emitting approximately 8.1 tonnes of CO2 annually; Energy usage per dwelling in 2006 was 27% above the average for the UK
- Average Irish national house price fell 1.8% in October - - down 13.9% in 12-month period but based on low-sample size
- Average Irish national house price fell by 1.5% in June; Prices down 7.7% in first six months of 2009
- Average Irish national house prices accelerated to 1.9% decline in month of April 2009; In the first four months of 2009 national house prices have fallen by 4.9%
- Average Irish national house prices dropped 12.5% in year to July; down 23% from February 2007 peak but likely further to fall
- Average Irish national house prices fell 10.2% in the year to October
- Average Irish national house prices fell 9.6% in year to November
- Average Irish national house prices fell by 0.9% in August; Prices down prices by 9.9% in 12-month period
- Average Irish national house prices fell by 1.0% in March 2009; Down 10.0% in 12-month period; National prices now back to November 2004 levels
- Average Irish national house prices fell by 9.7% in year July
- Average Irish residential property values down 20% in 2009; 40-50% from peak to trough price dip forecast; IAVI says market close to a floor
- Average national house prices in Ireland fell by 18.5% in 2009 compared with 9.1% in 2008 - - 31.5% dip since peak in February 2007 and maybe more
- Average price of a hotel room in Ireland falls by 17% year in 2008
- Average weekly earnings in Irish Public Sector (ex Health) rose 3.4% in year to March 2009; Employment rose 2,900 - - up 20,000 in three years
- Average weekly Irish earnings in distribution and business services up by 2.7 % in 2007
- Aviation ground handling firm Aviance to exit Dublin Airport with 150 job losses; Aer Lingus to cut 200 jobs
- Avoiding Loan Rejections
- Bündchen, Brady Re-List Properties
- Babcock & Brown loses almost 50% of its value in a week; BCM says Irish telco Eircom will not be impacted by turmoil in Sydney
- Back to the bad old days?; The return of protectionism
- Backlash Hits Calpers Property Deals
- Bad Timing for London Mall's Debut
- Bailout Is No Quick Fix for Housing Woes
- Bakery group Aryzta reports pre-tax profits of €218 million for year ended 31 July 2008
- Ban on Down-Payment Aid Is Fought
- BaNama Republic, NAMA and "long term economic value" as "demographics" is disinterred from bubble wreckage
- Bank for International Settlements says world debt borrowings plunged sharply in Q3 2008
- Bank for International Settlements warns financial products should be certified safe like medicines
- Bank of America posts 41% decrease in second-quarter net income; Stock rises more than 9%
- Bank of America's net income fell 77% in first quarter
- Bank of England credit survey signals lenders plan to continue to tighten loan rules; UK new construction orders fell 13% in 3 months to May 2008
- Bank of England cuts benchmark interest rate to 1% - - a new all-time low since the Bank was founded in 1694
- Bank of England cuts benchmark rate to 1.5% - the lowest since the bank was established in 1694
- Bank of England cuts benchmark rate to 2% - lowest level since 1951; Rate has never been lower since 1694 - -in 314 years
- Bank of England cuts its forecast for UK economic growth; No respite from slowdown as unemployment rose the most in almost 16 years
- Bank of England cuts UK growth forecast to negative 4.5%; Recovery will take time
- Bank of England expected to keep benchmark interest rate on hold as consumer confidence plummets
- Bank of England governor calls for banks to be split into separate utility companies and risky ventures
- Bank of England holds benchmark interest rate at 5.0%
- Bank of England Hopes Gilt Works
- Bank of England in dramatic move cuts benchmark interest rate 1.5% to 3%; Lowest rate since 1955
- Bank of England keeps benchmark interest rate at 0.5% - - the lowest since 1694; Increases asset purchase size by £50 billion to £175 billion
- Bank of England keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 5%
- Bank of England keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5% despite recession fears
- Bank of England keeps benchmark rate at 0.5% - - the lowest in 315 years
- Bank of England keeps benchmark rate at 5%; Halifax says UK house prices fell at a record annual pace in June
- Bank of England keeps key interest rate at 0.5% - - a 315-year low; Increases size of Asset Purchase Programme by £50 billion to £125 billion
- Bank of England launches £50 billion sterling bank liquidity scheme to unfreeze London credit markets; Key 3-month Libor inter-bank rate fell slightly
- Bank of England minutes show policymakers voted 8-1 to keep interest rates on hold
- Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to keep its benchmark interest rate at 5% in May
- Bank of England official says no evidence of bigger being better in banking; UK regulation should risk losing some financial business
- Bank of England says Monetary Policy Committee split three ways in the July decision to keep interest rates on hold
- Bank of England says worst of credit crisis is over
- Bank of England signals more rate cuts as UK economy shrinks; Unemployment rises
- Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee keeps benchmark rate on hold at 5%
- Bank of Ireland and Irish Life & Permanent issue statements on merger/takeover approaches
- Bank of Ireland announces First Time Buyers 1 year fixed rate of 2.95%
- Bank of Ireland announces resignation of Brian Goggin as Group Chief Executive
- Bank of Ireland announces €1 billion fund for First Time Buyers
- Bank of Ireland Business Banking says the number new Irish companies formed in 2008 fell 21%
- Bank of Ireland condemns IBOA threat of one-day strike as “completely unwarranted and against the interests of staff and customers.”
- Bank of Ireland cuts fixed rate mortgages
- Bank of Ireland economist Dan McLaughlin says Irish economy has been hit by three shocks; Economy to contract by 1.6% this year
- Bank of Ireland economist says Irish house prices are falling at a reduced pace; However July price data may not be good indicator of trend
- Bank of Ireland expects to receive a 30% on €16 billion of NAMA loan transfers; Several shareholders make angry interventions at EGM
- Bank of Ireland issues update on stolen laptops
- Bank of Ireland keeps expected bad debt charge at €6 billion: Downside risks may exist; Warns of negative impact on net interest margin
- Bank of Ireland launches independent mentoring initiative targeted at its SME customers
- Bank of Ireland launches €100 million fund for renewable energy projects in Ireland - - €200m earmarked for the sector
- Bank of Ireland launches €250m fund to support Irish businesses
- Bank of Ireland Life announces launch of second series of what its terms its "highly successful Guarantee Plus - Investment Bond."; €40 million invested in the first series
- Bank of Ireland loan transfers to NAMA may be subject to "haircut" of less than 20%
- Bank of Ireland Private Banking says equity markets may now have hit the bottom of the cycle and that investors should be alert to the potential for recovery
- Bank of Ireland raises mortgage rates; 3-month Euribor inter-bank rates in the Eurozone rise to new 2008 high
- Bank of Ireland reports 32% fall in pre-tax profits to €650m for the six months to the end of September
- Bank of Ireland reports half-year pre-tax loss of €979m
- Bank of Ireland reports loss of €7 million in year ended 31 March 2009; Governor resigns; Loan impairment charge rises to €1.4 billion
- Bank of Ireland reports profit before tax of €1.93 billion for the year ended 31 March 2008: Underlying Earnings Per Share up 4%
- Bank of Ireland says interest rates could still fall this year in the Eurozone despite inflation and fall further in the UK
- Bank of Ireland says new Irish company registrations fell 18.4% in the first quarter compared to Q1 2008
- Bank of Ireland says slowing economic growth continues to adversely impact earnings; Slowdown most pronounced in the Retail businesses in Ireland
- Bank of Ireland sells €1 billion bond; Six Irish-owned guaranteed banks and building societies have raised €10 billion in the bond markets since October 2008
- Bank of Ireland shareholders told exposure to UK mortgage market may be reason for weak share price - Loss of over 9% Tuesday; Deposit and Loan rates raised
- Bank of Ireland tells Office of the European Competition Commissioner that it will not require any more State aid
- Bank of Ireland to contact over 10,000 of its life assurance customers over four stolen laptops containing confidential data
- Bank of Ireland warns "trading conditions have become increasingly difficult"
- Bank of Ireland's Dan McLaughlin forecasts ECB rate rise in July
- Bank of Ireland's Dan McLaughlin forecasts ECB rate rise in July
- Bank of Ireland's Dan McLaughlin says Irish housing affordability set to improve; ECB still on course for 2 interest rate cuts in 2008
- Bank of Japan cuts benchmark interest rate to 0.3%
- Bank of Japan cuts economic growth forecast and leaves benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.5%
- Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate at 0.5% - cuts economic growth forecast
- Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.5%; Says economic growth is slowing due to high energy and materials' prices
- Bank of Japan raises outlook for economy for the first time in almost three years
- Bank of Scotland (Ireland) pledges €1 billion of Irish lending in 2009; Irish Banking Federation says banks will provid strong support to Irish business during slowdown
- Bank of Scotland Ireland to close Halifax network with loss of 750 jobs; Entry to Irish mortgage market in 1999 resulted in significant increase in competition
- Bank of Ireland welcomes €3.5bn investment by Irish Government; Expects €4.5bn in bad debt losses over 3-year period
- Bankers Seek Place in the Sun
- Bankers' Group Burned
- Banks Are Freezing Lines of Credit
- Banks Begin to Rein In Branch Boom
- Banks cut foreign loans in biggest fall in at least 30 years - - in the fourth quarter of 2008
- Banks Jettison Commercial-Property Debt
- Banks Quick to Adopt New Loan Rules
- Banks Rein In Branch Boom
- Banks to Launch Covered Bonds
- Banks Toughen Terms on Loans
- Banque de France Governor says benefits of globalisation through cheap goods from low-cost markets to Europe can no longer be relied on to contain inflation
- Barbados Shores Up Four Seasons
- Barclays Equity Gilt Study 2009: Past 10 years "lost decade" for shares; US annualised return since 1998 fourth-worst 10-year return of past 83 years
- Barclays Turns Developer
- Bargain Hunters Look at Dubai
- Bargaining Is Out of Place
- Barrier-free tolling on the M50 in Dublin has reduced average travel times in either direction by 5.5 minutes
- Barroso says no "firm recovery" has taken hold in Europe’s economy
- Barroso to resist lobbying for plum jobs on next Commission; Dutch renominate opposition party politician Neelie Kroes
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision proposes closing regulatory loophole that facilitated banks to own the complex assets which have incurred huge losses
- Battle of Wireless Telephony Begins
- Battle Over Lehman's Real-Estate Carcass
- Battling Beetles in the Garden
- Beal Bank Makes Play For Trump Casinos
- Bears Crept Away
- Beazer Posts Narrower Loss
- Beazer Restates Results for 9 Years
- Behind a Bankruptcy Brouhaha
- Behind the Boom and Bust of Vesta
- Beijing Hotels Face a Glut of Rooms
- Beijing's Cooldown Likely to Be Short-Lived
- Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments in partial nationalisation of Fortis banking/insurance group; UK to nationalise Bradford & Bingley - its biggest lender in buy-to-let market
- Bell Tolls on a Debt-Heavy Plan
- Bernanke sees modest US economic growth next year; OECD says US should raise federal funding on jobs programmes for young people
- Bernanke's prospects of winning a second term as Federal Reserve chairman improve
- Best Managed Irish Companies Awards programme for 2010 launched
- Best Managed Irish Companies: Two weeks left to apply for inaugural year of innovative business awards programme
- Better and better: A year in review and a look ahead
- Beverly Hills Development in Doubt
- Bid for Universality
- Big 4 accounting firm PwC says first year fees for winding up Lehman Brothers Europe total £266 million
- Big Chinese Firms Take to the Skyline
- Big Hotel Planned Next to Sears Tower
- Big industrial users of energy in huge price hikes; Dow Chemical to also idle plants in Europe and US
- Big losses at insurance giant AIG and Freddie Mac dim hopes of early end to credit crisis; US housing market only halfway through downward cycle; House prices to fall a further 20%
- Big Palm Beach Deals
- Big Risk in Midtown
- Big US banks/ securities firms to pay record $145bn for 2009; Earnings rise 18% at 38 firms - - above pre-crash record year of 2007
- Big-Name Investors Pounce
- Big-Name Investors Start to Pounce
- Bill Gates' last day as Microsoft employee
- Billion-dollar bond fund manager Bill Gross says US trillion-dollar deficits are here to stay
- Billionaire Set to Buy Trump Mansion
- Biofuels: Scientists warn use of wild grasses in biofuel production as alternative to food crops could create economic and ecological havoc
- Black Monday for jobs as more than 100,000 cuts reported in US, Japan, Netherlands, UK and Ireland
- Black or illegal economies in countries can help in a recession but dishonest activity must be on sizeable scale
- Blackrock International Land reports pre-tax losses of almost €8m for the first half 2008
- Blackrock International Land reports pre-tax losses of almost €8m for the first half 2008
- Blackrock International Land says lack of increase in property values disappointing
- Blockbuster Begging
- Bloxham launches Financial Recovery Bond - Says:“Strong banks will get stronger”
- BOE Policy Dove Favors More Rate Cuts
- Boeing's 787 Dreamliner due to make its first test flight - - almost two and a half years late due to distributed manufacturing model
- BofA Ends Overdraft Fees on Debit Buys
- BofA Feels Bite of Move Into Mortgage-Backed Securities
- BofA Lawyers Rebuked in Cabi Case
- BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager December Survey finds investors looking to 2010 as year of moderate economic growth, benign inflation and solid returns in global equities
- BofA's Secret: Real-Estate Banking
- Bonds Tied to Mortgages Have Hope
- Bonus Time in Manhattan Real Estate
- Book Review: Ireland, Europe and the World -- Dan O'Brien
- Booking Bets on Hotel Luxury
- Bookstores in a Real-Estate Bind
- Boom or bust - - Big accounting firms still in the money but should they be trusted?
- Bord Gáis announces interim increase in gas retail prices of 20% from 1st September 2008
- Bord Gáis announces purchase of windfarm development in the West of Ireland and investment of about €50 million
- Bord Gáis Energy announces entry into Ireland’s residential electricity market
- Bord Gáis reports pre-tax profits of €166m for 2007; Seeking price increase of up to 19%
- Bord Pleanála refuses Sean Dunne permission to develop on Jurys Hotel/Berkeley Court hotel sites; NIMBIES triumph again with veto on high-rise
- Borrowers to Banks: Show Me the Money
- Boston Properties CEO Dies
- Boston Scientific share price fall to 52-week low linked to liquidation of Lehman Brothers
- Boston Scientific to invest €21.7 million in a Research and Development project in Cork
- Both Good and Bad News
- Boxer consortium pulls out of Irish digital terrestrial television plans
- Boyd Gaming Delays Vegas Project
- BP announces "giant" oil discovery in the deepwater of Gulf of Mexico
- BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008: Energy Consumption rises as Supplies Lag says oil giant; Oil price has been on an upward path for more than six years - longest period since 1861
- BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009: Developing World leapfrogs sluggish OECD in energy demand; Ex-Canada's tar sands oil reserves sufficient for 42 years at 2008 production
- Bracing for a Quake
- Breaking Into Your Own House
- Breakthrough of the Year, or a Big Game
- Breakthrough of the Year, or a Big Game
- Brian Cowen and his "educated" Government on its first anniversary
- BRIC manufacturers’ confidence falls sharply at start of 2009 as global economic downturn bites
- BRIC outward FDI - the dragon will outpace the jaguar, the tiger and the bear
- BRICs as emerging international financial power
- BRICs drive global economic recovery
- Brisk Bidding for Failed-Bank Loans
- Brisk Commercial Development Takes Breather
- Britain’s commercial property in September had largest monthly capital growth since June 2006 - - contained by continued falling rents
- British Airways reports 45% rise in pre-tax profits
- British Airways warns it will have to raise fares and axe routes because of high fuel costs
- British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia SA sign joint business agreement on flights between North America and Europe
- British Land's Strategy Shift Raises Eyebrows
- Britvic says Irish annual sales were £99.5m
- Brixton Poses a Test for Segro
- Brixton's Test: Raising Cash
- Broadband plans for 66 more Irish towns -- e|net selected as preferred bidder
- Broadway Partners Faces the Music
- Brokers Find the Money
- Brookfield Fund Buys J.P. Morgan Properties
- Brookfield Letter May Aid Maguire CEO
- Brookfield, Simon Position to Bid on General Growth
- Brown says climate change deal may not be agreed; Money remains key stumbling block
- Brown says: "We...saved the world..."; Sterling falls to record against Euro and Germany criticises the UK's “crass Keynesianism”
- Brown signals no new big UK fiscal stimulus planned as bond auction fails
- BT Ireland says a strong performance for the full year to the end of March 2008 boosted by broadband growth
- Budget 2010 Day Ireland: A focus on spending cuts rather than taxation is expected
- Budget Travel to close 14 retail outlets and cut 95 jobs; Irish tour operator business is down 40%
- Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch agrees takeover by Stella Artois maker InBev in $52 billion deal that will create the world's biggest brewer
- Builder Group Shifts Tax Break Stance
- Builder Soho China Stumbles in Beijing
- Builders Feel Pinch of Key Omission From Bill
- Builders Make Plea for Federal Aid
- Builders Net Win in N.Y. Case
- Builders Tout Home Incentives
- Building a Well to Skirt Water Restrictions
- Building an indigenous Irish exporting base; Being prepared for a hard slog and the sheltered workshop that is RTÉ
- Building vs. Buying
- Built-to-Suit: To Each Their Own. Three Rivers California Real Estate
- Bumpy Recovery in the U.K.
- Burkle Angles for Barneys Stake
- Burrows to become chairman of British American Tobacco - - a journey from whiskey via boomtime Irish banking
- Bush approves $17.4 billion rescue package for US auto makers
- Bush asks Congress to approve $770 million in new global food aid
- Bush asks Congress to approve $770 million in new global food aid
- Bush Picks Preston for HUD
- Bush Pushes European Lending Plan
- Bush says US risks “long and painful recession”; McCain/Obama to meet at White House; Stress in credit markets rises - Spanish bank offers free cars for opening long-term, interest-free deposits
- Bush Signs Housing Bill
- Business Center on the Line
- Business Climate Indicator and Economic Sentiment Indicator in the Eurozone fell sharply in October
- Business Climate Indicator for the Eurozone declines in June; Economic sentiment also falls
- Business Climate Indicator for the Eurozone picks up slightly in May; Economic Sentiment Indicator unchanged
- Business confidence among service companies in EU and BRIC regions rises; Marked improvement in UK; China also strong
- Business Objects - unit of German software company SAP - to invest €29 million in establishing a R&D Centre in Dublin
- Business-Property Outlook Sours
- Businesses Bring the Green to Portland
- Businesses Taking Less Office Space
- Businessman Philip Lynch calls for all-Party Irish Government to be established
- Buyer's Remorse Hits Vegas Project
- Buying a Sense of Security for the Home
- Buyout Fund Contemplates a REIT Turn
- C&AG says €27.3m written-off on dud Irish public service web portal; €15m in fees for “stabilising...banking sector”; Farm scheme cost rockets from €248m to €1.1bn
- C&C boosted by good summer and rise of sterling against the euro
- C&C Group reports fall in cider revenue in both UK and Ireland; Outlook uncertain
- C&C Group says revenue to end August will fall 8%; Current difficult market conditions to continue throughout the second half of the year
- C&C reports 37% fall in full year operating profits related to plunge sales of Magners cider in UK
- C&C reports annual loss of €60.9m
- C&C reports decline in revenue and profit in six months to August; Resignation of CEO Maurice Pratt
- C&C reports pre-tax profits of €57m for the six months to the end of August
- C&C reports revenue down 5% in 5 month to July; To acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev operations in Ireland/Scotland
- C&C reports revenue down 5% in 5 month to July; To acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev operations in Ireland/Scotland
- C&C says cider market challenging
- C&C says it slipped up on cider figures
- C&C says sales revenue in year ended Feb 28, 2009 down 13%; Market conditions in Ireland and GB are "getting worse"
- Cabinet approves draft legislation on Irish "bad bank" NAMA; Blanks remain to be filled on key aspects of plan
- Calculus of globalization becomes more complicated with high price of oil; Shipping cost is on average the equivalent of a 9% tariff on trade
- California Cities Cut Police Budgets
- California Frets Fire's Early Start
- California Seeks to Curb Sprawl
- Calls Rise for Public Control of Water
- Calpers Confronts Huge Housing Losses
- Calpers Takes Hit on Land Deal
- Calpers Weighs Booting BlackRock
- Can China become the engine for world economic growth?
- Can China become the engine for world economic growth?
- Can Houses Be Sold Like Art?
- Canary Wharf Gets J.P. Morgan
- Cancellations Hit Toll Brothers
- CapitaLand Bets on China Property
- CapitaLand's Net Profit Drops 33%
- Capitalism entering a new era of lower risk tolerance, higher regulation and slower growth
- Capmark Seeks Chapter 11
- Cappoquin Chickens at risk of closure with 150 full-time job losses
- Car sales in August down 41.6% in Ireland, 41.3% in Spain and 7.1% in France
- Case-Shiller: House Prices Fall 14%
- Cashing In on Real Estate
- Casino Empire Takes Fresh Hits
- Casino Succession in Question
- Cavalier Homes to Be Acquired
- CB Diversified -- at Debt-Heavy Cost
- CBRE Back in 1540 Broadway Mix
- Ceilings Come Down to Earth
- Celtic Tiger Aftermath: Guilty Irish politicians remain in denial and clover while ignoring their victims
- Celtic Tiger RIP: "How we blew the boom"; RTÉ's Crony Ireland Insiders and well-paid wage slaves in denial
- Centerline Holding in Danger of Default
- Central Bank Governor says Irish economy will begin to recover in 2010 but it will be "extended and gradual"
- Central Bank says annual growth rate of Irish residential mortgages dropped to 9.6% in July - the lowest since December 1987
- Central Bank says annual rate of growth of Irish residential mortgages in October fell to a 22-year low
- Central Bank says annual rate of increase in Irish residential mortgages fell to 5.4% in January 2009 - - the lowest annual rate of increase since 1986
- Central Bank says annual rate of increase in Irish residential mortgages fell to 9% in August - the lowest increase since mid-1987
- Central Bank says annual rate of increase in Irish residential mortgages in September lowest in 22 years - since September 1986
- Central Bank says annual rate of increase of Irish residential mortgage lending fell to 5.8% in December - - the lowest annual rise since 1986
- Central Bank says in 2009 credit ex-valuations effects dipped 3.2% for Irish non-financial corporations; Household credit dropped 1.5% and residential mortgages were 0.3% lower
- Central Bank says Irish bank lending continued to fall in June; Residential mortgage lending dropped for third straight month
- Central Bank says Irish private-sector credit rose to 17.1% annual rate in March; Residential mortgage growth rate fell to the lowest annual rate since 1992
- Central Bank says Irish residential mortgage growth fell to 11.4% annual rate in April - the lowest annual rate since 1992
- Central Bank says Irish residential mortgage lending at historic low in May; Annual growth rate of Private Sector Credit plunged to 0.8% compared with 15.1% in May 2008
- Central Bank says Irish residential mortgage lending fell for seventh straight month
- Central Bank says Irish residential mortgage lending outstanding fell in July for the fourth straight month; Total private sector credit dipped again
- Central Bank says Irish residential mortgages growth fell in June to the lowest since December 1991
- Central Bank says net monthly increase in Irish residential mortgage credit in March was at historic low of €20 million
- Central European economies depend on Developed Europe for 70% of their exports as remittances fall; Austria faces headwinds
- Centro Avoids Liquidation With Debt Deal
- Centro Sees a Net Loss, Sells Assets
- Centro to Sell Fund's U.S. Malls
- Centro's Structure Fends Off Creditors
- Chairman of Irish Financial Regulator says some of the behaviour of banks' top executives has been totally unacceptable
- Chance of a bottoming out in China provides hope for East Asia on an otherwise gloomy horizon says World Bank
- Changes to Irish Tax Policy can support Economic Growth and Competitiveness - NCC
- Chapter 12: A New Identity
- Chartered Accountants say credit dries up for Irish small business; Expected in recession and no comparative historical data is available
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants students/unqualified in Ireland earn €49,565; Fully qualified CIMA member earned average of €99,419
- Chartered Surveyors warn Irish construction sector output likely to fall to €14 billion by 2010 – down from €39 billion in 2007; Construction costs now at year 2000 levels
- Cheerleader of spin calls for Irish good news agenda
- Cher Asks $45 Million for Malibu Estate
- Chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm resigns
- Chief Executive of Europe's biggest bank HSBC calls for central banks to raise interest rates to fight inflation; Says investment banking model is flawed
- Chief Executive of the Irish Financial Regulator Patrick Neary resigns in response to report on Anglo Irish Bank directors' loans
- Child Drownings Rise, Spark Safety Concerns
- China and India's service sectors continued to grow strongly in January
- China celebrates 60 years of communism/ capitalism; Ready to reclaim pre-1890 status as world's biggest economy?
- China celebrates remarkable transition at XXIX Olympiad; Economy forecast to be world's largest from 2015 - regaining position it lost in 1890
- China confirms "firm opposition" to Japan's bid to extend its continental shelf; India to expand navy to support seabed mineral exploration
- China Curbs Loan Commissions
- China expects economy to grow 8% this year; "crucial but complicated" year for economic recovery forecast
- China has pegged currency to US dollar since July 2008 to help exporters; Emerging markets expected to keep currencies undervalued as crisis risks recede
- China hints at renminbi/yuan appreciation; Says think again - - it may not be China's century
- China hints it may end renminbi peg to the US dollar
- China increases bank reserve requirements as consumer price inflation remains close to 12-year high
- China keeps 8% growth target in 2009; No additional spending on stimulus announced
- China Land Prices Fan Bubble Fears
- China may overtake the United States to become leading producer of manufactured goods in next five to seven years says OECD
- China moves up Global Innovation Index; Japan, Switzerland, Finland and US in lead; Ireland retains 19th ranking
- China moves up the global innovation rankings but innovation techniques still lag global best practice
- China moves up the global innovation rankings but innovation techniques still lag global best practice
- China Offers Hoteliers a Reprieve
- China plans to use its $2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves to accelerate Chinese business expansion overseas
- China Prepares to Salvage CCTV Tower
- China receives assurance from Obama administration on cutting US budget deficit
- China reports decline in exports/imports slowed sharply in September
- China reports exports fell for ninth straight month in July; New loans tumbled; Industrial output rose
- China reports fall in December exports; Trade surplus hit a record in 2008 as imports plunged
- China says about 20 million migrant workers have returned home after losing their jobs
- China says currency exchange rate close to "reasonable" level
- China to Alter Insurers' Rules
- China Urges Real-Estate Developers to Cut Prices
- China Vanke Posts Weak Sales
- China's 2009 growth revised up to annual rate of 8.2%
- China's and India's manufacturing sectors contracted in November
- China's consumer price index fell in May to 7.7%
- China's economic growth has moderated to a more sustainable pace says World Bank
- China's economic growth plunges to annual 6.8% rate in fourth quarter of 2008
- China's economic recovery surged ahead in November with industrial production rising by 19.1%
- China's economy grew at annual 8.9% rate in the third quarter of 2009
- China's economy grew at the slowest pace since 2005 in the second quarter
- China's export volume decreased 17.5% year-on-year in January; Imports plunged 43% - Chinese Lunar New Year holidays had impact but trend remains grim
- China's exports jumped by 46% in February compared with a year ago; Imports climbed 44.7%
- China's exports plunge 25.7% in year to February; Stimulus plan boosts investment 26.5% in first 2 months compared with same period in 2008
- China's exports rose 17.7% n December; 2009 trade surplus fell 34% to $196bn; Maximum loan-to-value on investment residential property set at 60%
- China's growing ties with emerging markets: What it means for geopolitics
- China's Home-Team Edge on Property
- China's industrial output grew at weakest pace in more than six years in August; Revised data shows Japan's economy contracted at a sharper rate in Q2 2008
- China's leadership key in global economic recovery and reform IMF says
- China's manufacturing grew at at robust pace in October; India's growth was more moderate
- China's manufacturing PMI hit a survey high in January; India's manufacturing sector expanded at fastest pace for nearly one-and-a-half years
- China's manufacturing sector continued to deteriorate in March; PMI data shows deterioration slowed in India
- China's power generation expanded 4.8% in July from a year earlier; Electricity consumption and Chinese GDP tenuously linked
- China's Premier Wen says more stimulus measures will be launched if required
- China's quarterly growth rate lowest in 10 years; Exports down 19% - - imports dip 31%
- China's retail sales rose in April at the fastest rate since at least 1999; Trade surplus fell slightly
- China's Retail Sector Draws More Interest
- China's service activity remained broadly unchanged in February; India's service PMI shows sharp growth in sector
- China's stimulus package powers surges in industrial production, retail sales and bank lending
- China's trade surplus fell 9.6% to US$123.72 billion in the first seven months of 2008; Producer Price Index rose 10% - a 12-year high
- China's trade surplus was US$20.2 billion in May; Export growth accelerated to annual 28.1% rate
- China's under-consumption over-stated
- China-US: Protectionism on the rise - how likely is a trade war?
- China’s economic recovery gathered pace in October
- China’s economy grew at 10.7% annual rate in fourth quarter of 2009 - - up 8.7% in year; Inflation rises
- China’s economy grew at rapid pace in second quarter 2009; Stock market capitalisation of Chinese companies now second to US
- China’s economy will surpass the US by 2035 and be twice as large as the US by midcentury
- China’s recovery accelerated in August; Japan revises down second-quarter growth
- Chinese and Indian manufacturing PMI continued to grow at robust rates in February
- Chinese and Indian manufacturing PMI data showed a continued improvement in operating conditions in June
- Chinese and Indian manufacturing PMI in January continued to signal a weakening business environment
- Chinese Developers Race to Launch IPOs
- Chinese exports fell at an accelerated pace in May; Fixed asset investment surged; Japan revises Q1 2009 GDP drop to annual 14.2% rate
- Chinese firm Citic Pacific hit by losses of US$1.89 billion on risky bets on US dollar
- Chinese manufacturing growth was maintained in September
- Chinese manufacturing output fell sharply in October; Japan's PMI fell to 7-year low and India's PMI also declined
- Chinese Manufacturing PMI at forty-eight month high in April; Inflationary pressures remain elevated; Robust growth maintained in the Indian manufacturing sector
- Chinese manufacturing PMI data in August show acceleration in sector; Domestic demand in India continued to power new order growth
- Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger begins on Sunday
- Chinese PMI data signalled manufacturing exports in November rose at fastest rate since 2005; Indian manufacturing economy expanded solidly in month
- Chrysler HQ Big Factor in Sale
- Chrysler Plans to Lease Factory
- CIBC named as Canadian bank interested in AIB investment; RBC Canada says Irish banks in “vegetative state” and facing “debt wall of worry”.
- CIC May Invest in U.S. Real Estate
- Cincinnati Group Sues Over Homes
- Citi - - the US bank rescued by $45 billion in US taxpayer funds - - posts surprise profit of $1.6 billion
- Citi accused of "fraudulent misrepresentations" by Abu Dhabi fund; US Treasury suspends share sales; Controversy rages on $38 billion tax break
- Citi Cancels Renovation
- Citi energy trader pressing for his 2009 pay deal which could exceed $100 million
- Citi Gets Tough With General Growth
- Citi may surrender 40% of equity to US government in return for more capital
- Citi Scales Back Mortgage Business
- Citibank Europe's head says Dublin's International Financial Services Centre faces big potential job losses
- Citigroup Aims to Sell Japan Ski Resort
- Citigroup and Merrill Lynch agree to buy back $17 billion in auction-rate securities from US retail investors; Citi fined $100 million for "deceptive behavior"
- Citigroup downgrades Bank of Ireland and Anglo Irish Bank to “sell”; More than 60% of the shares of Irish banks are held by overseas investors; Oil price surges to $134 in New York - Updated
- Citigroup Loses Ruling on Construction Loan, for Now
- Citigroup reports fourth quarter loss on costs to exit the government’s bailout program
- Citigroup to axe 53,000 additional jobs - 75,000 jobs to go from December 2007 peak
- Citigroup Veteran Takes Apollo Job
- City's Market, at Least, Defies Curse
- Climate change study proposes cost-efficient alternatives to expensive target of preventing global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius+
- Climate change talks begin in Copenhagen
- Close to 45% of European unemployment spells last more than a year compared with only about 10% in the US
- CMBS Market Begins to Show Fissures
- CNL to Buy Ski Resorts
- CNN Anchor Offers Manhattan Loft
- Coca-Cola Company to submit planning application for $300 million facility at Wexford, Ireland
- Codes Change Boosts Housing Starts
- Cognotec - - the once Irish tech high-flier hope - - sold off for $4.7 million
- Coillte reports 79% rise in 2007 profit; Plans to expand into wind farms
- Coles's Death Ruled a Suicide
- Colleges Hire Specialized Developers
- Colony Weighs Las Vegas Investment
- Color, Style & Taste
- Comfort at a price, Las Vegas Real Estate Listing
- Comment - Lisbon Treaty Aftermath: The case of European politicians confusing concerns of "people" with the anti-science opponents of Genetically Modified (GM) food
- Comment: Is Ireland an Organised Hypocrisy?
- Commerce via IPO
- Commercial Market Gains Footing
- Commercial Prices Now 43.7% Off Peak
- Commercial Property Faces Crisis
- Commercial Property Loses Shelter
- Commercial Property Remains Under Distress
- Commercial Real Estate Portends Crisis
- Commercial REIT Stocks Stage Retreat
- Commercial Sales Jump
- Commercial Sector in California to Worsen
- Commercial Shocks Trigger REIT Selloff
- Commercial-Mortgage REITs Rally but Concerns Persist
- Commercial-Property Pressures Grow
- Commission on Growth & Development Report: 13 countries had sustained high growth - defined as 7% per year or more for 25 years or longer; Highlights four sets of countries where growth has stalled
- Commission on Taxation Report Ireland 2009: Proposed property tax, a carbon tax, and domestic water charges as part of overhaul of Irish tax system
- Companies are making painful choices in order to grow during the recession says new report
- Companies in Europe Batten Down Hatches
- Companies Take Hits on Relocation Costs
- Company Appraisal: Real Estate Developers
- Company liquidations in Ireland more than doubled in 2008
- Company Valuation: Property-Owning Companies
- Competition Authority finds increasingly price-conscious Irish consumers; State must lead in reducing the cost of doing business; Tesco raises prices
- Competition Authority to launch investigation of Kerry Group’s proposed acquisition of Breeo Foods and Breeo Brands
- Competitiveness and public-sector finances: Three factors for boosting stability in the Eurozone
- Competitiveness of Eurozone economies: Long tradition of tensions
- Complex Mortgages May Hit FirstFed
- Composite Leading Indicators continue to show signs of improvement in most OECD economies
- ComReg directs Eircom to reduce the price of LLU Line Share by 65%
- ComReg Quarterly Report shows Irish Broadband take-up continues to grow strongly
- ComReg says 54% of Irish households have broadband
- Conditions at Irish construction firms worsened again in February; Pace of contraction was the weakest in twenty-seven months
- Condo Buyers in Florida Seek to Exit Deals
- Condo King Corus Weighs Options
- Confidence among UK business professionals indicates UK recession is at an end
- Confidence, Home Prices Decline
- Congress agrees $789 billion US stimulus plan; Obama hails "endeavor of enormous scope and scale"
- Congress Faults Bush on Housing Bill
- Congress Hammers Out Breaks for Homeowners
- Connecticut Files Suit Against Countrywide
- Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump
- Connemara Mining announces "a second major discovery" of high grade zinc close to Limerick City
- Consolidated Resorts Seeks Bankruptcy
- Construction and the Irish Economy: Are we ready for the post-"Golden Age" period?
- Construction Crisis May Be Building
- Construction demand in Germany will grow on average by only 0.5% per annum in real terms up to 2018
- Construction Industry Counts on Obama
- Construction Industry May Rebound in 2010
- Construction Loans Sour Small Banks
- Construction Sees Drop in Spending
- Construction Spending Exceeds Expectations
- Consulting Group Sues Vegas Resort
- Consumer Confidence Plummets
- Consumers Are Downbeat on Economy
- Contraction in Irish construction activity remained close to PMI survey record in November: Sharp input cost deflation posted
- Contraction of Japanese manufacturing sector slowed abruptly in April; Bank of Japan says economy will grow 1.2% in 2010 following 3.1% contraction this year
- Contraction of Northern Ireland private sector in August slowest since January 2008
- Contraction of Northern Ireland private sector slowest for twelve months in May
- Control of Stuyvesant Town Takes Center Stage
- Convergent Technologies Conference: IBEC says Ireland well placed to capitalize on our "unique" concentration of world’s most innovative companies
- Cooking Like the Stars?
- Cordish Nears Deal To Buy Tropicana
- Cork's Beamish and Crawford brewery to close with 120 job losses; Brewing on current site dates from 1650
- Corporate Expectations Barometer: Business expectations continue to rise Economist Intelligence Unit survey shows
- Corporate Style in Office Interiors
- Corporate tax competition has negative effect on income tax revenue according to research report
- Corus Auction Augurs Property 'Mark'
- Corus Bids Enter the Final Stretch
- Corus Has Buyers for Its Condos: Vultures
- Corus's Condo Crater
- Cost of commonly used services on average 30% higher in Dublin than in Belfast
- Cost of mortgage for Irish first-time buyers will be down 50% since 2006 by December this year
- Cost of regulation for world's top 100 financial institutions is €36 billion; Uneven Irish regulatory burden between large and smaller institutions
- Coughlan announces "project" to devise SME friendly Irish public procurement policy; Glacial change welcome but endemic cronyism likely to persist
- Coughlan announces 20 new "highly skilled" jobs over 5 years at US space components firm AMPAC in Dublin
- Coughlan announces expansion plan by Cerner Corporation to lead to 40 new "highly skilled jobs"; Workday Irish job loss rate in April was 750
- Coughlan announces R&D "Centre-of-Excellence" and creation of 10 "high-value" research positions in Dublin
- Coughlan announces revised qualifying conditions for new Irish work permits; Minimum pay for eligibility is set at €30,000 per annum
- Coughlan announces €3m in "new" export deals from Silicon Valley that are not new
- Coughlan appoints Enterprise Feedback Group on plan for Ireland to become a world-class knowledge economy by 2013
- Coughlan claims €40 million in new export sales have been "signed" during UAE trade mission
- Coughlan in United States in search of investment and jobs from ICT and financial services sectors for Ireland
- Coughlan launches "Best Connected - - New Software Economy" plan as adjunct to "Smart Economy" aspiration
- Coughlan launches industry innovation group; 9% of Science Foundation Ireland supported 2007 PhD graduates went to work in Irish-based businesses
- Coughlan launches new Irish public sector procurement handbook branded as "smart"
- Coughlan launches nine "transformational" Competence Centres for research and public investment of €56 million
- Coughlan launches public consultation process on the introduction of a Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings
- Coughlan leads Irish trade mission to US and Canada
- Coughlan meets National Consumer Agency following request from Cowen
- Coughlan signals rejection of Bord Snip/McCarthy report proposals; Irish political tradition - Ministers commission reports and then bin them
- Coughlan visits US to plead for US investment and jobs in advance of expected Obama Presidency
- Countrywide's Pressures Mount
- County Clare farmers' co-operative announces €200m wind project; SEI says Irish economy recorded energy savings of €750m in 2007
- Court Weighing Eminent Domain
- Cowen announces appointment of 28-strong insider-dominated Irish innovation taskforce - - to rubber-stamp Government policy?
- Cowen announces public sector pensions levy; Total spending cuts of €2 billion
- Cowen confirms commitment to €4 billion fiscal adjustment in December Budget
- Cowen heads for China; Irish-owned firms' share of Ireland's exports to China in 2007 was as low as 6.7%
- Cowen heads Irish trade mission in Japan
- Cowen makes another “rallying cry”; Court appointed examiner seeks €425-an-hour; 18 State agencies fund 4,000 non-staff flights in 2 years
- Cowen says tax revenues may fall to €32 billion in 2009 compared with €47.8 billion in 2007 - - expected deficit rises to €26 billion
- Cowen says dole claimants will rise to 500,000 by Christmas; Irish unemployment to remain elevated for extended period
- Cowen says he would like to see pay for top Irish bankers cut by at least 25%
- Cowen says the Government is considering all options on bank rescue plan; PWC report says banks adequately capitalised
- Cowen signalls cuts in public pay and pensions being considered; IBEC calls for substantive Irish jobs stimulus package
- Cowen warns of IMF rescue for Irish economy: Announces in Japan contracts and agreements for "new" export sales valued at €46m
- Cowen's manna-like US export bonanza; Obama nominates Rooney as US ambassador to Ireland
- Crane Collapses in New York
- Credit Crisis - Reform Proposals: European leaders call for a “Bretton Woods II” summit
- Credit crisis causes reappraisal of firm-wide risk management
- Credit Crisis may be abating but house property downturn in US and UK may last more than six years
- Credit crisis triggers US recession and one of America’s biggest banks may collapse former IMF chief economist says; Financial crisis is at the halfway point
- Credit crunch is not dampening corporate ambitions for innovation says latest Economist Intelligence Unit report
- Credit Default Swaps: Heading towards a more stable system
- Credit Frozen: What To Do?
- Credit Line Is Key for Gramercy
- Credit Losses Mount at Fannie
- Credit Suisse Buys Boston Property
- Credit Suisse reports first quarter loss; Barclays say that Q1 profits in Global Retail and Commercial Banking were ahead of last year’s: Profit in other key units down
- Creditors Meetings on rise as bad debts soar; The final nail in the coffin?
- CRH announces CEO Liam O’Mahony is to continue as a non-executive director
- CRH appoints Myles Lee as Group Chief Executive Designate
- CRH expects 2008 profit to exceed €1.6 billion; Outlook to improve in second half of 2009
- CRH expects to report a full year percentage decline in profit before tax in the low to mid-teens
- CRH reports 10% fall in pre-tax profits in the first half of 2008
- CRH reports 2008 profit before tax of €1.63 billion - - a fall of 14%
- CRH reports 53% dip in 2009 profit before tax and impairment charges to €773m
- CRH reports profit before tax in H1 2009 fell 82% to €108 million
- CRH reports sales drop of 18% in 2009; Profit before tax dipped 55% to €0.75 billion
- CRH says full year 2008 reported profit before tax may show a high single digit percentage decline compared with the record 2007 outturn
- CRH says profit plunged in first half of 2009; Outlook - - trading conditions to remain extremely challenging but profit performance will improve
- CRH says trading in the first four months of 2009 "extremely challenging"; Underperformance anticipated in the first half is expected to moderate
- CRH warns that the weaker US Dollar over recent months together with slower trends in a number of markets makes 2008 a challenging year
- Crisis Hits Russian Real Estate
- Crisis on Wall Street: Lehman Brothers to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch; Insurance giant AIG agrees restructuring following 31% share plunge on Friday
- Crony Ireland and misperceptions on pay and pensions between Irish public and private sector workers
- Crude oil price falls below $124 a barrel after the IEA cuts 2008 demand forecast; Price surged almost 12% since May 1st
- Crude oil price rises to new record of $139.89 in New York
- Crying Over the House Hunt
- CSO survey says €435m was spent on Irish cross-border shopping trips in the year to July 2009; 44% of households bought alcohol
- Curb Appeal: U.K. Real-Estate Stocks?
- Current economic crisis is likely to result in profound changes in nearly every major industry worldwide says Economist Intelligence Unit
- Cut in mortgage interest relief from Friday; Estimated 230,000 Irish home owners face higher mortgage bills - - at least temporarily
- Cuts in bankers' pay to extend to all Irish-owned guaranteed financial institutions; Politicians express outrage but mum on own featherbedding
- Cycle of Pain Ensnares Market
- D.R. Horton Pares Loss
- DAA - Dublin Airport Authority announces plans for "World Class" €4 billion development - Dublin Airport City
- Dáil approves emergency Irish bank guarantee legislation by 124 – 18; US Senate approves $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan by 74 – 25
- Dallas Retail Sector Comes Under Pressure
- Dan Fogelberg Ranch in Contract
- Dangers of premature "mission accomplished" and the Irish fields of dreams
- Dark Days for Mall Dynasty Built on Debt
- Datalex reports pre-tax loss of $800,000 in H1 2008
- Datalex says $125 a barrel oil may help it generate business from US airlines
- David McWilliams - - a short-termist like his Celtic Tiger villains?
- Davos 2010: Trichet and King support Obama's bank reform plan
- Davos World Economic Forum 2009: Trichet warns financial markets to stop putting pressure on banks to hold more capital; Risk of making global recession worse
- Davos World Economic Forum 2009: Wen and Putin blame US for global crisis; Russian PM warns against State "interference" in the private sector
- Davy - Ireland's biggest stockbroking firm - to cut up 10%-15% of staff
- Davy says bad debt losses for the six Irish banks over 2008-2010 will amount to €33bn; Charges at Anglo will be 15% of loans; 22% at Irish Nationwide
- Davy says case for public intervention in Irish mortgage market is persuasive; At least 40,000 new completed unsold units
- Davy says Ireland was never a wealthy country; High income in 2000-2008 largely wasted
- Davy says Irish economy is in a painful recession; Calls for a pay freeze in return for tax rebates
- Davy says Irish Tourism troubles are threat for economy and banks; Hotel bedroom numbers jumped from 26,000 in 1996 to 64,500 in 2008 - a surge of 150% - while tourist numbers rose just over 70%
- Davy says no problem for Ireland to breach Euro deficit limit temporarily; Limit of 3% of GDP will be approached in 2008 and breached in 2009
- Davy to provide €35 million to Irish credit unions to cover losses on investment product; Hopes to recover cost when financial markets rebound
- Davy welcomes High Court decision to quash the decision of the Financial Services Ombudsman in Enfield Credit Union case
- Day of turmoil capped by rejection of $700 billion rescue plan for Wall Street; US stocks in biggest plunge since 1987; Irish stocks in biggest tumble since 1983
- DBSI Failure Shows Spread of Turmoil
- DCC acquires wine merchant FindlaterGrants from C&C Group for €9.6 million
- DCC founder Jim Flavin resigns after High Court application by the Irish Director of Corporate Enforcement
- DCC hails "excellent" January as harsh weather conditions boosted business
- DCC pre-tax profits rise 15.7% boosted by largest division DCC Energy
- DCC reports "excellent" fiscal first quarter boosted by cold weather in April; Reported 2008 earnings expected to be in line with 2007 on continuation of current Euro/sterling exchange rate
- DCC reports 12% increase in pre-tax profits to €181.7m for the year to the end of March; Board to outline position on insider trading legal case with Fyffes
- DCC reports operating profit rose 7.9% to €180.4 million in year ended March 31, 2009; Acquires Shell Denmark business for €14 million
- DCC reports operating profits for six months to end September up slightly to €48.8m
- DCC says trading profit for its first quarter to end of June was ahead of expectations
- DCC to acquire Chevron's oil distribution business in UK for €27.52 million
- DCC's board says Flavin's trading of Fyffes shares was an unwitting breach of civil law that is now repealed
- Deal Gives Firm Tallest Building in China
- Dealing With a Vacant Home
- Deaths at Site Spur Safety Debate
- Debt Clouds Future of Fontainebleau
- Debt Costs Stoke Fears for Freddie
- Decline in Irish services PMI accelerated in April as economic downturn showed little sign of abating
- Deep Crisis, Strong US Dollar: Is this Contradictory?
- Defaults Rising for 'Pick-a-Pay' Option
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme can be biggest risk to company – Mercer Ireland; Employer contribution rates have doubled over the last 8 years
- Defined benefit pension schemes will disappear from the UK this decade
- Deflation slows as Eurozone annual inflation rises to -0.2% in August 2009
- Dell delivers Exocet to Limerick with closure of iconic plant of the Celtic Tiger period; 1,900 direct jobs to be lost; Contractor and supplier jobs also gone
- Dell in deep discounting as US PC market falters; Western European market rose 24.3% in Q3 with Acer in the lead
- Dell reports 17% drop in quarterly profit
- Dell reports 48% fall in quarterly net income; Further job cutting is planned
- Dell reports 63% drop in quarterly profit and a 23% dip in revenue
- Dell reports falls in income and revenue in fiscal third quarter
- Dell reports strong fiscal-first-quarter results; Revenue from overseas markets overtook the US for the first time
- Dell tells ministers cost cutting plan to go-ahead; Up to 2,000 jobs at risk at Limerick plant
- Dell tells ministers cost cutting plan to go-ahead; Up to 2,000 jobs at risk at Limerick plant
- Dell to cut at least 400 temporary workers at its Limerick plant; Plans to increase parts purchases from China
- Dell warns of a ``further softening'' in demand this quarter
- Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance 2008: Revenue of Top 20 clubs at £1.9 billion forecast for 2007/08 season; Little evidence of improved profits
- Delta Index becomes first Irish Financial Spread Betting provider to be regulated by the Irish Financial Regulator
- Delta Index to launch service in Germany
- Delta Index to sponsor the Irish political cabaret Leviathan
- Democrats Face Rescue Backlash
- Demographic change in industrial countries; Less impact on health spending than widely believed
- Demographic outlook for the BRICs varies greatly; India's working-age population to rise by stunning 240m in 20 years compared with 10m in China
- Dempsey says Dublin Airport Authority can operate Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 - -T2 - - if it meets agreed benchmarks
- Denis O'Brien's Digicel reports annual revenues rose 11% to $1.73 billion in the year to end of March 2009
- Denis O’Brien launches search for Irish student entrepreneurs
- Denmark remains top of the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2008 Business Environment Rankings; Ireland drops to 11th rank
- Denmark, Ireland and Finland were dearest for consumer goods such as food, clothing and electronics in EU in 2008
- Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands head the 2009 e-readiness rankings; Ireland up three rungs to 18th ranking
- Denver's Convention Housing Bubble
- Department of Finance urged Financial Regulator and Central Bank on priority of finding investors for Quinn's shares in Anglo Irish Bank
- Designer Outlets Maintain Their Fashion
- Designer Trash
- Designing for the Senior Surge
- Detroit Casinos Fare Well in Slump
- Deutsche Bank expects to “return to profitability” in 2009; Merkel warns bankers economic recovery will be a long road
- Deutsche Bank reports net loss of €4.8 billion in Q4 2008; Hit by bad bets on US automotive sector
- Deutsche Bank Research says among the BRIC countries, growth in China and India will continue to outpace Brazil and Russia
- Deutsche Bank Research: Irish patient has to swallow the bitter medicine of correcting past exuberance
- Deutsche Bank Research: Who is washing the dishes tonight? The gender gap in household work: causes and effects
- Deutsche Bank says Ireland has been the most uncompetitive Eurozone country in period 1999-2009 followed by Italy, Portugal and Spain
- Deutsche Bank Sues Trump
- Deutsche Bank to Sell Three Towers
- Developer Driven to Brink of Ruin
- Developer of 9/11 Site Seeks Aid
- Developer Seán Dunne says D4 Hotels and D4 Stores have not contravened any planning laws
- Developer Sean Dunne's Mountbrook Group lodges planning application for redevelopment of Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre in return for an "implementable planning permission" for its Jurys Berkeley Court site
- Developer Sells Land Dirt Cheap
- Developers Ask U.S. for Bailout
- Developers Ask U.S. for Bailout
- Developers Cancel Las Vegas Project
- Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer
- Developers Diversified Deal to Test Rescue Program
- Developers Dread Return of Recourse
- Developers Fight to Build at National Parks
- Developers Scale Back Luxury Projects
- Developing Asia needs more balanced growth to protect from external shocks - - Asian Development Bank
- Developing Asian economies to revert to more moderate growth; Sharp rise in inflation forecast - impact of high food and oil prices muted in most of Asia
- Diageo Ireland acquires site in Leixlip to build new Irish Guinness brewery on land originally owned by founder Arthur Guinness
- Digiweb acquires Smart Telecom which is due to exit from court examinership
- Dismal Outlook for Mall Owners
- Dismal Outlook for Mall Owners
- Disney Rumors Spur Shanghai Money Grab
- Ditching Oil, Converting to Gas
- Dodd Tied to Countrywide Loans
- Dodgy Irish "economists" Bruce Arnold and Fintan O'Toole and economic facts
- Doha Round Trade Talks: Progress stalls as China and India seek concessions on protecting farmers from rising imports
- Doha Trade Round Talks: Irish Government warned not to allow rich farmers to scuttle progress; Agricultural produce accounts for 3% of Irish exports; Industrial and services exports for 97%
- Doha Trade Round Talks: Road to successful agreement littered with "potholes"; US Chamber of Commerce says deal has potential to deliver benefits to Ireland’s industrial and services sectors
- Doha Trade Round: Irish Farmers and Sacred Cows
- Doha world trade talks collapse; Demands from India and China for protections for their large farming bases were opposed by other Developing Countries, the EU and US
- Doing Business 2010: World Bank says record 131 economies reformed business regulation in 2008/09; Rwanda best reformer; Ireland retains 7th ranking
- Dollar demand for gold reached quarterly record of US$32bn in Q3 2008; Surge in demand from Germany and Switzerland
- Don't Do Windows? You May Be in Luck
- Double-digit growth in seaborne trade of dry bulk commodities to halt in 2009; World commodity dollar prices projected to fall by 34% in 2009
- Doubts Cast on Value of Vegas's Fontainebleau
- Doubts Linger for Europe's Property Stocks
- Dow closes at lowest since 1997; Banking giant JP Morgan Chase cuts dividend - - says Q1 2009 to-date "solidly profitable"
- Dow closes in on 10,000 level again; First time over threshold was in March 1999
- Dow has worst year since 1931; Ireland's ISEQ has worst performance since 1793
- Dow Jones hits 13-month high; Gold futures finished about $1,100 for first time; USD/EUR moves above $1.50
- Dow Jones Industrial Average closes below 10,000 level; First crossed threshold in March 1999
- Dow Jones rises above the 10,000 mark for the 26th time since 1999; 53% gain in just seven months
- Downturn in Eurozone manufacturing deepened as production and new orders posted sharpest losses since late-2001
- Downturn in the Irish service sector intensified in October
- Downturn of global manufacturing sector continued in August
- Downward trend of travel to and from Ireland continued in July 2009
- Dr Peter Morici: Bush Auto Plan will test Obama's Union Loyalties; Loans of well over $100 billion will be needed
- Dr Peter Morici: Bush Auto Plan will test Obama's Union Loyalties; Loans of well over $100 billion will be needed
- Dr Peter Morici: Friday's US Jobs Report - US equivalent of October Irish job losses at 1.2 million
- Dr Peter Morici: Friday’s US jobs report; Unemployment headed for 9%
- Dr Peter Morici: US records January trade deficit of $36.0 billion
- Dr Peter Morici: US reports November trade deficit was $40.4 billion - down from $56.7 billion in October
- Dr Peter Morici: US Senate Testimony on US auto industry bailout
- Dr Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit at $56.7 billion in June; Job losses mount
- Dr Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit rises in March; Drags on recovery
- Dr. Doom warns of risk of double-dip W-shaped recession; Trichet expects more "difficult times"; Globalised finance and its collapse
- Dr. Peter Morici on the other $700 billion - America needs to stop consuming more than it produces
- Dr. Peter Morici: A jobless US recovery and strong stock market
- Dr. Peter Morici: America needs to get back to its roots
- Dr. Peter Morici: American stimulus spending and lost hope
- Dr. Peter Morici: America’s leadership deficit
- Dr. Peter Morici: An “X” shaped recovery and old time religion
- Dr. Peter Morici: Analysis - US economy loses 240,000 jobs in October; defines challenges for a new President
- Dr. Peter Morici: Analysis - US Economy loses 84,000 jobs in August
- Dr. Peter Morici: Analysis of US Current Account Deficit rise in First Quarter 2008
- Dr. Peter Morici: Bank of England announces New Special Liquidity Scheme; Like Federal Reserve moves, Too little to resolve Credit Crisis
- Dr. Peter Morici: Behind the dollar's dog days
- Dr. Peter Morici: Bernanke, Congress and President drive Stock Market rout
- Dr. Peter Morici: Can the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout work?
- Dr. Peter Morici: China and the Great Recession - - Recalibrating US-China
- Dr. Peter Morici: China’s yuan, not the dollar, is too cheap
- Dr. Peter Morici: Chrysler, Stress Tests, Swine Flu, and Forecasts for the Week Ahead; A first glimpse of the beginning of the end of the recession?
- Dr. Peter Morici: Crisis grips US Job Market: Economy sheds 62,000 jobs in June
- Dr. Peter Morici: Democrats are heading for a train wreck
- Dr. Peter Morici: Economic talks with China not likely to accomplish much
- Dr. Peter Morici: Fixing American health care
- Dr. Peter Morici: Fixing China trade key to a sustainable recovery
- Dr. Peter Morici: Fixing the Banks
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday's Jobs Report: US unemployment headed for 9%
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s Job’s Report: US Unemployment to stay above 10% in 2010
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US employment report and economic recovery
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US Employment Report and the Recovery
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US Home Sales report and the Sorry State of Banking
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US jobs report
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US Jobs Report: Look to Retail Employment for signs of turnaround; Unemployment headed above 9%
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US Jobs Report: Unemployment and stock prices heading up
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US Jobs Report; Unemployment headed for 8%
- Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US jobs' report: Unemployment bumps 10%?
- Dr. Peter Morici: GM is having trouble lining up the financing to acquire Chrysler
- Dr. Peter Morici: Health Care Reform and my expensive education in economics
- Dr. Peter Morici: How Obama could win big on health care
- Dr. Peter Morici: Huge US Productivity leap signals no wage-price spiral; Weekly jobless claims rise
- Dr. Peter Morici: Is the Fed Still a Central Bank?
- Dr. Peter Morici: Mr. President; It’s the trade deficit stupid!
- Dr. Peter Morici: Obama confronting the consequences of bureaucracy and corruption
- Dr. Peter Morici: Obama courting disaster
- Dr. Peter Morici: Obama’s Budget Task Force is clever politics but poor leadership
- Dr. Peter Morici: Obama’s polemics versus the economic facts
- Dr. Peter Morici: Obama’s troubles with health care
- Dr. Peter Morici: Paulson’s Folly: Throwing good money after bad at AIG
- Dr. Peter Morici: Playing nice with Russia has failed
- Dr. Peter Morici: President Obama's Bank Tax: Just another bit of demagoguery
- Dr. Peter Morici: President Obama’s Donut Economics
- Dr. Peter Morici: President-elect Obama cannot indulge in a measured transition
- Dr. Peter Morici: Recession pushed down US trade deficit, rebound coming
- Dr. Peter Morici: Reforming Bank Regulation; A systemic regulator and resolution authority won’t avert or resolve future crises
- Dr. Peter Morici: Regulate bank pay
- Dr. Peter Morici: Sophistry Reigns Supreme: The Slippery Slope of Stimulus
- Dr. Peter Morici: Stewart vs. Cramer
- Dr. Peter Morici: Strategies to end the Financial Crisis
- Dr. Peter Morici: Taxing grandma to pay Goldman Sachs
- Dr. Peter Morici: Testimony to US Congress on Causes of and Cures for the Economic Crisis
- Dr. Peter Morici: The ballooning US trade deficit is a principal cause of the Great Recession
- Dr. Peter Morici: The Dow Tanks as the Bank Bailout fails to restore confidence
- Dr. Peter Morici: The falling dollar and China’s cries for a global currency
- Dr. Peter Morici: The Great Recession; Fed study puts ideal US interest rate at -5%
- Dr. Peter Morici: The Washington Follies - - stocks soar, unemployment passes 10% and the dollar slumps
- Dr. Peter Morici: Thursday’s US Productivity and Friday’s Jobs Reports
- Dr. Peter Morici: US banks - - Is Nationalization Inevitable?
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Durable Goods Orders jumped 1.3% in July; GDP numbers Thursday expected to be stronger but tougher times to come
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Economy - A moderate recovery and bull market
- Dr. Peter Morici: US economy lost 159,000 jobs in September, after losing 73,000 jobs in August
- Dr. Peter Morici: US GDP and Jobs Data highlights of the week ahead
- Dr. Peter Morici: US GDP up 3.3% in Second Quarter
- Dr. Peter Morici: US health care and broken government
- Dr. Peter Morici: US health care and President Obama’s sinking approval ratings
- Dr. Peter Morici: US health care reform and the divine right of kings
- Dr. Peter Morici: US health care reform is a loser for President Obama
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Health Care: Creating real competition to lower costs
- Dr. Peter Morici: US housing sales and fixing the economy
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Labor Department releases key April Jobs Data Friday; The United States headed for Economic Malaise?
- Dr. Peter Morici: US loses 663,000 jobs in March; 3.3 million jobs lost in the last 5 months
- Dr. Peter Morici: US November jobs report
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Personal Income up; Consumer Spending lags; All Eyes on the Federal Reserve
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Productivity advances 1.9%; Good News for Inflation, Interest Rates and Stock Prices
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Productivity Advances 2.2%: Good news for Inflation, Interest Rates and Economy
- Dr. Peter Morici: US recession ends for Summers but for who else?
- Dr. Peter Morici: US records another huge Current Account deficit
- Dr. Peter Morici: US records huge Current Account Deficit; Heightens risk of Depression
- Dr. Peter Morici: US registers $57.2 billion Trade Deficit in October; More American jobs destroyed
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Registers $677 billion Trade Deficit in 2008; Significant cause of recession
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Third Quarter GDP to be revised downward; Unemployment to rise and stock rally to continue
- Dr. Peter Morici: US to release February Trade Deficit data on Friday - What to Look for?
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit at $59.1 billion in August; Job losses mount
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit falls to $58.2 billion in March, Lowers GDP by $250 Billion
- Dr. Peter Morici: US trade deficit negates stimulus spending
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit remains stifling in May; Deepens Recession; Threatens long term growth
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit surges in April and Recession Risks mount; Bernanke aggravates Risks and Ignores Fundamental Problems
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit surges; Boosts likelihood of Recession - More losses; Job losses mount
- Dr. Peter Morici: US trade deficit threatens a double-dip recession, economic armageddon
- Dr. Peter Morici: US trade deficit threatens a second recession
- Dr. Peter Morici: US trade deficit threatens “W” shaped recovery, destroys jobs
- Dr. Peter Morici: US trade deficit, new home tax credit and easy Fed policies threaten double dip recession
- Dr. Peter Morici: US Treasury’s flawed plan for Citigroup and other Banks
- Dr. Peter Morici: US unemployment rate rose from 5.0 to 5.5 % in May; 49,000 jobs were lost; Recession grips the Job Market
- Dr. Peter Morici: Wall Street rakes big bonuses, Obama fails to stem abuse
- Dr. Peter Morici: Washington’s neglect of main street banks threatens recovery
- Dr. Peter Morici: What to look for in Tuesday's US Trade Deficit data
- Dr. Peter Morici: What to Watch in Wednesday's US Consumer Price Data
- Dr. Peter Morici: What’s Next for the Fed: The People’s National Bank?
- Dr. Peter Morici: When will Henry Paulson learn?
- Dr. Peter Morici: Why free trade is failing America
- Dr. Peter Morici: Why Obama’s economic policies are failing
- Dr. Peter Morici: Will a US Stimulus Package work?
- Dr. Peter Morici: Will the Fed broaden its focus?
- Dr. Peter Morici: Will US Congress aggravate Global Warming?
- Dr: Peter Morici: US trade deficit expected to rise, negates effects of stimulus; Ford Public Offering a smart move
- Dr: Peter Morici: US Trade Deficit expected to rise; Overwhelms effects of stimulus
- Draft legislation for Irish "bad bank" National Asset Management Agency - - NAMA - - published
- Drinks Industry Group of Ireland says 2008 worst-performing year in 25 years
- Drinks Industry Group of Ireland says alcohol sales are down 7% in the first eight months of the year and off 14% in the month of August
- Drinks? DJs? See Realtor Inside
- Dubai Corporate Probes Grow
- Dubai Deal Called Into Question
- Dubai Developer Talks Signal Mergers
- Dubai Faces Hit as Property Boom Fades
- Dubai Holding, Emaar Cancel Property Merger
- Dubai Lenders Feel Squeeze
- Dubai Lenders Feel Squeeze
- Dubai Looks to Cool Property Market
- Dubai Moves to Shore Up Real-Estate Market
- Dubai Real Estate Feels Slump
- Dubai Scandals Cast Cloud Over Property Boom
- Dubai Tower Delayed Amid Cutbacks
- Dubai World Coughs Up Knickerbocker
- Dubai World Holds Key to Revival
- Dubai World Loses W Hotel Auction
- Dubai World May Be Forced to Sell Trophy Assets
- Dubai World Sues MGM
- Dubai: High Rise, Then Steep Fall
- Dublin airport passenger charges expected to rise 13% in 2010 with more to follow despite lowest Irish inflation since 1933
- Dublin and outside Dublin Prices: Higher in Dublin for 62% of items - Prices of goods and services 4.9% higher in capital
- Dublin City Council hikes commercial rates by 3.3%; VAT to increase next week; Four "wise men" tasked with finding public spending savings
- Dublin in Global Top 10 for prime office rents in 2009 - - more than double rents in Brussels and 33 times Berlin
- Dublin insurance broker OHC Insurances fined €10,000 by Irish Financial Regulator for overcharging customers
- Dublin office rents are the 12th highest in the world - more than double Toronto's and almost twice the level in Brussels - capital of the European Union
- Dublin Port Company boosted by profit of €109 million from sale of the former Irish Glass Bottle site
- Dublin prices for services significantly higher than beyond the capital; Q1 2009 planning permissions were down 23.7%
- Dublin ranks 25th of 215 in Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living Global City rankings; Vienna scores highest - - Baghdad the lowest
- Dublin's Grafton Street overtakes London and Tokyo to take a top 5 position in the ranking of the world's most expensive shopping streets
- Duffy leaves Bank of Scotland with reported “golden handshake” for new banking role
- Duolog Technologies says it will grow its revenues by 50% to $15 million in 2009
- E-Commerce drops for first time in the US
- E-Speak – Connecting up Offices in the Digital Age
- Eagle Star to use parent's Zurich brand in the Irish market
- Earlier service interruption
- Earnings dividend from university education highest in US
- Earnings in Irish private sector fell by 3.1% in year to Q2 2009; Rise of 1.3% in public sector ex-pension levy; Earnings down 4.9% in small firms
- Easing in Eurozone Manufacturing PMI decline masks contrasting national trends
- East Asia’s local-currency bond markets on rise but still small compared with US and Japan
- East Asia’s myriad "noodle bowl" free trade agreements benefit the regions’ businesses
- EBS Building Society reports 2008 loss before tax of €38.2m after bad debts charge of €110m; Chairman and Finance Director resign
- ECB and Bank of England expected to keep benchmark rates on hold
- ECB expected to keep benchmark rate on hold at 1%; Bank indirectly funding half of Eurozone country deficits in 2009
- ECB keeps benchmark rate on hold at 1%; Bank of England keeps rate at 0.5%
- ECB launches "stimulus by stealth"; Announces massive lending of €442 billion - - $621 billion - - for 12 months to Eurozone banks
- ECB may cut key rate to 1%; Irish mortgage monthly savings may rise to €550 on 30-year €300K loan in 6 months
- ECB rate cut to 1.25% to cut monthly payment on €300,000 30-year loan by €39; Saving since last October
- ECB rate cut to reduce Irish monthly mortgage payment on 30-year €300,000 loan by €80 - - saving of €500 since last October
- ECB rate cut to reduce Irish mortgage repayments by up to €82 a month; Since September mortgage repayments have fallen by over 20%
- ECB rate cut triggers mortgage cuts by several Irish banks
- ECB rate cuts lead to monthly savings on €300,000 30-year mortgage of over €300 since September
- ECB rate cuts since September 2008 have potential of monthly savings of more than €500 on Irish €300,000 mortgage
- ECB Rate Outlook from Irish Bank Economists - Austin Hughes somersaults from 3 interest rate cuts in 2008 to "strong possibility of a further ECB rate rise in September or October"
- ECB Rate Outlook May 2008: Three Irish Bank Economists - From no cut this year to a revision down to 2 cuts by December
- ECB reports increase of 17% in withdrawn counterfeit euro banknotes to 413,000 in H1 2009; Trichet tells banks to maintain credit flows
- ECB says credit conditions in Eurozone have eased; Irish banks reported tightening of lending rules
- ECB to cut benchmark rate by at least 0.5% to 1.5%; Bank of England rate may fall to new 315-year low of 0.5%
- ECB Watch: Benchmark rate expected to fall to at least 2% by mid-2009
- ECB Watch: Eurozone recession fears and the easing of inflation have put interest rate cuts on the agenda
- Echoes on 16th Floor: Venture Capital Exits
- Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector expanded in December for the fifth consecutive month
- Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector failed to grow in January for the 12th consecutive month
- Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector was unchanged in July
- Economic climate in Eurozone rose in January; Confidence in the world economy ebbed in February
- Economic crisis threatens "potato boom"; China is the world's biggest potato producer
- Economic downturn hits start-ups in multiple ways
- Economic Impact of Beer in Europe: Irish excise duty on beer 9 times European average but Irish are among Europe's biggest beer drinkers
- Economic Outlook forecasts sharp rise in unemployment by 8 million as recession takes hold across OECD
- Economic rebound in East Asia surprisingly swift thanks to China says World Bank
- Economic recovery spreading across OECD countries too timid to halt rise in unemployment
- Economic Sentiment and Business Climate Indicators plunged to record lows in December in the EU and the Eurozone
- Economic Sentiment in European Union falls to lowest since 1985
- Economic Sentiment Indicator for EU and Eurozone fell again in January; Business Climate Indicator for Eurozone lowest since 1985
- Economic Sentiment Indicator for EU and Eurozone improved further in July
- Economic Sentiment Indicator for the EU and the Eurozone fell again in February ; Business Climate Indicator for Eurozone lowest since 1985
- Economic Sentiment Indicator in Eurozone and EU fell in September; Business Climate Indicator declined sharply
- Economic Slowdown Hurts Lowe's
- Economics Nobel laureate makes case for investing in disadvantaged young children
- Economist George Lee abandons broken Irish political system; Resigns from Dáíl and Fine Gael
- Economist Intelligence Unit Cost of Living Survey 2009: Dublin is world's 13th most expensive city; New York gets 23rd ranking and London 27th
- Economist Intelligence Unit lists 29 countries that will contract in 2009
- Economist Intelligence Unit risk report asks: What happens if financial turmoil capsizes the global economy?
- Economists say what the G20 should do on November 15th to fix the global financial system
- Economy, Credit Woes Halt Seattle Project
- Ed McMahon Faces Foreclosure
- Eircom reports 2% fall in quarterly earnings
- Eircom reports 8% increase in earnings for the year to the end of June: Australian BCM fund has no plans to sell stake in the Irish telco
- Eircom reports 8% increase in earnings for the year to the end of June: Australian BCM fund has no plans to sell stake in the Irish telco
- Eircom reports EBITDA earnings down 1% in year to June; Australia's Eircom Holdings reports A$1.9bn loss; Says sale talks continuing with Singapore's STT
- Eircom reports EBITDA earnings down 1% in year to June; Australia's Eircom Holdings reports A$1.9bn loss; Says sale talks continuing with Singapore's STT
- Eircom reports fall in profit in third quarter; Loss of 22,000 fixed line customers
- Eircom reports profit of €327m before adjustments for six months to end of 2009 -- down 3%
- Eircom reports revenue rise of 5% in its third quarter to the end of March; Meteor customer numbers up 17% year-on-year; Broadband customers up 37%
- Eircom says residents 5km from a telephone exchange will not get broadband; Kerry mast rule also problem
- Eircom to shed 1,200 jobs; Dublin Airport Authority seeking up to 400 voluntary job losses
- Eircom writes down value by €720 million; Pension scheme in deficit of €433 million
- eircom's €100,000 Web Innovation Fund winners announced!
- EirGrid plans to double capacity of the national electricity grid by 2025 with an investment of €4 billion
- Elan and Wyeth say Alzheimer's disease drug trial positive
- Elan cures breach with Tysabri partner Biogen
- Elan hires Citigroup to review possible sale, merger or strategic alliance
- Elan posts pre-tax loss of $129.8m for 2009 - - 56% improvement on the loss in 2008
- Elan reports 30% rise in second quarter revenue; Net loss decreased by 49% to $71.5 million
- Elan reports fall in net losses in 2008 on rise in MS drug Tysabri sales by 140%
- Elan reports first quarter loss of $85.5 million; Sales revenues of $1 billion forecast in 2008
- Elan reports positive Tysabri results on slowing the progression of MS disability but mixed results on PML brain disease
- Elan reports pre-tax loss of $88.6m for the first quarter of 2009; Tysabri sales up 48%
- Elan reports revenues rose by 14% in second quarter; Pre-tax losses fell to $52.3 million from €69 million in 2008
- Elan reports third quarter profit after exceptional gain of $107.7m
- Elan reports third quarter revenues increased by 53% boosted by Tysabri sales; Operating loss fell to $39.3m
- Elan reports total revenue increased by 18% in H1 2008; Net loss fell by 44% to $159.4 million
- Elan revenues in first quarter boosted by Tysabri MS drug; Loss decreased by 8% to $85.5 million
- Elan says another MS patient on Tysabri drug has brain infection; Major shareholder calls for ouster of CEO Kelly Martin
- Elan to cut 230 jobs - - 115 in Ireland
- Elan's Tysabri multiple sclerosis (MS) drug has 31,800 patients worldwide
- Element Six in Shannon agrees plan to save 160 jobs
- Element Six to cut 370 jobs at its plant in Shannon; Blames high-cost environment in Ireland
- Embattled C&C Group cuts 120 jobs at Bulmers Ireland
- Embattled insurance titan AIG scrambling for bridging finance of $75bn turns to Federal Reserve and State of New York; Shares plunge 61%
- Embattled Irish hoteliers seek immediate 30% reduction in commercial rates
- Embattled Setanta Sports on brink of collapse; Irish operation may be saved
- Emergency Irish Budget to target €4.5 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts
- Emerging Asia's capital markets are starting to stabilise; Road to recovery will be long and hard
- Emerging Asia's middle class - - a force to be reckoned with
- Emerging East Asia heading for V-shaped recovery; Japan's export fall slowed to 35.7% in June
- Emerging East Asia's growth to moderate as inflation threat looms says Asian Development Bank
- Emerging Europe Has Upside
- Emerging markets and domestic-demand-led growth: Rapid recovery in sight but not sufficient to counter several anaemic years in developed economies
- Emerging markets will face grave problems in controlling inflation and money supply in fallout from financial markets turmoil in industrialised countries
- Emerging Markets: China should have increased consumption and Brazil investment - - not the reverse
- Empire Strikes Back in Casino Battle
- Employers Offer Aid to Avert Foreclosures
- Employment in Irish industry fell 21,300 in 12 months to Q2 2009 despite rise in pharmaceutical production; Private sector unit labor costs also dipped
- Empty Bank Branches Add To Supply In Retail Real Estate
- Empty Mall Stores Trigger Rent Cuts
- End of the Office Party Is Coming
- Energy Prices Yield Boom for Some States
- Enterprise Ireland client company exports grew by 3% in 2008; Food sector accounting for 57% of exports grew 1% despite global commodity price boom
- Enterprise Ireland data shows claim of new orders of €100m secured on Cowen's March trip to US was false
- Enterprise Ireland has invested €275 million in the Third Level Research and Innovation system since 2000; Funded 18 start-up companies
- Enterprise Ireland seed and venture capital partnership funds made 103 investments worth €48.5m in 2007
- Entrepreneurial Spirit/ Innovation and the Crisis: Is US better equipped than Europe? Europe’s "extreme" export-orientation may be problem
- Entrepreneurs who succeed have better chance of success in subsequent ventures than first-timers or failures
- Entrepreneurship in Germany: what should be learned from Silicon Valley?
- Equity-Rich Property Buyers Get Richer
- Erickson Files for Chapter 11
- Ernst & Young ITEM Club says UK economy flirting with recession; Bank of England MPC member calls for interest rate cut
- Ernst & Young says Irish job numbers from FDI jumped "staggering" 56% in 2008 from 4,000 in 2007; IDA says net job numbers fell
- ESRI launches Handbook on Immigration and Asylum
- ESRI Medium-Term Review 2008-2015: Irish economy to grow at 3.75% annual rate; Business services exports very sensitive to Ireland’s competitiveness
- ESRI paper confirms Irish public/private pay premium for comparable jobs jumped from 14% to 26% in 2003/2006
- ESRI paper says 196,000 Irish households may be in negative equity by the end of 2010
- ESRI report says Ireland may meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment for 2008/2012 because of the recession
- ESRI says Irish Economy to shrink 9.2% in 2009 - - sharpest fall in an industrialised country since Great Depression; Employment to plunge by 187,300
- ESRI says the Irish economy will experience a recession in 2008 - the first time since 1983; Dramatic slowdown will result in sharp rise in public finances deficit
- ESRI slams Gormley's gombeenism on incineration; Irish waste policy has “no underlying rationale”; Likely to impose “needless costs on.. economy"
- ESRI supports single rate of tax relief on Irish pension contributions; Estimates savings in range €500 million to €1 billion
- Estonia says it is ready to become the Eurozone's 17th member country
- EU agrees funding of €100m for Irish infrastructure projects from €5bn economic stimulus package; German ambassador warns of second Irish No to Lisbon Treaty
- EU and Eurozone business confidence indicators improved again in September
- EU CAP Health Check: Currently 20% of farmers receive 80% of subsidies: Plan to cap cash handouts to rich farmers like the Queen of England and Ireland's Larry Goodman thwarted
- EU Commission requests Bank of Ireland to suspend coupon payments on some securities
- EU Credit Crunch Seminar: Economic challenges facing the Irish economy are "homegrown"
- EU Credit Crunch Seminar: Economic challenges facing the Irish economy are "homegrown"
- EU Economic sentiment rebounds in April showing first noticeable increase in two years; Business Climate Indicator for the Eurozone also rose
- EU experts deadlocked on bans by France and Greece on GM maize; Global area of biotech crops rose to 125m hectares in 2008
- EU Finance Ministers term excessive executive pay awards “scandalous” ; Germany's President says global financial markets have become “a monster”
- EU is expected to renew anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese shoe imports
- EU leaders expected to agree main outline of new financial supervision system
- EU manufacturing recovery hopes led by UK and Italy; Business confidence rebounds strongly in BRIC manufacturing
- EU officials oppose Obama’s proposal to limit banks’ size and risk-taking; US Senate Republicans oppose requiring big banks to increase capital and liquidity requirements
- EU presidency says Europe's top 22 banks are "sufficiently capitalised"
- EU puts European emergency number 112 on the map before the summer holidays; 11890 to provide Free Directory Enquiries to Irish Consumers throughout the summer
- EU service sector set to shrink into 2009 as slower world growth spreads to BRIC; Industrial output falls in the Eurozone's three largest economies
- EU/Irish government support of €22.8m for Dell workers; €9,500 per head - - impact of collective power and individual powerlessness?
- EU10 Eastern European Countries adjusting to Global Financial Turmoil, some slowdown in growth welcome but inflation will remain a challenge says World Bank
- EU27 Households spend more than half of their expenditure on housing and food; Ireland leads with spending on alcohol at 4.1%
- EU27 public debt could rise to 100% of GDP by 2014; Eurozone forecast to grow 2% in 2010 and 1.5% in 2011
- Euribor 3-month rate falls but still elevated; Super-bears of bubble Roubini and Roach call for decisive action on financial crisis
- Euribor inter-bank lending rates rise to new high: 3-month rate at 5.05%; US dollar Libor rates fall towards Fed's 2% benchmark
- Euro's role as a reserve currency is growing
- Europe Faces More Property-Financing Pain
- Europe in Figures - Eurostat Yearbook 2008: Labour costs in 2006 varied by one to twenty in the EU27 + much more data
- Europe is experiencing the worst of the global recession
- Europe Property Rebound Faces Bumps
- Europe Property Woes Persist
- Europe returns to Coal: Italy to increase reliance on coal for power generation to 33% from 14% despite climate change concerns
- Europe's biggest banks face greater capital shortages than US counterparts; Deutsche Bank has liabilities of €2 trillion - over 80% of the German economy
- Europe's Listed Firms May Be in for a Slump
- Europe's Real-Estate Firms Rebound
- Europe's REITs Face New Pain
- Europe's ten leading economic think-tanks expect ECB benchmark interest rate above 2% by end of 2011
- Europe's top economics institutes say Eurozone GDP to fall 0.4% in 2009; Modest growth in 2010; ECB to cut rates to 2% by May; Recommend urgent recapitalisation of banks
- Europe: Learning lessons from the crisis as recovery remains "fragile"
- European and UK banks are five times more exposed to Emerging Markets than banks in US and Japan; IMF in support talks with several countries
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development warns two decades of economic reform in Eastern Europe at risk
- European banks will have to raise more capital/cut dividends after G-20 agreement on new global regulatory framework
- European biofuel target likely to be amended; UK report says a third of the food bought for home consumption is wasted
- European Broadband Access: An estimated 43% of Irish households have access in 2008 compared with 74% in Denmark and the Netherlands
- European car sales down 17.2% in Q1 2009; Germany up 18%; Ireland dips 64.9% and Iceland tumbles 91.3%
- European car sales fell 4.9% in May - - slide slowed by government scrappage schemes; Irish sales fell 50% in month; Down 64% in 2009
- European car sales fell 7.9% in June; Irish sales tumbled 48.7%
- European car sales recovered in April; Up 9.4%; Down 20.9% in Ireland; VW Golf Europe’s best-selling car
- European car sales tumbled by 14.5% in October; Sales in Ireland dived 54.6% and 40% in Spain
- European Central Bank and Bank of England expected to leave interest rates at historic lows
- European Central Bank celebrates its 10th anniversary - a singular achievement that shouldn't be forgotten amidst the maelstrom of pettiness in Ireland's Lisbon Treaty debate
- European Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 1.0%
- European Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 1.25%
- European Central Bank cuts benchmark rate by 0.5% to 1.5% - - the lowest ever
- European Central Bank cuts benchmark rate by 0.5% to 3.25%; Trichet to address press conference
- European Central Bank cuts benchmark rate to 2.5%; Trichet to address Press Conference
- European Central Bank cuts key ECB benchmark interest rate by 0.5% to 2%
- European Central Bank drains €169.7bn in overnight funds from money market; Rising Euro increasing concern for ECB policymakers
- European Central Bank expected to cut benchmark interest rate by at least 0.5%; Bank of England may cut rate by as much as 1%
- European Central Bank expected to cut benchmark interest rate to 1% today; Trichet to announce position on new policy measures
- European Central Bank expected to cut benchmark interest rate to 2% today
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark interest rate at 4.25% today
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark interest rate on hold at 1%
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.25% today
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% today
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark rate at 2%; Bank of England may cut rate to 1% - - a new low in its 315-year history
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark rate on hold at 1%
- European Central Bank expected to keep benchmark rate on hold at 4% today
- European Central Bank has done “excellent work” in managing financial turmoil the European Parliament says; Trichet tells MEPS inflation rate is likely to remain high for some time
- European Central Bank in dramatic move likely to increase benchmark interest rate to 4.25% in July; Economists' forecasts vaporise
- European Central Bank is expected to leave its benchmark rate unchanged at 4% today
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 1.0%; Bank of England retains its rate at 0.5%
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 1.0%; Trichet, to address press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 1.00%; Trichet to address press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 1.00%; Trichet to outline policy decisions at press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 1.00%; Trichet to outline policy decisions at press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 4%
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.25%; Trichet to announce new forecasts for Eurozone inflation and growth at Press Conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark rate at 1%; Bank of England kept its key rate at 0.5% - - the lowest since 1694
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark rate at 1%; Trichet to address press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark rate on hold at 1%; Trichet to address press conference; Bank of England holds rate at 0.5% - - lowest since 1694
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark rate on hold at 1%; Trichet to hold press conference
- European Central Bank keeps benchmark rate on hold at 4.25%; Trichet to outline outlook for monetary policy at Press Conference
- European Central Bank keeps key benchmark interest rate at 2%; Trichet to address press conference
- European Central Bank lending to Irish financial institutions was €44.1 billion in July - the highest since the credit crisis began
- European Central Bank may cut benchmark rate by 0.75%; Bank of England may opt to cut by 1% to reduce rates to 1694 level
- European Central Bank Monthly Bulletin May 2009; Forecasters expect Eurozone GDP to contract by 3.4% in 2009
- European Central Bank policymakers seek to damp down speculation on the inevitability of interest rate cuts
- European Central Bank policymakers seek to dampen expectations of series of rate increases beyond benchmark rise to 4.25% in July
- European Central Bank policymakers seek to dampen expectations of series of rate increases beyond benchmark rise to 4.25% in July
- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet says interest rates could be raised in July: Governing Council in "a state of heightened alertness" because of protracted high inflation
- European Central Bank President Trichet says financial markets remain under stress
- European Central Bank President Trichet says there is no room for complacency over inflation in the Eurozone
- European Central Bank raises benchmark interest rate to 4.25%; Trichet to outline position on inflation battle at Press Conference
- European Central Bank Rate Watch Sept 2008: Three Irish bank economists on interest rate outlook
- European Central Bank reports bank lending in the Eurozone tightened during the recent period of financial turmoil
- European Central Bank reports fall in growth of M3 money/credit measure in July signalling easing of inflationary pressures
- European Central Bank says Eurozone banks reported a tightening of credit standards and a fall in demand for loans by business and households in the first quarter
- European Central Bank says the rate of growth of M3 - money supply and credit in the Eurozone - fell in August signalling a decline in inflation pressures
- European Central Bank says total number of monetary financial institutions in Eurozone at 8,350 - down 15% in 10 years despite enlargement
- European Central Bank to cut benchmark rate by at least 0.5% next week after November plunges in Eurozone retail sales and economic confidence
- European Central Bank to raise benchmark interest rate to 4.25%
- European Central Bank warns of danger from rise in demand for euro banknotes outside Eurozone; Bank of England keeps benchmark rate on hold at 1694-year low of 0.5%
- European Central Bank's Executive Board member signals rise in benchmark interest rate to 4.25% in July to counter "unacceptable" inflation
- European Central Bank expected to keep interest rate unchanged at 1% today; Benchmark may remain fixed until late 2010
- European cities among best places to live; Vienna second to Vancouver in world ranking; Dublin at 49th rank ahead of London at 51st and Rome at 52nd
- European commercial property investment market turnover fell 44% in the first quarter of 2009
- European commercial property investment on a rebound; UK capital growth in December 2009 highest in 16 years
- European Commercial Property Market: Switzerland had best performance in 2008 with capital growth at 1.2%; Ireland had worst with negative growth of 37.2%
- European Commission accepts Greece's rescue plan but warns further spending cuts and new taxes might be needed
- European Commission accuses Greece of statistics fraud; New Finance Minister says: "There is no skeleton in the closet"
- European Commission approves establishment of National Asset Management Agency - - the State toxic property loans relief scheme for financial institutions in Ireland
- European Commission approves split of UK bank Northern Rock
- European Commission clears acquisition of Irish company Horizon Technology by US-based company Avnet
- European Commission data shows Irish companies and farmers received over €2 billion from CAP in 2008; 550 farmers and companies received more than €100,000 each
- European Commission extends period for Ireland's fiscal adjustment by one year to 2014
- European Commission fines Intel €1.06 billion for breach of EU anti-trust laws in response to complaint from chip giant's American rival AMD
- European Commission launches excess deficit procedures for Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Latvia and Malta; Irish growth scenario optimistic and measures lack detail
- European Commission opens an excessive deficit procedure against the Irish Government
- European Commission proposes largely aspirational Recovery Plan valued at €200 billion - 1.5% of EU GDP; Ireland opts out
- European Commission proposes to allow lower VAT rates on some labour-intensive services
- European Commission questions Irish Government’s ability to implement its recovery plan for the public finances
- European Commission says average EU unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2008 fell to 6.7% - down from 7.4% a year earlier
- European Commission says average EU unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2008 fell to 6.7% - down from 7.4% a year earlier
- European Commission says economic growth is expected to come to a virtual stand-still in both the EU and the Eurozone in 2009
- European Commission says employment expansion appears to be moderating further following economic slowdown but remains positive
- European Commission says end of Europe’s recession in sight; Job cuts in two years to wipe out gains since 2006; Ireland facing deep recession
- European Commission says Irish economy will contract by 5% in 2009; GDP growth in Eurozone expected to fall 1.9% and by 1.8% in EU27
- European Commission says signs for economic recovery are apparent but sustainability remains to be tested
- European Commission to launch a baby-step stimulus plan today
- European Commission warns of likely permanent loss in Eurozone potential economic output because of global economic crisis
- European Commission:: France, Spain, Finland and Belgium get economic portfolios; Ireland gets Research and Innovation but no policymaking role
- European Commission; Business Climate Indicator declined in the Eurozone in April; Economic Sentiment Indicator fell in both the Eurozone and EU
- European companies predict layoffs will slow; 26% of Irish firms have made pay cuts
- European construction sector will remain weak until at least 2010 because of the financial crisis
- European consumer and business confidence fell to new lows in March but pace of decline slowed
- European countries lagging on fibre-based broadband networks
- European demand for new cars fell slightly in January-May 2008; Ireland heads declines at 15.5%; Irish car sales down 50.7% in May
- European Economic Advisory Group experts: Europe set to recover in 2010
- European Economic Sentiment continues in May to recover from historical lows
- European Economy 2010: Transition towards a tepid recovery
- European exports to main trading partners fell by more than 25% in January
- European Food Safety Authority says Irish pork is safe to eat
- European governments bailout/seize four banks; Euribor inter-bank rate rises to record: Irish bank shares crash to 20-year lows - AIB down 21% - Anglo Irish down 32%; IL&P 34%
- European Housing Review 2009: Ireland has floor areas per person of a fifth less than Western European average
- European industrial orders dropped for an eighth month in March but pace of downturn slowed
- European industrial orders jumped in June - - more evidence of easing of recession
- European industrial production plunged by the most on record in year to April; Eurozone down 21.6%
- European Innovation 2008: Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 puts Estonia ahead of Ireland for second year
- European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2008: Sweden gets top rank; Ireland growth leader among group of Innovation followers
- European Investment Bank lends the EirGrid Ireland-Wales electricity link €300 million and €200 million to the ESB to help Ireland secure and green its electricity supplies
- European Investment Bank to provide Irish SMEs with €300m in loans in coming weeks
- European Investment Monitor: UK leads in Foreign Direct Investment Projects in 2007; Ireland had 80 projects compared with 123 for 10th ranking Netherlands
- European leaders agree on financial markets regulation including hedge funds and tax havens
- European Manufacturing optimism plunges on back of inflation fears; Manufacturers in Ireland and Spain most gloomiest
- European Migration: Barbarians or Geniuses at the Gate? - - Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn
- European new car market posted fifteen-year low in 2008 - down 7.8%; Ireland fell 18.7% in year - 61.9% in December
- European new car market up 11.2% in October; Irish sales down 62.4% in the 10 months of 2009
- European new construction to fall 20% in 2009; 1 million unsold housing units in Spain; Poland is star performer
- European new passenger car registrations fell 12.3% in April; Up +19.4% in Germany; Down -90.8% in Iceland, -65.2% in Ireland and -28.5% the UK
- European Parliament marks ten years of the euro; Trichet warns Eurozone faces pressing challenges; Ireland cited as beneficiary during period of turmoil
- European pension funds increase weightings in non-traditional asset classes; 47% of Irish schemes have indicated a further decrease in equity exposure
- European producer prices dropped the most in at least 28 years in June
- European REIT Rollout at Hand
- European report says Irish house prices should be left fall further; Real mortgage rates in Ireland were zero or negative between 1999 and 2005
- European residential construction fell by one-fifth in 2008 and 2009 - - back to 1995 level; Further dip of 2% expected in 2010
- European sovereign debt crisis may hit already-tepid growth; Asia far more important for US outlook
- European Union banks may have further problems with toxic assets and capital shortages says OECD
- European Union finance ministers approve capital rise at European Investment Bank to boost lending
- European Union panel proposes overhaul of financial regulation system
- European Union special summit in Brussels sets 100-day deadline to draw up ambitious reforms for the global financial system
- European Union Spring Economic Forecast 2008-2009: Growth Moderates: Price Pressures a worry but overall, EU weathers external headwinds well; Eurozone average inflation forecast at 3.2% in 2008
- Europeans have average of €12,500 per head to spend on consumer goods in 2008 ranging from €45,000 in Liechtenstein to €800 in Moldova
- Europe’s manufacturing and service industries contracted for an 11th month in April; Rate of decline in activity slowed
- Eurozone industrial production grew by 0.5% in May - - the first rise since August 2008
- Eurozone and EU27 GDP down by 2.5% in first quarter of 2009; Annual falls at -4.6% and -4.4% respectively
- Eurozone and EU27 GDP rose by 0.7% in first quarter; +2.2% and +2.4% on Q1 2007
- Eurozone annual food prices rose 6.2% in April compared with 3.3% for overall inflation; Irish food prices rose 8.4%; Annual price increase in the EU was 14.9% for milk, cheese & eggs
- Eurozone annual food prices rose 6.2% in April compared with 3.3% for overall inflation; Irish food prices rose 8.4%; Annual price increase in the EU was 14.9% for milk, cheese & eggs
- Eurozone annual inflation confirmed at 0.6% in April 2009
- Eurozone annual inflation confirmed at 0.6% in March 2009; Ireland at -0.7% - - the biggest annual fall
- Eurozone annual inflation confirmed at 1.1% in January 2009
- Eurozone annual inflation confirmed at 4.0% in June; EU27 up to 4.3%
- Eurozone annual inflation down to 2.1%; EU down to 2.8%
- Eurozone annual inflation expected to be -0.3% in September 2009; ECB lends banks €75.2 billion in second 12-month auction
- Eurozone annual inflation falls to 0.0% in May; ECB money supply growth indicator falls to 4.9% in April
- Eurozone annual inflation fell 3.2% in October 2008; Further ECB rate cuts likely
- Eurozone annual inflation fell to 3.3% in April
- Eurozone annual inflation fell to 3.6% in September 2008
- Eurozone annual inflation fell to record low of 0.6% in March
- Eurozone annual inflation in July is expected to rise to 4.1%
- Eurozone annual inflation is expected to be 0.9% in December 2009
- Eurozone annual inflation is expected to be 1.0% in January; ECB says bank lending will remain tight in Q1 2010; M3 was negative again in December
- Eurozone annual inflation is expected to be 3.2% in October 2008; ECB rate cut of 0.5% likely next week
- Eurozone annual inflation is expected to be 3.6% in September 2008 down from 3.8% in August
- Eurozone annual inflation plunged to 1.6% in December 2008
- Eurozone annual inflation plunged to 2.1% in November
- Eurozone annual inflation rises to -0.1% in October 2009; Household savings rate at 16.5% in Q2 compared with 4.9% in US
- Eurozone annual inflation stable at 4.0% in July 2008 - up from 1.8% in July 2007
- Eurozone annual inflation steady at 0.6% in April
- Eurozone annual inflation turned negative in June for the first time on record
- Eurozone annual inflation up to 1.2% in February; EU down to 1.7%
- Eurozone annual inflation was -0.1% in October 2009 down from 3.2% a year before
- Eurozone annual inflation was -0.2% in August 2009, up from -0.7% in July
- Eurozone annual inflation was -0.3% in September 2009 down from -0.2% in August
- Eurozone annual inflation was 0.0% in May 2009; A year earlier the rate was 3.7%
- Eurozone annual inflation was 1.0% in January 2010; EU27 prices rose 1.7%
- Eurozone bank lending to industry fell again in November
- Eurozone banks eased credit restrictions slightly in the last three months
- Eurozone banks face additional losses of more than $283bn in 2009/2010; Deutsche Bank Research says European and US banks face lean years ahead
- Eurozone Business Climate Indicator and Economic Sentiment Indicator rose for eighth consecutive month in November
- Eurozone Business Climate Indicator continued to decline in August; Economic Sentiment Indicator in EU fell to lowest level since December 1993
- Eurozone Business Climate Indicator continued to decline in July; Economic Sentiment Indicator also fell sharply in both the EU and the Eurozone
- Eurozone business confidence rose again in July
- Eurozone Composite PMI: Broad-based easing in rates of contraction evident in March
- Eurozone confidence indicators rose for seventh consecutive month in October
- Eurozone confidence surveys point to continued optimism in January
- Eurozone consumers holding up but for how long?
- Eurozone contraction accelerates in February
- Eurozone deflation ended in November as annual consumer price inflation rose for first time in 7 months
- Eurozone economic climate indicator improves again; Ireland seen as only member country economy worsening in coming six months
- Eurozone economic outlook: Further contraction forecast in first three quarters of 2009 but at declining pace
- Eurozone economic prospects remain subdued; ECB to keep interest rates on hold today
- Eurozone economy returns to growth in third quarter for first time since Q1 2008; Big 3 - - Germany, France and Italy - - all expanded
- Eurozone economy shrank at annual 4.8% rate in Q1 2009 - - more than first estimated; Producer prices plunged 4.6% in year to April
- Eurozone economy shrank the most since at least 1995 in the fourth quarter 2008
- Eurozone employment stable at 7.1% in April; Irish unemployment at 5.7%; Spanish rate at 9.6%
- Eurozone entered recession in third quarter for the first time in 15 years
- Eurozone Final Manufacturing PMI fall in March eased from February low
- Eurozone finance ministers reject US calls to add to stimulus packages; Return to economic growth in 2010 “highly uncertain”
- Eurozone finance ministers tell Greece to introduce tougher spending cuts and new taxes
- Eurozone Flash PMI - Purchasing Managers' Index - Output falls for first time in five years but prices continue upward trend
- Eurozone Flash PMI Composite Output Index edges up to 51.9 in April; Manufacturing dropped to its lowest level since August 2005; Service sector picked up; Price pressures intensified
- Eurozone forecasters expect the economy to contract by 1.7% this year; Industrial production fell 12% in the Eurozone in 2008
- Eurozone GDP confirmed as having increased by 0.4% in Q3 2009; Volume of retail trade remained stable in October
- Eurozone GDP dip confirmed at -0.1% in Q2 2009; Bank of Ireland's McLaughlin says global recession is probably over
- Eurozone GDP fall in Q1 2009 confirmed at 2.5%
- Eurozone GDP falls only 0.1% in Q2 2009 following surprise growth in Germany and France
- Eurozone GDP fell 0.2% in the second quarter of 2008: EU27 GDP fell 0.1%; Economies of Eurozone's Big 4 - Germany, France, Italy and Spain all shrank
- Eurozone GDP in first quarter revised down; German and French exports fell in May
- Eurozone GDP in Q4 2008 fell 1.5% - - up 0.8% in 2008
- Eurozone GDP rose 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009; Germany stagnated; the French economy grew and Italy shrank
- Eurozone GDP will be back to 2008 level in 2012 - - 9% below “no crisis” scenario
- Eurozone growth of 1.2% forecast in 2010; Smaller contraction expected in 2009
- Eurozone growth unexpectedly resilient says IMF as it revises its forecast for 2008; ; Says ECB benchmark rate should be kept on hold; Trichet says euro has been a remarkable success
- Eurozone industrial orders fell again in May; Ireland had biggest fall at 13.2% in month but smallest in year at 9.3%
- Eurozone industrial orders fell in October 2009; Industrial prices rose in November
- Eurozone industrial orders plunged by 3.9% in September
- Eurozone industrial producer price index fell 0.1% in December - - down 2.9% in 2009; German retail sales rose in December
- Eurozone industrial production down 17% in year to June: Ireland only riser - - boosted by 30.5% surge in US-owned chemical sector
- Eurozone industrial production down by 2.0% in March 2009; Down 20.2% in 12-month period; Finland up 2.2% in March - no data for Ireland
- Eurozone industrial production expanded 0.3% in September
- Eurozone industrial production fell 0.6% in October
- Eurozone industrial production fell 1.2% in October - down 5.0% in the 12-month period
- Eurozone industrial production fell in March
- Eurozone industrial production increased by 1.1% in August
- Eurozone industrial production plunged 17.3% in Eurozone in year to January
- Eurozone industrial production rose 1% in the month of November 2009
- Eurozone industrial production rose for a fourth month in August
- Eurozone Industrial Production stable in June; Ifo Economic Climate Indicator falls further
- Eurozone industrial production unexpectedly rose in April by 0.9%; Ireland fell 13.7% and Germany was down 0.7%
- Eurozone inflation at -0.6% in July; June unemployment rate highest since June 1999; Netherlands jobless at 3.3%; Spain at 18.1%
- Eurozone inflation estimated at 3.3% in April - down from 16-year high in March
- Eurozone inflation estimated at 3.6% in May - a return to a 16-year high
- Eurozone inflation estimated at 3.8% in August; Down from 4% in July
- Eurozone inflation is expected to drop in April following German price falls
- Eurozone inflation is expected to drop in April following German price falls
- Eurozone inflation jumped to 4% in June - the highest since May 1992: ECB expected to raise benchmark rate to 4.25% on Thursday
- Eurozone inflation remained close to the lowest rate since 1999 in February
- Eurozone inflation returns to record levels
- Eurozone inflation tumbles to 1.1% in January
- Eurozone Inflation was 3.7% in May - the highest since June 1992; Food and energy price costs both accelerated
- Eurozone June Retail Sales fell by the most since at least 1995
- Eurozone labour market has held up much better than its US counterpart in the Great Recession
- Eurozone leaders promise Greece if it cuts its budget deficit “determined and co-ordinated action if needed to safeguard stability”
- Eurozone lending to private sector contracted at accelerating rate in October
- Eurozone M3 money supply growth falls more than expected in January signalling another interest rate cut next week
- Eurozone manufacturing and service output falls at fastest rate since late-2001 in aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks
- Eurozone manufacturing and service output grows at fastest pace in October since December 2007
- Eurozone manufacturing and services activity plunged to record low in October
- Eurozone manufacturing and services sectors grow at fastest pace in two years in November
- Eurozone manufacturing downturn continued in August: German retail sales flat in year to July
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at highest level since August 2007; Germany accelerated while Spain, Ireland and Greece fell
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI confirmed at 21-month high at end of 2009
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI in September signals sector is close to returning to growth after 16 months of contraction
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI lowest since August 2005 led by record contraction in consumer goods sector; New order trends weaken in all big-four nations
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI lowest since August 2005 led by record contraction in consumer goods sector; New order trends weaken in all big-four nations
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI reached a 14-month high in August
- Eurozone manufacturing PMI rises in January; Record job losses reported
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI rose to a 20-month high in November
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI signals contraction as downturns gather pace in France, Spain and Italy
- Eurozone Manufacturing PMI sinks to five-year low in July as business conditions deteriorate further
- Eurozone manufacturing sector grew in October for first time since May 2008
- Eurozone manufacturing sector slumped in October; Industrial production fell at annual rate of 6% - a pace not seen since 1993
- Eurozone manufacturing surge in February offsets slower growth in services
- Eurozone money supply growth expanded in Eurozone in March
- Eurozone new industrial orders fell 3.5% in May and 4.4% in the year - the steepest on an annual basis since August 2003
- Eurozone new industrial orders fell 5.2% in December - down 22.3% in 2008
- Eurozone new industrial orders increased by 2.5% in April
- Eurozone new industrial orders index fell by 1.0% in April signalling slow recovery; Down 35.5% in 12-month period
- Eurozone new industrial orders rose 2% in August; Orders fell in Ireland -14.6%
- Eurozone new industrial orders surged 2.7% in November boosted by Germany; Down 0.5% in year to November; Annual Irish orders plunged -26.5%
- Eurozone output rise spread to services in September; PMI data shows rates of increase remain subdued; Employment falls sharply again
- Eurozone PMI at two-year high in January; France and Germany leading the recovery but Spain, Ireland and Greece fall further behind
- Eurozone PMI data in August shows sharp easing in service sector downturn; First gain in manufacturing for 15 months
- Eurozone PMI data in August shows sharp easing in service sector downturn; First gain in manufacturing for 15 months
- Eurozone PMI data shows manufacturing contracted in November at the fastest pace since at least June 1997
- Eurozone PMI data signals further easing of downturn in May as output, orders and employment show reduced rates of decline
- Eurozone PMI June: Rate of contraction slowest for nine months in June; Easing in manufacturing but steeper decline in services
- Eurozone PMI March: Output and new orders show easings in rates of decline; Job losses reach new high
- Eurozone PMI points to continued retail sales weakness in August; Stabilisation in Germany - - steep falls in Italy; ECB says credit demand fell in July
- Eurozone PMI signals weakest output growth since July 2003, but charges for goods and service rise at steepest rate for 14 months
- Eurozone PMI: New record rate of output decline seen in December; Prices also fall at record rates
- Eurozone posted a trade surplus in March for the first time in almost a year
- Eurozone posted trade surplus in 12 months to September 2009; Extra-EU27 trade was in deficit
- Eurozone producer prices fell at record pace in October
- Eurozone rate of output contraction eases marginally from December record but job losses hit new high and prices show steepest ever declines
- Eurozone recovery continues in January but output growth slows
- Eurozone retail PMI continued to deteriorate in June but rate of decline eased; Record fall in inventories presents hopeful signal
- Eurozone Retail PMI in mildest decline in 11 months in April; Better weather and car incentives provide sales boost
- Eurozone retail sales down 4% in year to February
- Eurozone retail sales fall sharply in January - dropping for the eighth month running but rate of decline easing
- Eurozone Retail Sales fell again in July; Sales in Italy and Germany fell sharply; Modest rise in France
- Eurozone retail sales fell at sharpest rate in February since March 2009
- Eurozone retail sales fell for the third consecutive month in August: Sales rose in France; Sharp declines in Germany and Italy
- Eurozone retail sales fell in November; Germany in steepest dip in five months
- Eurozone Retail Sales fell in October for the fifth consecutive month
- Eurozone retail sales fell in September; Employment rates cut as sales decline gathers pace; Sales rose marginally in France
- Eurozone retail sales fell in September; Employment rates cut as sales decline gathers pace; Sales rose marginally in France
- Eurozone Retail Sales fell sharply in April; Retailers reported a widespread inability to pass on rising costs due to price resistance
- Eurozone retail sales fell sharply in March
- Eurozone retail sales in March fell at lowest rate in five months; Sales down for ten consecutive months
- Eurozone retail sales in November 2009 fell by 1.2%; Down 4% in 12-month period
- Eurozone retail sales rose in May with Germany and France accounting for half the region's output showing strong gains
- Eurozone retail sales rose slightly in December
- Eurozone retail sales stabilised in October; German retail sales fell in September
- Eurozone retail sales volume fell 0.2% in July 2009
- Eurozone retail sales volume fell by 0.4% in July and 2.8% in year; Eurozone GDP confirmed down 0.2% in the second quarter
- Eurozone retail sales volume flat in December -- down 1.6% in 2009
- Eurozone retail sales volume increased 1.2% in May following April decline
- Eurozone retail sales: Easing of decline in Germany in July; Steeper downturns in France and Italy
- Eurozone retail sector sales fell in January as exceptionally harsh winter weather hit activity
- Eurozone Retail September PMI in sixteenth consecutive monthly fall - - smallest monthly decline since June 2008
- Eurozone retail trade fell 0.2% in September - less than expected
- Eurozone retail volume down by 0.4% in May compared with April
- Eurozone savings rate falls to 15.8% in Q3 2009 compared with 4.7% in US and 2.0% in Japan
- Eurozone Service Activity in August in marginal easing in the pace of decline from July’s five-year record low
- Eurozone service and manufacturing May PMI shows rate of composite output contraction easing at record pace
- Eurozone service sector contraction accelerated marginally in June compared with trend of the 3 months to May 2009
- Eurozone service sector contracts at record pace in October
- Eurozone service sector expanded in November at fastest pace in almost two years
- Eurozone service sector growth holds steady at slow pace in April as faster growth in Germany contrasts with weakness elsewhere; Spain reports record job cuts
- Eurozone service sector improves in August led by rebound in Germany; Confidence rose to 28-month high
- Eurozone service sector optimism dropped to record low in September; Price pressures ease again
- Eurozone service sector posted first growth in 16 months in September
- Eurozone services activity fell at record rate in December while job cutting accelerated
- Eurozone services activity in October expands at fastest pace since 2007; Recovery coincides with ongoing job losses and price discounting
- Eurozone Services Business Activity Index fell in June for first time in five years
- Eurozone Services Business Activity Index in July falls to five-year low; Record rates of contraction in France and Italy accompanied by near-record decline in Spain; Only Germany saw growth
- Eurozone Services Business Activity Index in July falls to five-year low; Record rates of contraction in France and Italy accompanied by near-record decline in Spain; Only Germany saw growth
- Eurozone Services: Record fall in business activity as downturn gathers pace in all big countries
- Eurozone set to grow 0.7% in 2009 - 1% above IMF forecast; ECB should cut benchmark interest rate to 3% in coming months
- Eurozone trade surplus more than doubled in June; In Jan/May 2009 Germany had biggest surplus followed by Ireland
- Eurozone trade surplus rose in April - German surplus in first quarter was €50.4bn
- Eurozone unemployment rate at 9.7% in September 2009; Lowest Netherlands 3.6%; Highest Latvia 19.7%; Ireland at 13%
- Eurozone unemployment rate at 9.9% in January; 4.2% in Netherlands; 18.8% in Spain and 13.8% in Ireland, Youth unemployment was at 20.2% and 32.4% in Ireland
- Eurozone unemployment rate rises to 10% in November; Dutch rate at 3.9%; Irish at 12.9% and Spanish at 19.4%; Q3 2009 second GDP estimate unchanged
- Eurozone unemployment rate rose to 9.5% in May 2009 -highest rate since 1999; Netherlands at 3.2%; Denmark at 5.7%; Ireland 12%; Spain highest at 18.7%
- Eurozone unemployment rate rose to 9.6% in August 2009; Lowest in Netherlands 3.5%; Highest in Spain 18.9%; Ireland at 12.5%
- Eurozone unemployment rate stable at 7.5% in September; Netherlands at 2.5% and Denmark at 2.9%; Spain rises to 11.9%; Ireland climbs to 6.6%
- Eurozone unemployment rate unchanged at 7.2% in May 2008; Irish rate rises to 6%; Spain to 9.9% - lowest in Denmark: 2.7% and the Netherlands: 2.9%
- Eurozone unemployment rate unchanged at 9.8% in October 2009; Youth rate at 20.6%; 3.1 million additional unemployed in 12 months
- Eurozone unemployment rises to 7.7% in October; Netherlands at 2.5%; Highest in Spain at 12.8%. Ireland's rate was 7.1%
- Eurozone unemployment rises to 8.0% in December; Netherlands at 2.7%; Spain 14.4% and Ireland 8.2%
- Eurozone unemployment rises to 9.2% in April - - the highest level in almost 10 years; Lowest in the Netherlands 3.0% and Austria 4.2%; Highest in Spain at 18.1%
- Eurozone unemployment rose to 10% in December 2009; Ireland's rate was at 13.3%; Netheralnds at 4.0% and Spain at 19.5%
- Eurozone unemployment stable at 7.1% in March; Big jumps in Spain and Ireland; Rate falls in Germany for 27th straight month in April
- Eurozone unemployment stable at 7.3% in June; EU27 stable at 6.8% - Largest annual rises in Spain: Rate at 10.7% and Ireland: at 5.7%; Lowest rates in Denmark: 2.6% and the Netherlands: 2.8%
- Eurozone unemployment stable at 7.3%; EU27 stable at 6.8%; Highest annual increases in Spain: 8.2% to 11.0% and Ireland 4.6% to 5.9%; Lowest rate in Denmark at 2.3%
- Eurozone unemployment up to 7.8% in November; Lowest in Netherlands at 2.7%; Highest in Spain 13.4%; Ireland at 7.9%
- Eurozone will return to gradual growth in 2010 and Ireland by 2011 when Irish debt/GDP ratio will rise to 96%
- Eurozone's manufacturing and service industries contracted in November at the fastest pace in at least a decade
- Eurozone: Further drop in the Ifo Economic Climate Indicator
- Eurozone’s recession deepened in the fourth quarter of 2008
- Eurozoze economy contracted slightly more than originally estimated in the second quarter
- Even the Rich Get Home-Equity Yanked
- Evidence mounts that US may experience the worst recession since the early 1980's
- Ex-Comptroller and Auditor General Purcell to investigate role of chartered accountants in Irish banking scandals
- Ex-McKinsey partner says hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam paid $1.75 million for tips on clients
- Ex-Nasdaq Chairman Bernard Madoff charged with massive client securities fraud; He estimates fraud could amount to $50 billion
- Ex-RBS chief surrenders one third of pension bonanza; Ex-BoI chief still laughing all the way to the bank from the bank
- Examiner appointed to property unit of Cork-based Fleming Group
- Exchange Traded Funds based in Dublin launched by Source - - an open architecture platform created by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
- Exchequer Returns for November show deterioration in Irish public finances accelerated with a deficit of €7.9 billion; Lenihan says major gap between spending levels and tax receipts
- Exchequer Returns: Deficit grows to €22.7bn in the year to October; Lenihan says overall tax take this year is back at 2003 levels
- Existing Japanese R&D Project in Galway "formally" announced by Taoiseach
- Existing-Home Sales Decline
- Expect a Jolt When Opening the Electric Bill
- Expectations of a global economic recession have risen sharply among fund managers and risk aversion has reached a new high
- Expenditure on international trips by Irish residents rose 17.1% in Q1 2008
- Expert panel recommends cloud whitening in response to climate change threat; White roads/roofs also provide cost-effective solution
- Extended Stay Could Transfer Chain to Lenders
- Extended Stay Legal Battle Erupts
- Extended Stay Seeks Chapter 11
- Extreme Makeover: Bankruptcy
- Facebook to establish international headquarters in Dublin; No jobs data provided
- Failure of suppliers’ businesses is the number one concern for manufacturers
- Fairfield Files for Chapter 11
- Fall in US oil consumption in the first half of 2008 was biggest drop in the last 26 years
- Fall in visits to Ireland continues in June 2009; Large number of Irish hotels will be transferred to "bad bank" NAMA
- Fall of 48.8% in new private cars licensed in Ireland in December 2008
- Fall of 60.2% in new Irish private cars licensed in May 2009
- Fall of 66.6% in new Irish private cars licensed in January
- Falling for Florida
- Falling immigration is slowing Irish population growth
- Fallout from Deal for Zell's Empire
- Family Feud Upsets Asian Firm
- Family Skirts Foreclosure
- Fannie Aims to Head Off Foreclosures
- Fannie Names New CFO, Risk Chief
- Fannie Posts Deep Loss
- Fannie to Aid Underwater Loans
- Fannie to Scrap Policy Over Down Payments
- Fannie, Freddie Aim to Slow Defaults
- Fannie, Freddie Are Pounded
- Fannie, Freddie Books Under Scrutiny
- Fannie, Freddie Called Weak in Capital Base
- Fannie, Freddie Cut Some Mortgage Rates
- Fannie, Freddie Divide Economists
- Fannie, Freddie Expand in a Bright Spot
- Fannie, Freddie Halt Foreclosures
- Fannie, Freddie Impact on Banks Downplayed
- Fannie, Freddie Plan Is Under Siege
- Fannie, Freddie's Right to Lobby Questioned
- FAO says food prices in many countries remain very high
- FAO says number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007 as a result of high food prices
- Farkas Closes Deal to Buy Centerline
- Farkas Looks to Write New Chapter
- FÁS says Irish unemployment could exceed 8% by the end of 2009; Further downturn is likely in 2010
- FÁS/ESRI says 250,000 new Irish jobs will be created jobs by 2015 resulting in employment being 80,000 below 2008 level - - based on optimistic global recovery scenario
- Fashionable Co-existence
- FBD Holdings expects Irish insurance premiums to rise this year
- FBD Holdings to post operating profits in both underwriting and non-underwriting businesses in 2009
- FBD Insurance reports loss of €5.2m in H1 2008
- FBI Probes Home-Buying Incentives
- FDIC Faces Mortgage Mess
- FDIC Unveils IndyMac Plan
- Fears about $700bn financial rescue plan trigger biggest one-day percentage drop of Dollar against the Euro; Biggest one-day rise in oil price to $120 a barrel - intra-day 5 day rise at 44%
- Fears of New Bubble as Cash Pours In
- Fed Aid Sets Off a Rush to Refinance
- Fed Approves Mortgage Rules
- Fed Frets Over Commercial Real Estate
- Fed Grapples With Extended Stay
- Fed to Revise Terms for TALF Loans
- Fed's Beige Book indicates US recession is easing
- Federal Reserve "beige book" report says US economy continued to weaken in April and May: Recession is easing in many parts of the country
- Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate to the lowest level in its 94-year history - 0% to 0.25%
- Federal Reserve cuts key benchmark interest rate from 2.25% to 2.0% - a reduction of 3.25% since September 2007
- Federal Reserve keeps interest rates near zero for at least six months
- Federal Reserve officials see a stronger US economy but a recovery "restrained"
- Federal Reserve reports US industrial production fell again in May; Capacity utilization declined to 68.3% - - lowest since at least 1967
- Federal Reserve says US economic recovery has begun; Keeps interest rate on hold and trillion-plus dollar supports intact
- Federal Reserve says US economy continues to stabilize; Recovery will remain subdued
- Federal Reserve staff project moderate recovery in US economic activity over the next two years; Unemployment will remain high
- Federal Reserve stuns markets with plan to buy over $1 trillion in securities to aid US economy
- Federal Reserve's Beige Book and weak US economic data confirm fears of steep slump
- Feeling Roomy, J.P. Morgan Shops Its Space
- Feldman's End Game
- Fewer Americans Are Relocating
- FHA Chief Navigates an Unfamiliar Path
- FHA Helps Prop Up Housing Market
- FHA Raises Premiums for Home Loans
- FHA Seeks to Ban Seller-Assisted Payments
- FHA Suspends Taylor Bean
- FHLB Woes Ripple Across Housing Projects
- Fianna Fáil minister says his department should be abolished; Ireland in the Age of the Spoilsmen
- Fianna Fáil senators lobbied for increased wages/ pensions for councillor "constituents"
- Fiat tops European Eco League with lowest CO2 Emissions in 2007; Top six car manufacturers now below 150 grams per kilometer
- Final PMI data confirm rate of deterioration of Eurozone’s manufacturing economy continued to gather pace in February
- Finalist for Citi Property Portfolio: Its Architect
- Finance Bill 2010: Provisions to increase the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for investment and transfer pricing changes for multinationals included
- FINANCE Irish Accountancy Survey 2008: Fee income of the twenty largest practices up by 11.0% in the past year - down from 19.6% in 2006/7
- FINANCE Irish Accountancy Survey 2008: Fee income of the twenty largest practices up by 11.0% in the past year - down from 19.6% in 2006/7
- Financial crisis accelerates shift of power in global banking system; Market cap of top 25 banks still higher than 2004
- Financial crisis triggers fall in foreign direct investment to/from developed countries; Set to rise in 2010; FDI inflows to Ireland turned negative in 2008
- Financial Crisis: IMF says US households more vulnerable to equity price shocks - - UK and Eurozone households to house price shocks
- Financial position of Irish households worsened last year for the first time since 2002; SSIAs with a value of about €10 billion matured in 2007
- Financial Regulator fines Irish Life & Permanent €600,000; Does not disclose reason
- Financial Regulator fines Irish Nationwide Building Society €50,000 in respect of email issued by the son of the Chief Executive
- Financial Regulator issues report on directors' loans procedures at six Irish financial institutions covered by the State Guarantee Scheme
- Financial Regulator says 28,603 Irish mortgage accounts were in arrears for more than 90 days at the end of 2009; 19,185 in arrears for more than 6 months
- Financial Regulator says 40% of Irish Consumers plan to use credit this Christmas
- Financial Regulator says Irish Motor Insurance claim costs fell in 2006
- Financial Regulator says many Irish consumers are unclear about Irish financial services complaint procedures
- Financial Regulator steps up supervision of six State-guaranteed Irish banks; Authorised officers assigned on-site; New business plans requested
- Financial Services Ombudsman reports complaints to his office rose 15% in 2007
- Financier's Death Hints at Trouble for Lenders
- Financing Real Estate Development Projects
- Financing Real Estate Development Projects
- Finding Foreclosures, Screening Deadbeats
- Fine Gael announces Irish small business "rescue plan"; Coughlan/Hanafin announce Government Work Placement /Short Time Work Training Programmes
- Finfacts achieved record traffic in September - a month dominated by financial turmoil
- Finfacts achieves record traffic in October 2008 - - another month dominated by global financial turmoil
- Firms See Future in Smart Homes
- Firms See Future in Smart Homes
- First Life Sciences Fund established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Scheme 2007-2012; €75 million raised
- First rise in Irish manufacturing output for 21 months in November
- First-Time Home Buyers' Few Options
- Five lessons from the financial crisis
- Five million young people - - 15 to 24 year olds - - unemployed in the EU27 in Q1 2009; Irish unemployment rate at 21%; Spain at 34%
- Five themes for the global economy in 2010; Recovery in advanced economies will be creditless and jobless
- Flagpole Builder Hits New Heights
- Flash Eurozone Composite Output Index falls for third month running in August: Rate of decline fell slightly; Price pressures ease
- Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell to 51.1 in May; Modest rise in private sector economic output; Rate of growth was weakest since July 2003
- Flash Eurozone PMI shows improvement again in July driven by slowing in rate of contraction of manufacturing output
- Flipping Sides
- Florida Files Countrywide Lawsuit
- Florida for Sale!
- Flush German Funds Move In
- Flush REITs Have Loads of Cash, Little to Spend It On
- Flush REITs See Little Cause to Buy
- Focus now on applying stimulus IMF says - - ahead of G-7 meeting of advanced countries
- Focus of Eurozone competitiveness should be on more than prices and costs
- Foes and Friends in Trump Bankruptcy
- Fontainebleau Sues Over Financing
- Food prices have pushed UK farmland prices to record highs; Lifestyle buyers retreat because of the credit crunch
- Food prices have pushed UK farmland prices to record highs; Lifestyle buyers retreat because of the credit crunch
- Footfall Index illustrates "stark predicament" facing Irish retail sector
- For a Lehman Star, a Reversal of Fortune
- For Canary Wharf, Bank Crisis Hits Home
- For iStar, Ratings Now an Issue
- For Mortgages Underwater, Help Swims In
- For REITs, 2009 Is Year of Survival
- For Sale: AIG's Home Base in Japan
- For WTC Site, Delays Prove Costly
- Ford Motor Co. returned to profitability in its second quarter
- Ford's Home Weathers Change
- Ford's Vail Retreat Listed at $14.9 Million
- Foreclosed But Not Forgotten
- Foreclosures Increase Again
- Foreclosures Prompt Schools to Get Tough
- Foreclosures Rise 48% in May
- Foreign Buyers Aren't Rushing In
- Foreign Cash Boosts Hong Kong Assets
- Foreign Cue
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) surged 30% in 2007; Ireland 16th highest for inward investment; Number of Irish greenfield projects fell 22%; Outward Irish investment rose by more than 30%
- Foreign direct investment - - FDI - - in Ireland dropped in 2009
- Foreign purchases of US Treasury securities rose in June; Ireland 13th biggest holder at $46.3bn
- Foreign-owned firms responsible for 89% of Irish tradable goods and services exports in 2008; Jobs in sector down 44,000 since 2000
- Forest City Puts a Halt To New Work
- Forget Inflation - Prof Hans-Werner Sinn
- Forget the Teardown, The 'Unbuild' Is Eco-Friendly But More Costly
- Former Anglo Irish Bank director resigns from Dublin Airport Authority; Government warns of “outflow of funds” from the Irish economy
- Former IMF chief economist Michael Mussa says global growth will reach 4.2% in 2010
- Fortress Acquires Swig Project
- Fortress Looks for the Bottom, Again
- Fortress Swoops Up New York Condo
- Foster Architecture Firm to Lay Off 300
- Foundations to be laid for Dublin's National Convention Centre, Dublin – Ireland’s first carbon neutral building
- Four decades after men from Earth first landed on the moon - - July 20, 1969
- Four Star Pizza announces 200 new Irish jobs as recession bites
- France to give €10.5bn to its six biggest banks even though they are “very well capitalised”
- Freddie Aims to Slow Foreclosures
- Freddie Considers Major Stock Sale
- Freddie HR Chief's Big Payday
- Freddie Hunts for Cash
- Freddie Mac to Unveil Lenders' Pact
- Freddie Moves Toward Stock Sale
- Freddie Tightens Mortgage Buying
- Freddie, Fannie Ills Leave Experts at Loss
- Free Zone, Las Vegas Real Estate Sale
- Freightquote to locate its Multilingual European HQ in Dublin and create 100 jobs
- French and German governments raise their economic growth forecasts for 2010
- French business leaders reported in April that export demand remains high; Consumer confidence fell
- French consumer confidence fell to a record low in May
- French consumer price index rose at annual rate of 3.7% in May - the highest since 1996
- French consumer price index rose at annual rate of 3.7% in May - the highest since 1996
- French Finance Minister puts EU corporation tax proposal on ice
- French Presidency gets agreement for minor reform of CAP farmers' subsidies
- French President Sarkozy rules out austerity in historic address to parliament at the Château of Versailles
- French Property Investment Picks Up
- Fresh Powder for Ski Towns
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- Friends First announces plan to cut 147 Irish jobs
- Friends First announces plan to cut 147 Irish jobs
- Friends Provident agrees to sell itself to buyout firm Resolution
- From Barn Raisings to Home Building
- From Russia -- With Cash
- Frustrated With Finding Foreclosed Homes
- FT European Finance Minister of 2009: France's Christine Lagarde takes top prize; Ireland's Brian Lenihan in last place
- Fund managers do not expect Federal Reserve to raise interest rates until H2 2010; Commodities most popular in four years
- Fund managers scale back economic recovery hopes; Re-evaluation of EU and China risk; Pullback from European bank shares
- Further severe contraction of private sector output across the Eurozone in January
- Future of Fannie, Freddie Debated
- Fyffes 2008 profit before tax after adjustments falls to €128,000 from €13.2 million
- Fyffes acquires pineapple plantation In Panama
- Fyffes forecasts low double digit percentage increase adjusted earnings per share despite cost inflation
- Fyffes reports pre-tax profits of €18.6m in H1 2009 -- an increase of 18.6%
- Fyffes reports strong H1 2008 pre-tax profits boosted by exceptional gain arising from the DCC insider trading case
- G-20 countries agree to take “whatever further actions are necessary” to counter worst financial crisis since Great Depression
- G-20 Finance Ministers pledge "sustained effort necessary to restore growth"; No additional spending promised
- G-20 finance officials commit to economic stimulus measures until recovery takes hold; UK retreats from "Tobin tax" proposal
- G-20 finance officials meet to review plans for financial regulation and to discuss emerging global recovery
- G-20 leaders agree to provide $1 trillion in funding to “fight back” against the global recession
- G-20 leaders commit to help world economy through economic crisis
- G-20 Meeting London: World Bank says 2009 will be year of firsts; first global GDP decline since World War II; first trade decline of this size in 80 years; first time that recovery must be global
- G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: Europe and US rift on bank capital; IMF says banking crises leave “long-lasting scars”
- G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: European Union leaders seek Group of 20 agreement on binding rules to curb bank bonuses
- G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: Leaders move towards agreement on coordination of economic policies, restrictions on banker pay and financial regulation
- G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: World Bank says Low-Income Countries face long recovery
- G-20 Summit: "We are within a few hours...of agreeing upon a global plan for economic recovery and reform" Gordon Brown claims
- G-7 finance ministers and central bankers say full effect of individual rescue packages will “build over time”
- G-8 finance ministers say global economy appears to be bottoming; German finance minister pours cold water on green shoots' optimism
- G-8 Summit: Agreements on trade deal by 2010; Climate change aspiration with emerging economies and $15bn to spur food production in poorer countries
- G8 leaders confirm 50% reduction of global greenhouse emissions by 2050 - Targets for 32-year time horizons the easy part; Five big emerging economies say G8 countries should assume most of the burden of reducing emissions
- G8 Summit Japan: World Bank President to Group of Eight: ‘World entering a Danger Zone’ because of high food and oil prices
- Galmoy Mines is to close by 2011 - 221 jobs will be lost
- Gambling Magnate Bets on New Casino
- Gap between rich and poor has grown in more than three-quarters of OECD countries over the past two decades
- Gartner highlights 27 technologies in the 2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies; UK media academic terms the hype surrounding Web 2.0 innovations such as social networking and the development of internet television as "Bollocks 2.0"
- GDP in the OECD area fell by a record 2.1% in the first quarter of 2009; Recovery could begin at the end of this year
- GE chief attacks "meanness and greed'; Richest made most mistakes with least accountability; Bottom 25% of Americans poorer than 25 years ago
- GE Chief Immelt says US economy is in worst shape since 1970's; US foreign affiliate earnings rise to record 37% of total corporate earnings
- GE Energy acquires Northern Ireland firm Kelman to further GE Energy’s “Smart Grid” capabilities with utilities
- GE Money's Irish Used Car Index confirms that prices for second hand cars are declining
- GE to Shed Light on Its Properties
- GE to Shed Light on Its Properties
- GE's Commercial Properties Turn Sour
- Gehry Lays Off Staff
- Geithner to announce US toxic asset plan for American banks with price tag of up to $1 trillion
- General Electric loses coveted triple-A credit rating which it held for 50 years
- General Electric to restructure finance division; $2bn in cost cuts from asset sales and redundancies
- General Growth Avoids Chapter 11
- General Growth Chief Exits
- General Growth Debt Bet Pays Off
- General Growth Executives Sell Shares
- General Growth Files Bankruptcy Plan
- General Growth Gets 24-Hour Loan Extension
- General Growth Gets More Time to Pay Debt
- General Growth Gets Some Help
- General Growth in Mortgage Pact
- General Growth Lines Up More Capital
- General Growth Misses Payment Date
- General Growth Move Rattles Malls' Investors
- General Growth Official Sells Shares
- General Growth Postpones Earnings
- General Growth Posts Drop in Key Measures
- General Growth REIT Settles Suit
- General Growth Restructuring OK'd
- General Growth Switches Counsel
- General Growth Wins Key Extension
- General Growth Wins Plan Extension
- General Growth Wrestles With Its Debt
- General Growth's Free Fall
- General Motors - - for 77 years the world's biggest car manufacturer - - files for bankruptcy
- General Motors says Chevrolet Volt expected to achieve city fuel economy of at least 230 miles per gallon
- General's Lenders Threaten to Circumvent Citi
- George Lee and the job he hated
- German and French governments launch plans for rescue of their their banking sectors
- German annual consumer prices posted a zero change in the year to August 2009
- German business confidence falls to a 26-year low in March
- German Business Confidence in December lowest since 1982
- German business confidence plunged to the lowest level in 16 years in November
- German business confidence rose from a 26-year low in April
- German business confidence rose to 17-month high in December
- German business confidence rose to a 13-month high in October; Economic recovery continues hesitantly
- German business confidence rose to an 18-month high in January
- German business confidence slipped in February as icy temperatures and snow hit construction and retailing
- German car giant Volkswagen reports strong results for first nine months of 2008 despite the slowing global economy
- German Chancellor Merkel's Cabinet agrees on launch of €100-billion corporate aid fund to help struggling firms
- German consumer climate in October stabilised despite financial crisis
- German consumer climate marks a cautious start to the New Year
- German consumer climate remains robust in April
- German consumer climate rises in June; Despite economic crisis consumers are in mood to buy
- German consumer climate survey for June shows high prices dampening the consumer mood
- German consumer climate virtually stable but economic expectations have fallen sharply
- German consumer confidence continued to improve in July
- German consumer confidence experienced a slight decline in October
- German consumer confidence remained virtually unchanged in March despite a flood of negative economic news
- German consumer confidence rose for the fifth straight month in August
- German consumer confidence rose for the fifth straight month in August
- German consumer confidence rose sharply in April
- German consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September as fall in energy prices brightened outlook
- German consumer sentiment remained stable in May; Test ahead in coming months with anticipated rise in unemployment; Q 1 2009 GDP decline confirmed at 3.8%
- German corporatism at its worst: Market order under attack - - Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn
- German Credit Constraint Indicator remains almost unchanged; Retail sales fall in December
- German discount retailer Aldi plans to open 35 new Irish stores as it gains market share in recession times
- German economic growth accelerated to the fastest rate in 12 years in the first quarter; GDP rose by 1.5%; Annual rise was 2.6%
- German economic sentiment fell in February
- German Economic Sentiment indicator at highest level since April 2006
- German Economic Sentiment Indicator fell slightly in November; Start-ups lowest since German reunification in 1991
- German economy entered recession in the third quarter for first time since 1996
- German economy grew by 1.3% in 2008
- German economy is forecast to contract in 2009, by the biggest margin since 1949
- German economy shrank in 2009 for the first time in six years; GDP fell 5% - - highest since 1945
- German economy shrank in the second quarter of 2008; Consumer price index rose 3.3% in July 2008 - a 15 year high
- German exports fell 1.8% in August; Down 20% in 12-month period
- German exports fell 23.1% in the year to February 2009
- German exports fell in March; Monthly trade balance narrows to €16.7 billion
- German exports fell in October; In Q2 2008, Germany had the smallest increase in labour costs in Europe
- German exports fell the most in five years in the year to August; German manufacturing turnover rises
- German exports forecast to rise in coming months; ECB official says recovery in the Eurozone will only be consolidated with reforms
- German exports in November plunged as global recession took hold and goods demand outside the EU fell 7.8%
- German exports increased 4.2% in June and were up 7.9% in the year; Exports outside the EU rose 11.7% in year to June
- German exports plunged 20.7% in year to January - Ex-EU exports fell 24.5%; Annual inflation rose 1% in February
- German exports plunged by 28.7% in year to April 2009; Labour costs per hour worked rise 5.8% in year to March - - highest since at least 1997
- German exports rose 0.7% in March; Down 15.8% in 12-month period
- German exports rose 2.5% in year to May - down 3.2% in month
- German exports rose 3.8% in the month in September
- German exports rose 7% in June - - - the most in almost three years; Growth may have resumed in current quarter
- German exports rose again in July - - up 2.3% in month; Imports remained unchanged; Exports down 18.7% in 12-month period compared with 22.3% in June
- German exports rose by 13.9% in the year to April; Exports to countries outside the EU increased 18.4%
- German exports rose in May by 0.3% - - down 24.5% in 12-month period compared with 28.7% in April; Annual consumer prices rose 0.1% in June
- German exports rose in November 2009; China overtakes Germany as the world's top goods exporter
- German exports rose in October for a second straight month
- German factory order fell for the first time in eight months in October on weak export demand
- German firms faced slight tightening of the credit market in August
- German firms report lending continues to be restrictive
- German firms report slight improvement in the bank credit situation in June
- German Firms Scour U.S. for Deals
- German food industry shrugging off recession blues; May post increase in output in 2009
- German GDP falls 3.8% in first quarter of 2009 - - the steepest contraction since at least 1970; Down 6.7% in 12-month period
- German GDP plunged in the fourth quarter of 2008
- German government agrees on revised €50 billion bailout of lender Hypo Real Estate; Dublin unit Depfa triggered liquidity crisis
- German government report shows one in every eight residents of Germany lives at or below the poverty-line - €781 a month after tax
- German government revises up forecast of 2010 economic growth to 1.4%; Deutsche Bank says growth of over 2% is likely
- German government says economy will be on brink of recession in 2009
- German Ifo business climate index dropped to 26-year low in February
- German Ifo Business Climate Index falls to five-year low in October
- German Ifo Business Climate Index falls to lowest level since September 2005; Results suggest economic upswing coming to an end
- German Ifo Business Climate Index fell in April; Confidence in Manufacturing and Service sectors declined
- German Ifo Business Climate Index fell sharply in June
- German Ifo Business Climate Index has again fallen in September
- German Ifo Business Climate Index has again fallen in September
- German Ifo Business Climate Index improves in May; Dampening of economic activity in Germany following the very good first quarter should be moderate
- German Ifo Business Climate Index unexpectedly rises in January - first gain in eight months
- German Ifo Business Climate Index worsens again in August; Current situation is still seen as slightly positive
- German Ifo Business Climate indicator rose to a 15-month high in November
- German Ifo business confidence index rose for a second month in May; It fell to a 26-year low in March
- German Ifo business confidence index rose for third straight month in June signalling easing of recession
- German Ifo business confidence index rose to a 12-month high in September
- German Ifo business confidence indicator improved again in August
- German Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Professor Hans-Werner Sinn - Series of articles
- German Ifo Institute: Economic stimulus packages should heed long-term effects beyond the crisis
- German Ifo Institute’s business confidence index for July at highest since October 2008
- German import prices jumped 8.9% in June - the highest rate since November 2000
- German Indicator of Economic Sentiment increases sharply in August
- German industrial orders confirm recovery trend
- German industrial output surged the most in 16 years in May
- German industrial production fell in May; France says action is required in response to slowing Eurozone growth
- German investor confidence index slightly declined in July
- German investor confidence rose to a 3-year high in June
- German merchandise exports fell 18.4% in 2009; Year marked biggest drop in trade since 1950 - - China becoming the world's top exporter; Exports up 3% in December
- German producer /factory gate prices rose to annual rate of 6% in May
- German Producer Prices rose at annual rate of 5.2% in April 2008 up from 4.2% in March
- German producer prices rose at the fastest rate in 26 years in June
- German research shows cultural diversity generates knowledge-based start-ups
- German retail sales fell in November signalling a fragile recovery
- German State Banks and a Process of Creative Destruction
- German unemployment fell in October below 3 million for the first time in 16 years; 450,000 jobs added in year to September
- German unemployment rose in January; International Labour Organisation says the global recession could result in more than 50 million job losses
- German wholesale prices increase 8.1% in year to May 2008 - a 26-year high
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Expectations improve
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Expectations on the upswing in February
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment fell slightly in October
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment improved slightly in March but remains at low level
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment in October hit by financial turmoil; Economics Institutes say Economy on brink of recession
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment increased in November
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment stabilized in May 2008
- German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment stabilized in May 2008
- Germans Scour U.S. for bargains
- Germany - - the world’s biggest exporter to become the consumer of last resort?
- Germany and Denmark to guarantee all private bank deposits; UK working on "big steps" to aid banks in return for public equity stakes; Iceland scrambling to avoid meltdown
- Germany and France to express support for Greece at EU summit; Rescue plan work-in-progress
- Germany considering plan with Eurozone partners to provide Greece and other debt-laden members with loan guarantees
- Germany consumer confidence rises again in September
- Germany faces the prospect of some change
- Germany gives crucial backing for the creation of a "European Monetary Fund" that would act like the IMF in supporting Eurozone countries
- Germany launches second economic stimulus package; Spain joins Ireland and Greece on Standard & Poor's credit watch list
- Germany poised for a full-year recovery in 2010
- Germany set for four more years of the impressive Angela Merkel
- Germany wastes enormous growth potential due to inadequate education; Every fifth 15-year-old does not get beyond elementary school
- Germany's annual road deaths lowest since 1950; Positive impact of ban on alcohol for new drivers; Irish publicans lobbying against lowering alcohol drink-drive limit
- Germany's Bundesbank says slowing growth may not be sufficient to reduce inflation in the Eurozone; Region's trade deficit expanded in June
- Germany's consumer price index measure of annual inflation rose to 3.0% in May 2008; Food prices were stable in month
- Germany's economic institutes say economy will shrink 6% this year; Industrialised economies will contract drastically by 4.2%; World trade to plunge 15%
- Germany's export recovery prevented economy from contracting in Q4 of 2009; Budget deficit ratio in 2009 was 3.3% of GDP
- Germany's Food & Beverage sector star of crisis -- exports up 15% in 2008; Good news continues
- Germany's Ifo institute raises German economic outlook; Eurozone GDP to grow 1% in 2010, 0.9% in 2011
- Germany’s economy will contract 2.2% in 2009 and 0.2% in 2010; Ifo says the world economy is experiencing a massive downturn
- German manufacturing sector turnover and industrial output grew in January despite the severe weather
- GetItKeepIt.com among winners of 2009 annual Eircom €100,000 Web Innovation Fund
- Ginnie Mae's New Role Spurs Concerns
- Glanbia announces acquisition of Illinois based Optimum Nutrition - a manufacturer of nutritional supplements for the sports sector - for $315 million
- Glanbia reports 19% fall in 2009 pre-tax profits; Majority shareholder is interested in acquiring Glanbia's Irish dairy operations
- Glanbia reports 30.5% rise in HI 2008 pre-tax profit
- Glanbia reports good first half 2008 performance overall
- Glanbia reports pre-tax 2008 profit rise of 21% before exceptional items
- Glanbia reports pre-tax profits, before exceptionals fell 28%
- Glanbia says H1 2009 will be "significantly behind" 2008 - - a time of global boom in food commodity prices
- Glanbia says most business units performed well in 2008
- GlaxoSmithKline says simultaneous vaccination against seasonal and pandemic flu provides protection
- GlaxoSmithKline to close Stiefel Laboratories in Sligo with loss of 250 jobs
- Glimcher Shops Its Malls
- Global air transport: The worst is over
- Global airline industry will lose US$5.2 billion in 2008 - Slowing demand and high oil to blame
- Global bank lending fell the most in more than 30 years in Q2 2008; German banks have loans of $240 billion to Irish-based banks
- Global Banking Crisis: Stuffing the goose strategy - - Prof Hans-Werner Sinn
- Global business confidence surges - - in particular in US and BRIC countries
- Global car industry: The calm before the next storm
- Global carbon market market doubled to an estimated value of more than $126 billion in 2008
- Global carbon trading market grew to $64 billion in 2007
- Global chip giant Intel to pay rival Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to end all antitrust and patent suits
- Global CMOs must remake marketing operations, counsels a new Economist Intelligence Unit report
- Global Commercial Property Survey Q2 2009: Rents fall sharply; Surveyors in Italy, Spain and Ireland remain downbeat on outlook
- Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009; United States tops rankings; Ireland retains 22nd place
- Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010: Switzerland, US, Singapore, Sweden and Denmark lead; Ireland slips to 25th ranking behind Malaysia
- Global Crisis Douses Hawaii Tourism
- Global crisis will stall globalisation says Economist Intelligence Unit; Ireland slips 5 places in Business Environment Rankings - - Finland, Singapore, Canada in lead
- Global Direct Commercial Property - H1 2008 volumes fall 41% year-over-year; Cross-border transactions rise to 27% of United States trades
- Global economic confidence has halved in the two years since April 2007; OECD says 1 in 10 workers in its 30 member countries will be without a job in 2010
- Global Economic Outlook: Recovery in different gears
- Global Economic Prospects 2010: World Bank says recovery will slow as impact of fiscal stimulus wanes; Says crisis fallout will impact finance and growth over next 10 years
- Global economic slowdown must be viewed as an opportunity, not a distraction from efforts to mitigate climate change - IEA
- Global Economic Symposium: German Kiel Institute - - A 3-point program for combating the Financial Crisis and other remedies for global challenges
- Global economic turmoil remains elevated in advance of G-20 Washington summit
- Global Economics: The Return of Debtflation? US public debt to GDP to increase to 87% by 2020; A case for higher inflation?
- Global Economy 2010: Morgan Stanley forecasts advanced economies to grow 2%; Emerging economies 6.5%; BofA Merrill Lynch expects China's GDP to rise 10.1%
- Global economy is likely to recover in 2010 but economic growth may remain sluggish for several years
- Global economy may be close to a "tipping point" says the Bank for International Settlements - the banker for central banks
- Global Economy Prize goes to Jeffrey Sachs, Mary Robinson, Baba Kalyani and Sunil Bharti Mittal
- Global economy shows signs of rising recession risks: Baltic Dry Index has tumbled 37% since May
- Global economy to continue to recover into early 2010 but outlook still highly uncertain says Economist Intelligence Unit
- Global Economy: Germany Kiel Institute says bottom of output decline reached; Recovery to be modest by historical standards
- Global Economy: Insiders selling US shares as "green shoots" optimism wilts; Morgan Stanley says growth has returned but after deepest recession expect the weakest recovery
- Global Economy: Nouriel Roubini - - America's Dr. Doom - - says tentative green shoots may well be overrun by yellow weeds
- Global Economy: U, V, W – Alphabet soup spells out economic developments but be skeptical of the sunshine wafflers
- Global Economy: US savings rate rises from close to zero in 2007 as housing wealth falls - bad news for Emerging Economies
- Global Economy: World Bank increases forecast of the economic slump in 2009
- Global Employment Outlook Survey: Sluggish hiring but more employers planning to keep existing staff; Most Irish employers expect no change in hiring in Quarter 3 2009
- Global Entrepreneurship Ireland 2008: Coughlan claims Ireland at heart an entrepreneurial nation and to fore in Europe; No mention of exports in 98-page report
- Global Equity Markets: Iceland and Ireland head annual losses in September; Hedge Funds outperformed equities but had worst month since August 1998
- Global Finance Crisis: Plugging equity leaks - A painful decade of stagnation for America lies ahead
- Global finance ministers urge IMF to ensure an “orderly and co-operative exit” from fiscal and monetary stimulus
- Global Financial Centres Index 2009: London, New York and Singapore head rankings; Dublin moves up to 10th place
- Global financial crisis intensified on Monday; Iceland warns of risk of national bankruptcy; French bank BNP Paribas set to become Eurozone's biggest
- Global financial crisis slashed value of financial assets worldwide by massive $50 trillion in 2008 - - the equivalent of annual global GDP
- Global Financial Crisis: Warnings of danger from 2001 and a Fed all bark but no bite - with monumental consequences
- Global Financial Crisis: Barometers of stress hit highs on fears of deep recession; Citi plunges 26%
- Global Financial Crisis: Bush to host world summit on the financial crisis
- Global Financial Crisis: Eurozone leaders agree on sweeping rescue plan; France, Germany, Italy and other countries will announce national measures Monday
- Global Financial Crisis: Fears that bank rescues are too late to avert global recession; Wall Street in biggest crash since Black Monday in 1987
- Global Financial Crisis: IMF welcomes Eurozone Plan to combat crisis; US rescue plan should be implemented without delay
- Global Financial Crisis: The latest scare is deflation and the experience of Japan's lost decade has policymakers worried
- Global Financial Crisis: UK and Spain move to protect their banks; US financial stocks slump to lowest level since 1997 - Bank of America tumbles 26%
- Global Financial Crisis: Urgent need for more transparency from Irish banks
- Global financial sector credit crisis losses near $1,000bn; Paulson abandons toxic assets plan; Consumer credit markets "ground to a halt"
- Global financial stability improves but IMF sees fresh challenges; Japan warned on rising public debt
- Global Financial Stability Report: IMF says losses on US subprime assets/securities will total $1.45 trillion - more than 50% above April estimate; Financial firms face reducing assets, raising capital and implementing new business models
- Global Food Crisis Summit: European leaders to offer pieties but resist any change in protections from an era of food mountains and wine lakes
- Global Food Crisis Summit: FAO says world only needs $30 billion a year to eradicate the scourge of hunger; OECD countries spent $372 billion in 2006 alone to support their agriculture
- Global Food Crisis Summit: Rich country subsidies/protections for agriculture, biofuels and the opposition of well-fed Europeans to GM foods, remain unresolved
- Global Food Crisis: Biodiversity to curb world's food insecurity - Just twelve crops and fourteen animal species now provide most of the world’s food
- Global Food Crisis: Food Prices expected to remain high for the next 10 years
- Global Food Crisis: France wants extension of agriculture protections to Africa and Latin America; Recipe for empowering rich elites while farmers would lose access to international markets
- Global Food Crisis: Gulf Arabs buying farmland in Pakistan to increase food security; Germany wants higher environmental/health standards for food imports; EU chicken exporters using banned chlorine-washing process
- Global Food Crisis: Rice price falls; US Senate passes veto-proof Farm Bill; UN's FAO says it's not responsible for 78.5m additional babies born globally every year
- Global Food Crisis: Soaring global food prices may be peaking
- Global Food Crisis: Strong signs of record rice production in 2008 but prices are expected to remain high in 2008 - Myanmar/Burma disaster could worsen outlook
- Global Food Crisis: UN official says the world needs a "green revolution'' to feed its rising population
- Global Food Crisis: UN task force to tackle global crisis
- Global Food Crisis: World Bank launches $1.2 billion Fast-Track Facility for Food Crisis; Zoellick proposes 10-point plan
- Global food prices remain high despite higher output; Low Income Food Deficit Countries import bill expected to rise by 40% in 2008
- Global food production will have to increase 70% for additional 2.3 billion people by 2050
- Global forest cover shrinking by 20,000 hectares a day
- Global growth expected to exceed annualised 4% rate in second half of 2009; 4%+ growth maybe unsustainable during 2010
- Global growth to resume in the second half of 2009 but recovery will likely be anaemic
- Global high-net-worth wealth fell 19.5% in 2008; Irish HNWIs fell to 16,300; State bank guarantee/ recapitalisations “drivers of wealth”
- Global House Price Index Q2 2008: More countries registering falls as global house price inflation continues to slow
- Global House Price Index: Annual house price inflation in Q1 2008 stood at 6.1% compared to 9.2% in Q4 2007; Bulgaria heads ranking at 31.5%
- Global housing market shows some signs of recovery; One in every 136 US households with a loan got a foreclosure notice in Q3
- Global inflation impacts from rains in Iowa to China's Sichuan earthquake
- Global Inflation Risks have reemerged as major threat to the world economy says IMF
- Global Inflation: Have the world’s central banks critically misjudged the situation?
- Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009: Denmark and Sweden once again lead the rankings; Ireland gets a 23rd rank
- Global intervention by central banks to ease the worst financial crisis since the 1930's by pumping $180 billion into the inter-bank markets
- Global investment in renewable energy surged to almost $150 billion in 2007 despite financial market turmoil; Europe still leads
- Global Investor Poll: Investors sense rout in stocks after 68% 8-month rally
- Global investor risk appetite at four-year high; Japanese equities are the most undervalued in the world
- Global investors' risk appetite has reached its highest point in more than three years as double-dip recession fears fade
- Global Irish Economic Forum and branding Ireland: Green Party minister Eamon Ryan is both for and against science
- Global Irish Economic Forum: Diaspora "key achievers" due to meet; A gabfest with potential?
- Global Irish Economic Forum: Diaspora "key achievers" due to meet; A gabfest with potential?
- Global Irish Economic Forum: Diaspora baby steps on offer from Cowen when great leap forward is so overdue
- Global Irish Economic Forum: Cowen says 2 out of 3 jobs depend on exports to the EU; Asks for help on establishing 'European Silicon Valley' in Ireland
- Global manufacturing contracted in September at fastest rate since late-2001
- Global manufacturing downturn eased further in April
- Global manufacturing economy in recovery mode led by China
- Global manufacturing July PMI data shows upturn in output gained traction as new orders recovered
- Global Manufacturing PMI at five-year low in July as weaker demand and high cost inflation pushed new orders and production lower
- Global Manufacturing PMI ended 2009 at 44-month high
- Global Manufacturing PMI hit a five and-a-half year high in January
- Global manufacturing PMI hit new low in December
- Global Manufacturing PMI hits 39-month high in October
- Global Manufacturing PMI plummeted to new low in November
- Global manufacturing PMI rose above neutral 50.0 level in August for first time since May 2008
- Global Manufacturing PMI rose to five-month high in March; Worst of manufacturing recession may have passed
- Global manufacturing PMI rose to nine-month high in May
- Global Manufacturing PMI sank to record low in October
- Global manufacturing recession continued in February
- Global manufacturing recovery continued in February
- Global manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in five years in June as companies faced weaker demand and survey record cost increases
- Global manufacturing sector remained in deep recession at start of 2009; Staffing levels fell sharply in every region
- Global MBA Rankings 2010: Financial Times gives London Business School top rank; Dublin's Smurfit School in 99th place
- Global office rents fell in 2009 for the first time since 2003; Tokyo most expensive; Biggest fallers in Europe - - Kiev -50%, Dublin -38% but still 17th most expensive city
- Global Office Rents: Dublin falls to 17th most expensive in world after 28% annual dip; London’s West End again heads the rankings
- Global oil consumption will grow strongly in 2010
- Global oil demand and prices forecasts raised
- Global oil demand will collapse in 2009 as world endures a painful recession
- Global PC market growth evaporates in Fourth Quarter 2008 as Financial Crisis hits home
- Global PC shipments grew in Q3 2009; EMEA fell sharply; Acer of Taiwan overtook Dell in the No. 2 market ranking
- Global private equity leaders say the credit crunch will lead to transformation of the industry
- Global Productivity 2010: Output of employees in advanced economies fell in 2009 for the first time in more than 40 years
- Global Rate Cut of 0.5% - ECB, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Swedish Central Bank, Bank of Canada, and the Swiss National Bank in dramatic move
- Global retail prices for laptop computers set to rise as contract manufacturers seek to hike prices for the first time
- Global service sector contracted in June at slowest pace since September 2008
- Global service sector recovery remained subdued in February
- Global services expanded for third consecutive month in October
- Global SMEs optimistic on growth prospects; Financing conditions unlikely to improve before 2011
- Global Stock Markets 2009: Russia, Brazil, India and China - - the best big market performers; Worst decade for US stocks since 1820s
- Global Stock Markets Report: Iceland and Ireland head losses in year to June
- Global study gives Ireland's broadband high ranking for penetration; Low grades behind some developing economies for quality
- Global survey of almost 1,000 technology professionals reveals IT operations need significant overhaul
- Global unemployment will not begin falling in many countries for another 10 to 12 months; Obama considering job supports
- Globalisation will resume after crisis at slower pace; Singapore, Hong Kong and Ireland are the top globalised economies
- GMAC to Shrink ResCap Business
- GOA - the online games unit of mobile phone company Orange - expects to create 400 jobs in Dublin over next five years
- Going for Growth 2010: Easier to climb the social ladder and earn more than one’s parents in the Nordic countries, Australia and Canada
- Gold forecast to rise to $1,100 despite crumbling jewellery demand - - target price half inflation-adjusted 1980 high of $2,200
- Gold rises to a new record; Premature to expect end soon to dollar dominance
- Goldman Losing Real-Estate Guru
- Goldman Sachs apologises for its role in financial crisis; To provide $500m for 10,000 US small businesses
- Goldman Sachs banker says Greek debt hiding schemes "could have and should have” been more transparent
- Goldman Sachs chief attacks some investment banking products as socially useless
- Goldman Sachs earnings fall 11%
- Goldman Sachs reports 70% drop in fiscal third-quarter net income
- Goldman Sachs reports fourth-quarter loss of $2.12 billion - the first since the company went public in 1999
- Goldman Sachs reports second-quarter net profits of $3.44 billion as bank returns to pre-Lehman Brothers collapse levels of risk
- Goldman Takes Heat Over Whitehall
- Good Connections
- Good news for indigenous Irish exporters who are dependent on UK for more than 50% of their exports
- Good secondary-schooling key to ongoing educational, job success OECD study shows
- Good Times Ahead for Unibail
- Good, bad speculation and the oil price
- Goodbody Stockbrokers slashes Irish economic growth in 2008 to 1.1% on consumer spending slowdown; Commercial building likely to fall in 2009; 15.7% of workforce are of foreign origin
- Google Adwords campaign for IDA Ireland will promote Ireland as a location for foreign direct investment
- Google and the Irish Software Association announce new initiative to help small companies exploit internet
- Google is planning to launch operating system for personal computers in direct challenge to Microsoft
- Google launches web store and unlocked super-smartphone called Nexus One
- Google reports 26% profit increase in third quarter
- Google reports 27% rise in third quarter net income
- Google reports net income for the first quarter rose 8.9% to $1.42 billion
- Google reports second-quarter net income rose 35% compared with Q 2 2007 but lower than Q1 2008; Shares fall
- Google reports strong fourth quarter revenue and earnings; Signalls wish to remain in China
- Google reports strong sales despite recession times
- Google says online advertising market appears to be stabilizing; Net income surges 18% in second quarter but revenue growth slows to 3%
- Google says subject of China cyberattacks to access Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists
- Google tells Advertising Summit in Dublin as high street retailers are being hard hit in the current slowdown online purchases remain strong
- Google to launch free web browser today called Chrome
- Gordon Brown scales back ambition for G-20 summit to be a Bretton Woods II; Obama arrives in London Tuesday
- Government agrees to pay suppliers within 15 days; Missing invoice syndrome unlikely to change
- Government announces "major" R&D investment to drive growth in exports and employment in Irish food sector; Enterprise Ireland to provide €20 million in funding - four food companies to supply €2 million
- Government announces new R&D Centre in Galway; 30 jobs for "highly skilled individuals" to be created
- Government announces R&D investments of €45.5 million which will create 26 new jobs
- Government announces €7bn recapitalisation of AIB and Bank of Ireland; Lenihan unaware of IL&P deposits of €7bn in Anglo
- Government budget deficits in the EU more than doubled in 2008; Ireland headed deficit rankings at 7.1% of GDP; Finland top surplus country at 4.2%; Denmark runner-up at 3.6%
- Government claims Irish €250m subsidy scheme will protect 27,400 exporting jobs but why the delay?
- Government considering deferring payment of some of "bad bank" NAMA bonds to ensure more equitable risk sharing between banks and taxpayers
- Government in emergency move plans to announce Budget 2009 on October 14th in response to worsening Irish public finances
- Government is seeking foreign cash injections for Irish banks
- Government of Iceland toppled as street protestors launch "Saucepan Revolution" - first ruling political casualty of credit crisis
- Government publishes "Delivering the Smart Economy" report on Irish science research activity
- Government publishes action plan for reform of the Irish public service; New public spending review group to report by June 2009
- Government publishes Irish Sate bank guarantee detail; Expects to recoup €1 billion over the two years
- Government to launch new pension scheme to protect workers at failing Irish companies
- Government to present Anglo Irish Bill on good day for bad news; Mass resignation of directors
- Government to provide up to €10 billion for the recapitalisation of Irish banks
- Government to provide €250 million fund for Irish jobs at risk
- Government unintentionally cuts Irish science funding by 15%; Why should anyone be surprised with unintentional spending increases?
- Government's emergency legislation to provide €400 billion guarantee for Irish banking system to be passed by Oireachtas today
- Governor: WTC Site Faces Delays
- Grafton Group reports 50% drop in pre-tax profit to €53.4 million in H1 2008
- Grafton Group reports revenue fell 26% to €1.98bn in 2009; Pre-tax profits dipped 79% to €13.6m
- Grafton Group says 2008 earnings will be at lower end of expectations; Fyffes seeking significant increases in selling prices in 2009
- Grafton Group says 2009 turnover to the end of October was down 28%
- Grafton Group says Irish sales fell by 16% in first four months of 2008
- Grafton Group says it is well positioned for a challenging trading environment in the UK and Ireland; Sales declined by 16% in May and June in the Irish market
- Grafton Group says turnover is down 14.5% to €2.35 billion in the 10 months to October 2008
- Grafton reports 73% fall in pre-tax profit in 2008
- Grafton reports plunge in H1 2009 pre-tax profit to €3.7 million
- Gramercy, SL Green Start Split
- Grand Investment Gets Capital Injection
- Grand Theft Auto IV video game sales top $500 million in the first week
- Greatest Bubble in History: Warnings ignored in US and Ireland; Vacant Irish housing units rise 150% to 350,000 in period 2002/08
- Greece announces €4.8bn austerity plan
- Greed Incorporated: Obama slams "irresponsible" and "shameful" bonuses for Wall Street bankers
- Green Builders Await the Green
- Green Party Minister Ryan announces wish list/plan to create 30,000 jobs begining with 50 in first year; Everything branded with "smart' but the political system
- Greencore announces €21m cost concealment fraud at its Scottish Mineral Water business
- Greencore announces €21m cost concealment fraud at its Scottish Mineral Water business
- Greencore reports 14% drop in pretax profits for the six months to the end of March
- Greencore reports annual loss of €8.4m
- Greencore reports pre-tax loss of €27m for the six months to March 27, 2009
- Greencore reports pre-tax profits for the year to end of September fell by 30% to €41.7m
- Greencore says outlook positive despite poor consumer sentiment and weather in UK
- Greenspan Blasts Fannie, Freddie Fix
- Greenspan “shocked” to learn of the breakdown in lending standards and risk management; Says “found a flaw” in his ideology in testimony on the "once-in-a century credit tsunami"
- Greentown Buys Back Its Foreign Bonds
- Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index rose 2.01% in May - up 0.49% in 2008 compared with loss of 3.81% for S&P 500
- Gross Irish insurance premium income for 2008 fell 26%
- Grosvenor Launches China Fund
- Group of Eight finance ministers warn on inflation; Financial Stability Forum says initial implementation of financial system reforms "on track"
- Growing Delinquency Rate Slows
- Growing fears over future of Dell's manufacturing plant in Limerick as Dell's share price falls to 10-year low
- Growth in Chinese manufacturing continued in July but at a slower pace: Indian manufacturing remained robust
- Growth in world merchandise trade fell to 6% in real terms in 2007 - down from 8.5% in 2006
- Growth of Eurozone private sector at 26-month high in December
- Growth of Eurozone service sector moderated at start of 2010; Ireland was the weakest performer overall
- Growth of Eurozone services activity and new business at 25-month highs in December
- Growth of global economy at 21-month high in September
- Growth of global manufacturing and services accelerated in December 2009
- Growth of global manufacturing continued in September
- Growth of global service sector moderated in January
- Growth of Japanese manufacturing continued in October; Consumer prices and jobless rate dipped in September
- Growth of Japanese manufacturing eased in November; Data on October industrial output less than expected; Wages slide for 17th straight month
- Growth of Japan’s manufacturing sector gained momentum in August
- Grubb & Ellis CEO Resigns
- Guinness owner Diageo unveils €650m brewing investment for Ireland; 250 jobs to be cut
- Guinness parent Diageo selects Ireland as its Global R&D Centre of Excellence for Beer
- Gulf Firms Retrench Amid Crisis
- Gushing Life in Epicenter
- Hacker indicted for massive attack on US retail/banking networks; 130m cards at risk
- Hackers in Europe and China broke into computers at about 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months
- Half of Irish adults under the age of 45 have no occupational pension
- Hanafin says over 1 million workers in Ireland have no private pension - almost 50% of workforce and majority of private sector workers
- Hancock at Center of 'Tranche Warfare'
- Hancock Tower Draws Low Bid
- Hang Lung Bets on China Deals
- Hang Lung's Profit Soared in First Half
- Happy Christmas, Maligayang Pasko, Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái or Happy Holidays may be your fancy
- Hard-Won Wisdom for Guangzhou R&F
- Hardware Games
- Harlem Developers Near Default
- Harrah's Buys Planet Hollywood Debt
- Harvard Tests Market for Property Bets
- Hatteras Financial Shares Rise 2.8%
- Hawaii Hotels Face Tough Times
- Headquarters with Living Quarters
- Health REITs Provide Bright Spot
- Heart of La Defense in Talks With Creditors
- Hedge Fund billionaires see merit in some regulation
- Hedge Fund Manager calls it a day; Thanks idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard MBA, who were there for the taking
- Hedge funds administrator Citco to cut Irish jobs
- Hedge funds down on average up to 16.60% in October - about half the decline in equities
- Hedge Funds falter as big shakeout underway; Over 9,000 employed in administration in Ireland
- Hedge Funds Help Fill a Gap
- Hedge funds performance index fell for fifth straight month in November
- Helmsley Estate Sells Manhattan Hotel
- Help for Home Buyers
- Help Wanted
- Here's Donald, to Assist Ed McMahon
- Hewlett-Packard reports 13% fall in quarterly profit; Revenue ex-US at 65% of total; Pay cut planned
- Hewlett-Packard reports 14% jump in quarterly profit
- Hewlett-Packard reports 14% rise in quarterly profit amid strong international sales; Revenue from outside of the US was 68% of the total
- Hewlett-Packard reports 19% drop in quarterly profit; Sees "stabilized market"
- Hewlett-Packard reports 19% drop in quarterly profit; Sees "stabilized market"
- Hewlett-Packard reports quarterly profit jumped 25%
- Hewlett-Packard says fiscal-second-quarter results were helped by strong growth from international sales accounting for 70% of revenues
- Hewlett-Packard to acquire EDS for $13.9 billion; IT services company was founded by Ross Perot in 1962
- Hewlett-Packard to create 500 jobs at its Liffey Park Technology Campus in Leixlip
- Hewlett-Packard to cut 24,600 jobs
- Hibernian says half of Ireland’s population is not financially prepared for recession and do not have enough savings to cope with the unexpected
- High costs doom 400 manufacturing jobs in Waterford/ Dublin; Teva to cut 315 jobs - - had planned 165 new jobs in 2008
- High Court agrees to hear second application for court protection of Carroll's technically insolvent companies
- High Court approves provisional liquidator for two Carroll companies; Investment body chief warns on NAMA forcing big "haircut" on toxic loans
- Highest number of Irish births registered since 1896
- Hilton Buyout Drags Blackstone
- Hilton Debt Weighs on Blackstone
- Hilton Plans Expansion in Asia
- Hiring climate in Ireland subdued; Job prospects for the majority of World Labour Markets decline
- Hochfelder Accused of Larceny in Deals
- Home Builders Hammer FDIC
- Home Builders Pulte and Centex Do Better
- Home Builders See Daylight
- Home Builders See Recovery
- Home Builders Shop for Cheap Land
- Home Buyers Seek Sleepover 'Test Drive'
- Home Buyers, Start Your Engines
- Home Data in Spain Spell Gloomy News
- Home Depot Chief Renovates
- Home Gauge Climbs Amid Bargains
- Home Heat: a Rush for Alternatives
- Home Improvement Goes On
- Home Magazine a Victim of Housing Woes
- Home Prices Continue to Decline
- Home Prices Continued Fall in May
- Home prices fell in 80% of US cities in the third quarter - a record triggered by distressed foreclosure sales
- Home Prices Hold Key in Credit Crisis
- Home prices in 20 major US cities rose for a fourth straight month in September; Las Vegas most depressed market with peak-to-trough plunge of -55.4%
- Home Remodel Hits Bumpy Road
- Home Resales Fall, Inventories Surge
- Home Resales Resume Declines
- Home Sales Rise but Risks Persist
- Home Sales Rise in Hard-Hit Areas
- Home Sales Surge in New Zealand
- Home Sellers Try Leaseback Tactic
- Home Supply Fell Over Past Year
- Home Vacancies Set Record
- Home's Insured, but Is It Enough?
- Home-Appraisal Row May End Up in Court
- Home-Equity Woes Tarry
- Home-Insurance Credits
- Home-Price Decline Spreads
- Home-Price Declines Continue
- Home-Price Watchers Hope Drop Slows
- Homes With Yacht Space
- Hong Kong heads the 2009 Index of Economic Freedom; Ireland gets a fourth ranking
- Hong Kong Land Sale Signals Cooling
- Hong Kong Luxury Condos Shimmer
- Hong Kong Tops List of Expensive Offices
- Hong Kong Warns of Bubble Risk
- Hong Kong's internet domain is biggest security threat to web visitors; Finland's is world's safest; Irish .ie domain sixth safest in Europe but rating fell in 2008
- Hongkong Land's Underlying Net Rises
- Honohan calls for inquiry into Irish banking crisis similar to investigation of 9/11 security failures by the US Congress
- Honohan says Government will provide further significant capital funding to the Irish banks in coming weeks
- Honohan says “ignorance and inattention” were at the heart of regulatory failure; IFSC group warns income tax hikes will cause job losses
- Hope Arises for Housing-Bill Deal
- Hope for Commercial Property Takes Hit
- Hormann Electronics to shut Cork operation with loss of 138 jobs
- Horse Racing Ireland says industry contracted in 2008 for first time in 15 years
- Hot, Cold for REIT IPOs
- Hotel Builders Make Reservations. Real Estate In Central Oregon
- Hotel Feud Prompts Grand Jury Probe
- Hotel High Noon
- Hotel Investors at Crossroads
- Hotel Receivers Earn Rich Rewards
- Hotel REITs Seek to Conserve Capital
- Hotel Sears Tower?
- Hotel Venture Runs Into Ugly Reality
- Hotel, 68% Off
- Hotels Change Names to Draw Business
- Hotels Change Names to Draw Conferences
- Hotels Risk Losing Holiday Inn Brand
- Hotels Sound Alarm on Time Shares
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to establish R&D Headquarters in Dublin and create 450 jobs over 5 years
- House Approves Foreclosure Package
- House Hunt: Options Stir In Builders
- House Passes Homeowner Aid
- House prices in England and Wales fell for the seventh straight month during April; Scotland’s housing market is proving remarkably robust
- House prices in Europe remain above long-term average; Further price declines likely in Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy and France
- Housing Bill Clears Hurdle
- Housing Bill Close to Becoming Law
- Housing Bill Is Mixed Bag for Builders
- Housing Bill to Aid Democratic Ally
- Housing Bill's Tax Credit Draws Criticism
- Housing Bill: A Boon for Homebuilders?
- Housing Deal Protects Complex
- Housing Downturn Hits Home Depot
- Housing Glut Eases Slightly
- Housing Inventory Drops as Sellers Retreat
- Housing Lenders Feel Heat
- Housing Market Still Under Pressure
- Housing Package Deal Reached
- Housing Pain Hits Prime Borrowers
- Housing Plan Fails to Excite
- Housing Recession Just Builds
- Housing Slump Hits Bank Stocks
- Housing Slump Hits Latino Workers
- Housing Study Says Worst Isn't Over
- Housing Supply Declined in May
- Housing Woes Still Linger
- Housing's Chill Hits Apartments
- Housing-Aid Measure Advances
- How 1 Property Sank Savings of 35 Investors
- How challenging is Unconventional Monetary Policy?
- How Far Up Will Dubai Tower Finally Top Out?
- How Long Will Lower Vacancy Rate Hold Up?
- How Six Deals Weathered the Slump
- How to Attract Canadian Buyers
- How to Buy a Foreclosed Home
- How to Find Foreign Home Buyers
- HP reports 3.2% revenue fall in fiscal second quarter; To cut additional 6,000 jobs - - 2% of workforce
- HSBC Future of Retirement Report 2008: In global survey 34% of respondents support enforced private savings - reaching a high of 68% in Germany
- HSBC's Housing Woes Lessen
- HUD Nominee Expected to Be Confirmed
- Hyatt Hotels Lends a Helping Hand
- Hyatt to Boost Presence in Big Cities
- Hypo Borrowers Exhale
- Hypo Real Estate Faces Probe
- Hypo Real Estate Forecasts Grim Outlook
- Hypo Real Estate Posts Provisional Loss
- Hypo Real Estate Welcomes An Offer from Flowers Group
- IAVI - Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute - has reached agreement with the National Consumer Agency on publishing correct sales prices; The Irish Times had raised the issue with the agents
- IAWS boosted by global food demand boom reports revenue rise of 34.7% in the nine months to April 26th 2008; Origin Enterprises' revenue jumped by 52%
- IBEC says over 20% of Irish employers have implemented pay reductions
- IBEC appoints economist Danny McCoy as Director General
- IBEC calls for 10% rebate on commercial rates for Irish retailers from cash-strapped local authorities
- IBEC calls for ending of pay parity link in Irish public sector pensions that gives them a six-star standard status
- IBEC calls for overhaul of Joint Labour Committee system which sets pay/conditions for 170,000 Irish workers
- IBEC delivers Irish tribal conservatism not needed radicalism
- IBEC Director General Turlough O’Sullivan to retire in 2009
- IBEC gives "cautious approval" to National Pay Agreement; Exporters say many companies will use "inability to pay" clause
- IBEC says challenge for EU Lisbon Treaty advocates as many voters remain either un-informed or confused
- IBEC says Irish GDP will expand 1.7% in 2011; Says no to carbon tax; Proposes €5bn fiscal adjustment; Jobs stimulus; Lower minimum wage
- IBEC says Irish pay rises in 2010 unrealistic; Minister warns of impending “significant lowering” of salaries for high public earners
- IBEC says Irish pay rises in 2010 unrealistic; Minister warns of impending “significant lowering” of salaries for high public earners
- IBEC says Irish public procurement system worth €16bn annually is dysfunctional but fears radical reform
- IBEC says most Irish companies expect a pay and recruitment freeze
- IBEC says re-energising trade with the US is a key component in Ireland's economic recovery
- IBEC slams ICTU ballot for a one-day national work stoppage
- IBEC slams Irish national strike plan; DAA says Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports are to be targeted next Monday
- IBEC would support reintroduction of Irish third-level tuition fees
- IBEC's food and drinks unit says 2,000 jobs lost in 2009; Calls for introduction in Ireland of Supermarket Ombudsman
- IBM bucks trend with 12% increase in fourth-quarter profit and positive outlook for 2009
- IBM collaborates with Irish universities to solve complex business issues; Plans to create 40 jobs
- IBM invests €30m in ‘Green’ Data Centre and Global Supply Chain Hub in Dublin
- IBM reports second-quarter net income jumped 22%
- IBM reports quarterly profit up 14%
- IBM second-quarter profit rose 12% but sales fell
- Icahn Joins Trump Casino Fight
- Icahn Wins Bid for Fontainebleau
- Iceland agrees with British/Dutch to repay €4bn lost in failed Icelandic bank by 2024; Paves way for more IMF aid
- Iceland to cut public spending by 30% over next 3 years; Slams UK and Netherlands
- Iceland's president rejects Bill on compensation for UK and Dutch savers; IMF aid package at risk
- Iceland: People before profits and people before banks!
- Iceland’s central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 18% from 12% on instructions of the International Monetary Fund
- ICTU calls for return to 1980s era Irish income tax rates with combined top rate of 65%
- IDA Ireland congratulates Liebherr on its 50th anniversary in Killarney, County Kerry
- IDA Ireland puts 2009 numbers on net job losses, new investments but no values; Total jobs fall below 2000 level
- IDA Ireland says 2,300 new jobs created in assisted foreign-owned companies in HI 2009; 6,000 jobs lost
- IDA Ireland says Ireland continues its transition into a leading 21st century innovation-led economy; Agency should be more direct on the challenges ahead
- IDA Ireland says job numbers at foreign-owned firms fell in 2008
- IDA Ireland targets 62,000 direct new jobs by 2014; No estimate of job losses; In 2009 total employed in IDA supported companies fell below the 2000 level
- IDA Ireland welcomes Intel’s new European ‘Open Lab’ for Leixlip
- IDA Ireland Horizon 2020 Strategy: Lack of coherence on changes facing existing Irish-based multinationals/ challenges of adapting model for China and India - - Prof. Seamus Grimes
- IFG reports flat pre-tax profits of €9.9m in H1 2008
- IFG says overall performance in 2008 has been good
- IFG says overall performance in 2008 has been good
- Ifo Economics Institute raises German growth forecast for 2008 but lowers it for 2009
- Ifo Institute says few German firms impacted by the Credit Crunch
- Ifo Institute's Sinn launches Kasino-Kapitalismus on banking crisis
- Ifo Institute: Between 1992 and 2007 European home building volume rose by about one third; Civil engineering construction only grew 18% in real terms; Commercial construction 16%
- Ifo Institute: German industry falls further behind the US in terms of productivity because of insufficient investment in information technologies
- Ifo World Economic Climate Index falls further; Economic situation is unfavourable in Spain, Italy, Belgium and Ireland
- Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator for Eurozone improves in second quarter of 2009 for the first time since autumn 2007
- Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator rises for Eurozone
- IFSC accounts for €789.1 billion of €1.1 trillion of external Irish debt
- IIB Bank rebranded as KBC Bank Ireland; Opts out of Irish State banking guarantee scheme following €3.5 billion capital injection by Belgian government into parent bank
- IIB Bank's Austin Hughes changes tack on ECB rate cuts but still forecasts Eurozone recession that would result in cuts of 0.75% by early 2009
- Illinois Plans to Sue Countrywide, CEO
- ILO report says huge growth in executive pay does not boost performance; CEO pay at 15 top US firms jumped to 520 times average earnings in 2007
- ILO says global financial crisis to increase unemployment by 20 million
- ILO says global financial crisis to increase unemployment by 20 million
- IMD of Switzerland tops Economist Intelligence Unit's 2008 MBA rankings; Dublin's Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business gets 40th ranking
- IMF and World Bank say need to Fix Banking Sector for stimulus to work
- IMF approves bond sales to member countries for first time to support bailouts; World Bank increases support 54% in 12 months to June to counter financial crisis
- IMF backs continued Chinese stimulus, and economic rebalancing
- IMF Chief says leading economies in Depression; Warns of failure to act on Banks; US and Ireland prepare new bank bailout plans
- IMF chief says many of world’s leading economies fooling themselves on foreign export demand driving their recoveries
- IMF Conference Call on Ireland: New sources of growth required; No reason to fear default on debt
- IMF Economic Forum: Financial system risks still high; Governments need to rethink how the financial sector intersects with the broader economy
- IMF forecasts a solid recovery of US economy from the middle of 2010
- IMF forecasts global recession in 2009 for first time in 60 years; Advanced economies to contract sharply - - upturn in 2010
- IMF forecasts Global Recession; Advanced economies will have first annual contraction since 1945
- IMF has sold 212 tons of gold to central banks since September 2009
- IMF head says global growth still largely driven by government stimulus measures; Double-dip not forecast but "it may happen"
- IMF paper says central banks will have to hike interest rates to rein in inflation/ restore a measure of stability in commodities and financial markets
- IMF praises China's progress on currency liberalisation; Says still room for more fiscal stimulus into 2010
- IMF prepares "unprecedented" $17 billion package of supports for poor nations; Will sell 400 metric tons of gold to fund lending
- IMF report on Japan projects GDP to fall by 6% in 2009; Inflation is projected to remain negative until 2011
- IMF revises up global forecast to near 4% for 2010
- IMF says "you never recover before the cleaning up of the banking sector': Mexico requests $47 billion credit line from Fund
- IMF says budget deficits in industrialised countries will remain sky-high in 2010; Economic recovery partially relies on confidence
- IMF says central banks should place greater emphasis on avoiding asset price busts
- IMF says close ties led to crisis in world’s five major economies; Integrated financial/banking/trade systems spread worst financial crisis in 60 years
- IMF says commodity prices buoyant in year of crisis and recovery
- IMF says crisis deals sharp blow to Asian growth
- IMF says crisis is moment of truth for Europe; Sweden braces for fallout from Baltic banking crisis
- IMF says debt retrenchment in Europe will be “extremely painful” and take up to 20 years
- IMF says debt-to-GDP ratio of advanced countries to rise by 20 percentage points in 2009 - - biggest upturn in decades
- IMF says Europe’s economy is resilient but not immune to global economic threats; Forecasts couple of slow growth years
- IMF says Eurozone needs to do more to clean up banking sector; Recovery likely to be slow - - shape and timing highly uncertain
- IMF says France has less severe recession but tepid recovery in prospect
- IMF says Germany faces extended downturn despite stimulus
- IMF says global economic crisis has left deep scars; US proposal to extend financial regulation breaks new ground
- IMF says Global Economy contracts in the most severe recession since World War II; Slow recovery in 2010
- IMF says global economy to slow dramatically; Morgan Stanley forecasts outright contraction in Eurozone economic activity
- IMF says global financial crisis has begun to hit the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries
- IMF says global recovery under way but likely to be slow
- IMF says governments need a plan to dispose of the crisis assets; Ireland/Denmark unique in guaranteeing existing bank debt
- IMF says growth in UK expected to gradually pick up through 2010 but speed and strength of recovery remain highly uncertain
- IMF says more action is needed to avoid protracted decline in Eurozone
- IMF says nascent global recovery from recession needs nurturing
- IMF says restarting securitisation markets is “critical” to a wider economic recovery; Detoxing radioactive term from crisis
- IMF says rising unemployment marks crisis third wave; Survey says global labour market is at turning point
- IMF says risks to global financial system have subsided; Banks face additional writedowns of $1.5 trillion by end of 2010 - - particularly in Europe
- IMF says tax cuts in response to global slowdown should favour spenders not savers; Calls for big spending measures
- IMF says tax policies helped fuel the credit boom by encouraging borrowing by companies and individuals
- IMF says US and European banks need to raise $875 billion in capital by 2010; Global financial sectors face losses of about $4.1 trillion between 2007 and 2010
- IMF says worst of the financial crisis may still lie ahead; Storm can be weathered without a damaging global recession; Recovery to be only gradual
- IMF sees multi-speed recovery in Europe in 2010; Trichet, says "confidence is the key word for 2010"
- IMF staff paper says controls on capital could be useful part of policy toolkit - - radical change from conventional wisdom
- IMF studies how to pay for financial sector rescues
- IMF study says financial crisis alters pattern of US consumption; Implications for global economic development
- IMF supported programs help countries weather the worst of the global crisis says internal review
- IMF Survey: Comparing recessions in Germany, Spain, and United Kingdom
- IMF to sell gold; Strauss-Kahn says on global recovery "too early to declare victory and to say that the crisis is behind us"
- IMF urges G-20 States to take more decisive action to combat crisis
- IMF urges G20 industrialized and developing economies to take action to help counter global economic slowdown; World Bank says global trade could fall for the first time since 1982
- IMF warns of decade of restraint ahead; Public debt in developed economies of G-20 to rise to 118% of GDP by 2014
- IMF World Economic Outlook Update: Global economy is beginning to pull out of a recession unprecedented in the post–World War II era
- IMF's F&D Magazine looks at world emerging from crisis
- IMF's Strauss-Kahn says global cooperation saved the world; Germany opposes the Fund becoming a banker of last resort
- IMF, EU and World Bank announce $25.1 billion support package for Hungary; Risk of sudden interruptions or reversals in capital flows has risen appreciably
- IMI’s National Leadership Forum urges immediate global roadshow to enhance "Brand Ireland"; A case of putting the cart before the horse?
- Immigrants fare less well than Irish nationals in the Irish labour market says ESRI/Equality Authority report
- Important Investors’ mechanism
- Improving governance for development and in crony systems in Ireland and Japan
- In a Slow Market, Builders Offer Big Incentives
- In Atlanta, Irrational Building Exuberance
- In Booming Dubai, Call It the Anti-'Credit Crunch'
- In Dubai, Defaults Hit Developers
- In Dubai, Show Goes On for Property
- In Dublin Elan tumbles 46% on Tysabri report; In New York GM stuns market with $15.5 billion second-quarter net loss
- In financial services, independent yet overlapping functions hinder a comprehensive understanding of risk
- In Hong Kong, Cooling Trend
- In Ireland 0.6% of broadband connections are fibre optic; By 2015 every Finnish household must be within 2km of fibre optic cable running at 100 megabits per second
- In July UK consumer price inflation surged to 4.4%; House prices fell as property market slowed to a ``virtual standstill''
- In Pennsylvania, Hope for CMBS
- In praise of manual work and liberation from the "knowledge economy" robotic world!
- In Some Cities, Downturn Revives Building Plans
- In Spain, Property Bargains Abound
- In Spain, Property Bargains Abound
- In the Internet age physical location remains a key driver of innovation says Economist Intelligence Unit
- In Virginia, It's a Tenant's Market
- In Volkswagen, 'Dynamo of Dixie' Hitches Ride
- Incoming Taoiseach Brian Cowen says Ireland has lost competitiveness in recent years; Concerned at the very significant payments being made to senior business people
- Inconvenient Truths: ESRI responds to criticism of Irish waste management policy report; Gormley commissions new report from high fee lawyer on incinerator plan for his constituency
- Increase of 2.8% in new Irish private cars licensed in July; Decrease of 15.4% in January-July 2008 period
- Increasing number of petitions for Irish company examinership are failing
- Independent News & Media notes unwarranted decline in share price; Irish and UK staff accepted "comprehensive" series of pay reductions
- Independent News & Media rejects Denis O'Brien's restructuring proposal
- Independent News & Media reports 2.6% increase in H1 2008 pre-tax profits
- Independent News & Media reports €53.8 million loss in H1 2009
- Independent News & Media says advertising revenue is stabilising
- Independent News & Media says discussions on €200 million bonds signal a consensual solution
- Independent News & Media says financial standstill agreed on bonds and new working capital facilities procured
- Independent News and Media reports loss of €161.4 million in 2008; Problems in securing borrowing facilities to fund maturity of €200 million bond
- Index of leading US economic indicators dipped in February for the third time in five months
- Index of leading US economic indicators unexpectedly increased in December as the Fed expanded the money supply
- India has youngest workforce among large economies; Demographics necessary for strong growth but insufficient condition
- India rebounds; Needs to return to reform agenda says IMF
- India Tourism Booms, But Just Try Finding a Hotel
- India's manufacturing boosted by higher domestic demand in September
- India's Property Sector May Offer Bargains
- India's Property Stocks Get Hot
- Indian Builders Lower Sights
- Indian Builders Lower Sights
- India’s elections: Smaller parties will shine but the economy may suffer; Large number of criminals expected to be elected
- Indonesia - - an emerging Asia Tiger?
- Industrial commodity prices are expected to remain low in 2009; Economist Intelligence Unit's IRM price index will fall by an average of 41%
- Industrial commodity prices are expected to weaken in the second half of 2008
- Industrial overcapacity in China is “wreaking far-reaching damage on the global economy”
- Industrial Parks in the Moscow and Neighboring Regions: The Advantages
- Industrial producer price index rose by 1.1% in July in the Eurozone - annual increase up 9%
- Industrial production down by 1.6% in November both Eurozone and EU27; Down 7.7% in 12 months to November
- Industrial production down by 2.3% in Eurozone in February; Annual plunge of 18.4%
- Industrial production fell in Eurozone and EU27 in July 2009
- IndyMac Halts Foreclosures
- IndyMac Is Included in FBI Inquiry
- IndyMac Plans Chapter 7 Filing
- IndyMac Sheds Retail Mortgage Branches
- IndyMac Works With U.S. Regulators
- Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission
- Inflation a key economic concern for India and China as growth accelerates; Asia to expand by 6.6% in 2010
- Inflation as a solution for America's fiscal problems?
- Inflation causes German consumer climate to plunge in July
- Inflation is biggest concern related to Food and Fuel Price increases, IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn warns G8
- Inflation Slows in Singapore's Residential Market
- Inflation worriers hit the panic buttons during Great Recession; Medium-term inflation risks - - are they a serious threat?
- Infrastructure Investment: What Does It Mean for appraisers?
- InishTech launched as a new Irish start-up to handle Microsoft's software licensing and protection services
- InjuriesBoard.ie paid out €113 million to 4,652 personal injury claimants in H1 2008; Awards since 2004 to exceed €500 million in 2008
- InjuriesBoard.ie paid €217m in compensation to 8,845 Personal Injury Claimants in 2008
- Innovation Ireland Taskforce: Yet another 120,000 jobs plucked from the air by insiders?; In UK 2,900 high-tech companies in business since 1991 have only 40,000 jobs
- Innovation Ireland: Science Foundation claims 8 spinout companies from university research; Enterprise Ireland claims over 100
- Innovation, The Venturesome Economy and Ireland
- Insider trading case sinks multi-billion dollar hedge fund Galleon
- Insider trading charges against Hedge Fund billionaire/ executives at IBM, Intel and McKinsey expected to lead to more cases
- Insolvent State agency Dublin Docklands Development Authority plunges to massive loss of €213m; Taxpayer bailout signalled after reckless venture
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland says Companies Bill 2009 – Directors Loans sections confused and contradictory
- Insurance Dilemma Hits Fannie, Freddie
- Insurance Forecast. Golf Course Real Estate In Memphis
- Insurance group Aon Corporation to establish what is called a Global Centre of Excellence in Dublin
- Insurance group FBD cuts earnings forecast; Shares plunge 21% in Dublin
- Insurance group Hibernian plans to transfer 580 Irish jobs to India
- Insurance on the Logistics Market. Las Vegas Residential Real Estate
- Insurers Criticized for New Rate Models
- Insurers Get Cold Feet Where Wildfires Burn
- Insuring Real Estate. Pleasanton California Real Estate Agent
- Intel - - Ireland's largest industrial employer - - to cut 294 Irish jobs
- Intel raises its revenue outlook
- Intel raises its revenue outlook
- Intel reports 12% jump in third-quarter profit
- Intel reports 90% fall in fourth quarter profits
- Intel reports better than expected third quarter results
- Intel reports blowout fourth quarter with net income up 875%
- Intel reports record revenues of $9.5 billion in the second quarter; Chipmaker celebrates 40th anniversary this week
- Intel reports second quarter loss after booking EU antitrust fine; Signals worst trading conditions in history for chip industry are over
- Intel says the PC market "bottomed out" in first quarter; Net income plunges 55%
- Interest on Irish national debt will take 18.7% of tax revenues in 2013; National Pensions Fund achieved return of 1.3% in H1 2009
- Interest payments on Irish national debt to rise from 3.8% of tax revenue in 2008 to at least 20% by 2013; Pension fund loses 6.7% in Q1 2009 after loss of -30.4% in 2008
- Interest rates headed for historic lows - - Simon Barry, Ulster Bank
- Interesting Times
- International aircraft leasing in Ireland employs 1,000 on average salaries over €110,000
- International consultancy Gerson Lehrman to create 50 jobs in Dublin over 3 years; Coughlan hails capture of "sophisticated operation" deal
- International Energy Agency calls for greenhouse gas emissions slump to be made permanent
- International Energy Agency cuts long-term forecast for global oil demand due to economic crisis and climate change policies
- International Energy Agency cuts oil demand forecast but crude rebounds above $136 a barrel in New York
- International Energy Agency may revise downward its forecast of 21% fall in global energy sector investment
- International Energy Agency says 2050 baseline scenario is for oil demand to rise 70% - equivalent to five times today’s production of Saudi Arabia
- International Energy Agency says carbon dioxide capture and storage is one of the most promising technological solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions
- International Energy Agency says nearly nearly 50% of global electricity supplies will have to come from renewable energy if carbon emissions are to be halved by 2050
- International Energy Agency says oil demand could reach 2008 levels in 2012 or maybe after 2014; Crude rises to 8-month high of $73
- International Energy Agency says oil demand will fall for a second year in 2009 - - the first back-to-back contraction since 1983
- International Energy Agency says world crude-oil demand to fall for the first time in 25 years
- International Energy Agency says world energy demand will more than double by 2030; Meeting IPCC emissions cut of 50% by 2050 would require huge amount of investment and unprecedented technological breakthroughs
- International Energy Agency sees continued oil market tightness over Medium Term; Developing countries total consumption will equal mature economies by 2015
- International Energy Agency supports liberalisation of European Union electricity and gas markets
- International Energy Outlook 2009: World energy consumption projected to rise 44% from 2006 to 2030; Carbon emissions to jump more than 39% without new policies
- International Financial Data Services acquires stake in Irish software firm Percana
- International house price comparison index for 2007 ranks Dublin, Ireland and Beverly Hills, California for world's most expensive comparable management level family homes
- International House Price Comparisons 2009: Dublin plummets but remains expensive; US average for management level house is $363,401; Most inexpensive at $112,675
- International housing survey says UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand have no affordable major urban markets
- International Monetary Fund cuts its forecasts for 2008 and 2009 world economic growth
- International Monetary Fund is planning to inject $250 billion into the global economy
- International Monetary Fund lifts its global growth forecasts for the next 18 months
- International Monetary Fund Managing Director calls for global solution to the US financial crisis; Coordination of reform effort "is a job for the IMF"
- International Monetary Fund says a year after the subprime crash global financial markets are “fragile” and risk remains “elevated.”
- International study shows Irish housing affordability up but only affordable markets are in US and Canada
- InterTrade Ireland’s Seedcorn Business Competition offers €360,000 prize fund; Claims companies on the island raise €95.4m of additional equity investment
- InterTradeIreland €10m cross-border business programme launched
- Investor's Banks Hold the Bag
- Investors Dump Mall, Industrial REITs
- Investors Eye Mall Owner's Performance
- Investors Lost It All in Memphis
- Investors Return to Prague
- Investors Say 'No' to Colony
- IONA Technologies reports first quarter 2008 revenue growth of 6 percent to $16.4 million and a a loss of $5.1 million
- Ireland - - a land of beggars on horseback where the buck stops nowhere
- Ireland 2009: People of the Year, Brass Neck and Golden Fleece Awards!
- Ireland and Japan; the Human Cost of broken political systems
- Ireland and UK had worst global commercial property returns in 2008; Boston’s John Hancock Tower price plunges 50% in less than 3 years
- Ireland exiting the euro and the risk of setting the Irish economy on fire
- Ireland falls in broadband rankings; Denmark heads the 30 member countries of OECD; Irish penetration less than half Denmark's
- Ireland has achieved 24 places in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA; Top Irish company Lincor gets 35th ranking
- Ireland has banned upwardly-only rent review clauses in business leases; Claim move makes investment in Irish commercial property unattractive
- Ireland has the highest electricity prices in Europe for businesses and domestic consumers
- Ireland implements 2007 EU Directive on shareholder rights
- Ireland in firing line as Obama targets overseas tax breaks
- Ireland is gaining a reputation for world-class research -- more spin or substance?
- Ireland is second in Europe for shopping centre space per capita; Chartered Surveyors say change was underway in Irish commercial leases before upward only rent reviews ban
- Ireland named as one of the countries that facilitate tax dodging
- Ireland ranked fourth most expensive country in the world; EU proposes ways to deliver lower food prices in Europe
- Ireland was still ranked second richest in EU in 2008 but caution with data is merited
- Ireland will again lead Christmas household spending in Europe - at €1,354 per head with the UK in second place at €803
- Ireland's Broadband penetration rises to 58.9% in June 2008 compared with Denmark at 86%
- Ireland's Choice: Reform or risking status as a failed rich State
- Ireland's CO2 emissions fell 1.4% in period 2005-2007
- Ireland's economic woes pushes it out of Top 20 of most attractive global countries for venture capital and private equity investment
- Ireland's Exchequer deficit expanded to €8.4 billion in August signalling sharp deterioration in the Irish public finances
- Ireland's ISEQ rose 27% in 2009 - - back to April 1997 level; Index at 30% of 2007 peak; CRH at 34% of market
- Ireland's sovereign credit rating lowered by Standard & Poor’s for the second time in 2009; Move triggered by Anglo Irish losses and NAMA
- Ireland, Greece and leaving the euro
- Ireland, North and South: A Statistical Profile: Average house prices in RoI more than trebled between 1996 and 2006 while NI prices more than doubled
- Ireland: A "smart" economy in food better than pie-in-the-sky aspirations?
- Ireland: Where the buck stops nowhere - - Irish banking inquiry, DCC and a cast of Pontius Pilates
- Ireland’s Environment 2008; Environmental Protection Agency says little headway in meeting huge challenges of climate change, water quality and waste management
- Ireland’s SME owners working longer hours
- Ireland’s universities TCD and UCD in research alliance aim to create new Nokia; Genesis of old Nokia or Ryanair wasn't in a lab
- Irish Economy: ESRI presents grim outlook; Job losses of up to 117,000 in 2009 - more than 4 times worst year of 1980's
- Irish new private cars licensed in December fell 28.9%; Sales plunged 63% in 2009 to the lowest since 1987
- Irish "bad bank" NAMA set to become one of world's biggest repositories of toxic loans
- Irish "Budget Perspectives" 2010 Conference: Property tax could account for fairness/ability to pay; Social partnership is interest/pressure group model of decision making
- Irish '"bad bank" plan could force bigger loan losses; Deutsche Bank chief warns on narrow statistical systems to measure risk; Swedish model as template?
- Irish and Eurozone Competitiveness Indicators 1999 - 2009
- Irish Annual Consumer Price Inflation increased to 5.0% in June
- Irish annual electricity consumption in the residential sector has surged on a per capita basis by 60% since 1990
- Irish annual factory factory gate prices down 3.5% in September; Fall in dollar big factor
- Irish annual Industrial Production fell 13% in December 2008
- Irish annual industrial production increased by 3.8% in April 2009; US-owned chemical sector up 35.9%
- Irish annual industrial production plunged 13.9% in August 2009 after 8.9% rise in July; Annual sales dipped 23.6%
- Irish Annual Manufacturing Prices down 2.8% in year to June; Up 0.9%
- Irish Annual Manufacturing Production decreased by 1.3% in year to April 2008
- Irish Association of Investment Managers signals Flavin should resign as executive chairman of Irish public company DCC
- Irish auctioneers survey shows house prices down 16.9% in H1 2009; Second-hand apartment prices plunged 19.7%
- Irish average earnings in 2007 were at €37,726; Pay at ESB and Bord Gáis at €71,572; Public/private gap was 48% ex-pensions
- Irish average national house prices down 11.1% in first nine months of 2009; Prices are back to Christmas 2003 levels
- Irish average national house prices fell 9.7% in year to February 2009; Index based on small volume
- Irish average national house prices fell by 0.6% in June according to permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index ; Prices down by 9.7% in year to June but survey likely understating actual decline
- Irish bank lending set to contract in 2009 irrespective of bank recapitalisations - Davy
- Irish Banking Federation publishes reassurance on mortgage repayments on principal private residence
- Irish banks agree consumer debt guidelines protocol
- Irish based ISEQ quoted companies Pension Deficit 12-14% of market capitalisation
- Irish broadband subscribers can rarely access the maximum connection speeds advertised; National broadband scheme delayed for further 22 months
- Irish broadband subscriptions rose by 6% during the first quarter of 2009
- Irish Budget 2009 Analysis: Lenihan's "call to patriotic action"
- Irish Budget 2009 Comment: Spreading the real pain of political self-interest, incompetence, negligence and laziness
- Irish Budget 2009: Lenihan expected to present toughest Budget since 1983
- Irish Budget 2009: Economists to warn against short-termism in either taxation or spending at ESRI conference; IBEC says without further measures exchequer deficit in 2009 will be 10% of GDP - the highest since 1986
- Irish Budget 2009: Government estimate of 2009 deficit almost €15bn - before Budget changes
- Irish Budget 2009: Lots of taxes but no serious reform; The rainy day has arrived and the cupboard is bare
- Irish Budget 2009: Reactions from Economists, Accountants and Various interests/organisations
- Irish Budget 2010: Economy is heading back to 2004/2005 size; Household spending model may be in process of permanent change
- Irish Budget 2010: Interest payments on the national debt will increase by €2bn to €4.6bn in 2010
- Irish Budget 2010: Jellyfish politics rule as Cowen sinks in fudge; Awaits "transformational" public sector reform plan from trade unions
- Irish Budget 2010: Lenihan confirms spending cuts of €4 billion; Details of Budget spending and tax changes
- Irish Budget 2010: Money value of activity in Irish economy to be massive 32% lower in 2010 than was expected in December 2007
- Irish Budget 2010: Pre-Budget Outlook says "worst of...decline may have passed"; Taxes back to 2003 levels - - current spending up 70%+
- Irish Budget 2010: Reactions from accountants, economists and other vested interests to Budget
- Irish Budget April 2009: Economist Pat McArdle says: "Government funks the big decisions"; Reactions of vested interests in politics, business and the professions
- Irish Budget April 2009: Lenihan to inflict mainly tax pain for hopefully long-term gain; Speech begins at about 3:45 p.m.
- Irish Building and Construction Output down by 21.6% first quarter 2008
- Irish building materials group Grafton facing most challenging trading conditions in decades in 2009
- Irish building materials group Kingspan to buyback 10 per cent of the company's shares
- Irish building tender prices down 17.3% in 12 months -- costs back to 1999 levels
- Irish business sentiment shows "faint glimmers of light"; General Electric sees “glimmers of hope” in the world economy
- Irish business survey says rising costs and credit crunch now taking a significant toll
- Irish businesses optimistic about economic outlook for the first time in two years
- Irish buy-back scheme for Bulgarian Black Sea properties
- Irish car sales fell 52.4% in June
- Irish carbon tax proposed - - Eco-taxes in double benefit; Raising revenue while appearing to save the planet
- Irish Central Bank declared its impotence before launch of the euro; Why Spain's biggest banks survived huge housing boom
- Irish commercial property capital values down and rents up in first quarter according to the Jones Lang LaSalle Index
- Irish commercial property capital values tumbled 7.2% in second quarter of 2008
- Irish commercial property capital values tumbled in Q4 2008 - down -37.2% in 2008; More than 5 years of UK growth eroded in 18 months
- Irish commercial property investment at virtual standstill in recent months; Irish investment in UK property plunged in first six months of 2008
- Irish commercial property market capital value plunged 42.7% in 12-months to June 2009
- Irish commercial property prices fell in first quarter; Returns were the worst since 1995
- Irish commercial property prices fell in first quarter; Returns were the worst since 1995
- Irish commercial property returns tumbled -13.9% in the third quarter; Year to date total returns stand at -21.2%
- Irish companies must prepare now for "radical reform in corporate governance" heralded by Companies Consolidation & Reform Bill - William Fry
- Irish construction activity continued to decline sharply in February
- Irish construction activity continued to decline sharply in July despite rate of contraction easing
- Irish construction activity continued to fall sharply in January but at slowest pace in five months
- Irish construction activity continued to slide in October
- Irish construction activity fell to new low in May; Substantial deterioration in performance reported as Housing, Commercial and Civil Engineering activity slumped
- Irish construction activity in December suffered considerable deterioration in operating conditions
- Irish construction data for January signalled a further sharp deterioration in operating conditions
- Irish construction industry employment fell 13.8% in year to April 2008 - a total of about 39,000 job losses
- Irish Construction March PMI shows considerable deterioration in operating conditions; Jobs were cut at series-record pace during month
- Irish construction PMI contracted at accelerated rate in September
- Irish construction PMI data in June signal further record falls in activity, new orders and employment; Commercial activity contracted at a record rate
- Irish Construction PMI: April data signalled record falls in activity, new orders and employment
- Irish construction sector activity continued to fall sharply at the end of 2009
- Irish construction sector activity continued to fall sharply in November as new business declined at the fastest pace since May 2009
- Irish construction sector business conditions continued to deteriorate sharply in April; Decline in commercial activity appears to have bottomed out
- Irish construction sector continued to deteriorate in June but sentiment improved
- Irish construction sector continued to deteriorate sharply in May but "worst has passed"
- Irish Construction Sector contracted rapidly in July as pessimism increased and cost inflation accelerated
- Irish construction sector posted another sharp fall in employment in August
- Irish Construction: Job shedding intensified in October; Steep decline in commercial projects
- Irish Construction: Numbers employed down 11.7% in March; 50% of building firms not building
- Irish Construction: Numbers employed down 14.8% in year to May
- Irish Construction: Sharp falls in activity and new business; Input prices decline for first time in five years
- Irish consumer confidence weakened in July
- Irish Consumer Inflation falls sharply to 2.5% in November; Ireland is on path to deflation in 2009 for first time since 1946
- Irish Consumer Price Annual Inflation increased by 4.7% in May
- Irish Consumer Price deflation accelerated in July to annual rate of 5.9%; Biggest decline since 1931
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation fell to 4.4% in July following big drop in clothing, footwear and furniture prices due to summer sales
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation falls sharply to 1.1% in December; Inflation to turn negative in January and remain a minus through 2009
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation fell by 3.5% in the year to April
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation fell slightly to annual 4.3% rate in August
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation fell to 4.0% in October
- Irish Consumer Price Inflation in September unchanged at 4.3%
- Irish Consumer Prices fall by 0.1% in the year to January; First annual deflation since 1960
- Irish Consumer Prices fall by 1.7% in the year to February - - greatest decline since Q1 1960; Services fell 0.7% in year; Goods fell by 2.8%
- Irish Consumer Prices fell 2.6% in the year to March; Inflation ex-mortgage interest rose by 0.2% in month - - down by 0.3% in year
- Irish consumer prices fell 3.9% in the year to January; Annual deflation began in January 2009
- Irish Consumer Prices fell 5.7% in the year to November - - deflation eased
- Irish consumer prices fell 6.5% in the year to September; Deflation deepened to steepest level since 1922
- Irish consumer prices fell 6.5% in the year to September; Deflation deepened to steepest level since early 1930's
- Irish consumer prices fell 6.6% in the year to October; Deflation deepened to steepest level since 1922
- Irish Consumer Prices fell by 4.7% in the year to May 2009; Rate was down 1.2% excluding mortgage interest falls
- Irish Consumer Prices fell by 5.0% in the year to December 2009 - - first full-year decline since 1931
- Irish Consumer Prices rose 0.4% in August - - annual deflation at 5.9%
- Irish Consumer sentiment improved in September
- Irish Consumer Sentiment improved in September
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index fell in July to the lowest since the survey began in 1996
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index fell in June to its lowest level since 1996
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index fell in May
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index fell in October
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index fell slightly in November
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index holds steady in March
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index improved in November
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index improves in December; Austin Hughes asks if average consumer is oblivious to gloomy media message on economy?
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index rose in June
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index rose slightly in August
- Irish Consumer Sentiment Index was marginally lower in December 2009
- Irish Consumer Sentiment plunged in April
- Irish Consumer Sentiment rose in January
- Irish Consumer Sentiment rose in October
- Irish Consumer Sentiment weakened in August
- Irish Consumer Sentiment weakened in February
- Irish consumer sentiment weakened in February
- Irish consumers spent €2.6 billion more on alcohol and cigarettes than food in 2007; Household spending on alcohol more than 3 times EU27 average
- Irish consumers will spend on average 22% less this Christmas but double level in countries such as UK, Germany and France
- Irish Continental reports improved performance in H1 2008 but warns on price rises because of fuel costs
- Irish Credit Unions urged to switch from investment to lending
- Irish developer Seán Dunne clarifies New York Times interview report
- Irish Director of Corporate Enforcement says High Court Inspectors best route to investigate DCC-Fyffes insider trading case
- Irish directors’ pay rises by 12% in 2007; Total remuneration up by over 30% - Fixed salaries for executives in the US up 4%; European rises in range 3.5% to 7.5%
- Irish directors’ pay rises by 12% in 2007; Total remuneration up by over 30% - Fixed salaries for executives in the US up 4%; European rises in range 3.5% to 7.5%
- Irish drinks industry faces "major crisis" as alcohol sales plunge in September
- Irish drinks Industry group says 1,500 pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants have shut their doors in past five years
- Irish Earnings: Average earnings grew 4.4% in the industrial sector and 6.3% in the financial sector in 2007 - Jobs expanded by 1,800 and 7,200
- Irish economists call on the Government to reconsider the "bad bank" NAMA project
- Irish Economy - Putting Brass Knocker on Barn Door: Cowen to launch pre-Christmas break "framework" plan; Long-fingers serious reform
- Irish Economy 2008: AIB Bank says Economy is facing significant challenges in 2008/2009; Tough budgets are required to maintain the public finances in a healthy condition
- Irish Economy 2009: The Ideas Campaign seek people’s ideas to stimulate economic recovery
- Irish Economy 2009: Balancing the Budget by improving the public sector
- Irish Economy 2009: Central Bank says GNP will fall by 4.75% in 2009
- Irish Economy 2009: Cowed Cowen promises "fightback" from bewildered Government
- Irish Economy 2009: Cowen says Ireland facing most difficult global conditions in 70 years; Little point in looking back at what might have been anticipated or avoided
- Irish Economy 2009: Cowen says Irish standard of living likely to drop by 10-12% in coming years; However, that is the estimate for the lucky ones
- Irish Economy 2009: ESRI says hard to overstate difficult year; Most of the burden of fiscal adjustment on higher earners
- Irish Economy 2009: ICTU and IBEC in driving seat should press for reforms; Cowen's framework a short-term band-aid fix
- Irish Economy 2009: Inspired political leadership ready to take power in Washington as Slow-motion remains mode in Dublin
- Irish Economy 2009: Ireland experiencing unprecedented contraction in output following earlier unsustainable construction-driven surge in activity
- Irish Economy 2009: Ireland is probably past the worst of the recession- - Davy
- Irish Economy 2009: Irrational exuberance of the boom gives way to counterpart in grim times; Realists should prepare for decade of slow global growth
- Irish Economy 2009: Like looking for a needle in a haystack - - Pat McArdle, Ulster Bank
- Irish Economy 2009: Pet suggestions for saving the economy - Pat McArdle, Ulster Bank
- Irish Economy 2009: Political paralysis fuels public protests; Pressure should focus on the Greens rather than damage the economy further through strikes
- Irish Economy 2009: Reform Irish style - - respond only to a crisis...sorry...a dire crisis
- Irish Economy 2009: Talk to Joe! - - the asymmetric national agony aunt for confusing times - - and Cowen's €2 billion Budget
- Irish Economy 2009: The balkanisation of Irish society
- Irish Economy 2009: The Bulldozer at Bay and Benchmarks for Brutal year
- Irish Economy 2009: Threatening to quit Euro would be slow-motion national suicide; Leeway of €100 billion in borrowings before becoming lemmings
- Irish Economy 2009: Toxic assets in Politics and Banks and the Moral Equivalent of War
- Irish Economy 2009: Ulster Bank economists say GNP to fall 7.9% in 2009 and 3.4% in 2010
- Irish Economy 2009: Yes to optimism but on foundation of substance not spoof
- Irish Economy 2010: A year of freedom from fear?
- Irish Economy 2011-2015: NCB Stockbrokers forecasts cautious annual GNP growth of 3%
- Irish Economy contracts in First Quarter: GDP declines by 1.5% with small increase in GNP
- Irish economy faces into a bleak 2009 and further contraction in 2010 - Davy
- Irish economy is in recession following contractions of GDP in both the first and second quarters of 2008; First full year contraction since 1983 expected
- Irish Economy losing on average 712 jobs every week; Redundancies for the year to October at 32,076 jobs
- Irish economy on auto-pilot as confidence is in dire need of bolstering
- Irish economy remained in recession in Q2 2009; GNP fell 0.5% in quarter and 11.6% in year to June
- Irish Economy: Goodbody forecasts a return to modest growth in 2011 after 15% plunge in GDP in 2008-2010
- Irish Economy: A citizen sick of an economist's "whingey, whiney voice"
- Irish Economy: Achieving economic success requires more than investing in creativity
- Irish Economy: Bank of Ireland forecasts 0% GDP growth in 2008; 1.5% in 2009 - "after extraordinary slowdown"
- Irish Economy: Brian Cowen in the shoes of Herbert Hoover? - Another review group for Irish public spending planned
- Irish Economy: Central Bank cuts 2008 growth forecast to 0.3%
- Irish Economy: Central bank forecasts recessions in 2008 and 2009; Hurley says bad debts and loan losses were not the key issues in discussions on State guarantee for Irish bank system
- Irish Economy: Central Bank says 2008 growth will be "significantly less than 1%"
- Irish Economy: Central Bank says growth will resume in H2 2010; GNP to fall 2% in year - - GDP to dip 1%
- Irish Economy: Central Bank says no recovery until 2011; Property-related loans at 61% of total advances in March 2009
- Irish Economy: Central Bank says recovery unlikely until 2011; Contraction of 8.3% in 2009 and 3% in 2010
- Irish Economy: Comment - Cowen calls for "political will and action" on day recession is confirmed.
- Irish Economy: Cowen banks on US firms which already provide 90% of Ireland's exports with €500m for new venture capital funds
- Irish Economy: Cowen says economic circumstances toughest facing country in 100 years; "Now is the time for us to pull together”
- Irish Economy: Cowen says he has nothing to apologise for; McCreevy says economy today light years ahead of "dark 70s and 80s"
- Irish Economy: Cowen says his policies will bring “rapid growth” in 2010; Rejects “dead-end politics of the past” but provides no credible vision of change for the future
- Irish Economy: Davy cuts 2008 growth to 1% and 2009 to 2% because of tighter credit availability, exchange rate appreciation and no interest rate relief
- Irish Economy: Davy expects recession in both 2008 and 2009
- Irish Economy: Davy forecasts GNP growth of 4% in 2011; Ireland to exit recession in Q1 2010
- Irish Economy: Davy says economy will shrink by 3.5% in 2009 - the biggest plunge since 1950's; National debt to soar
- Irish Economy: Economic traitor cries treason; Slow-motion Government hits panic button
- Irish Economy: Economist proposes 10-point plan that is a menu without prices
- Irish Economy: Economists announce new dawn; "Kickstarting" growth from behind a desk! ECB director terms them delusionists
- Irish Economy: Ernst & Young says Irish fiscal deficit will remain above 5% of GDP until at least 2014
- Irish Economy: ESRI forecasts recessions in 2008 and 2009; Recommends deficit be held at 5.5% of GDP in 2009 - requiring toughest Budget since 1983
- Irish Economy: ESRI says economy can grow rapidly in 2011-2015 period or maybe not; World economy must recover significant momentum by 2011
- Irish Economy: ESRI says modest growth will return in H2 2010; Budget deficit will be -12.8% of GDP in 2010 despite big cutbacks
- Irish Economy: ESRI says recession to end in mid-2010; GNP per head will be back to 2001 level as "very modest rate of growth" emerges
- Irish Economy: Goodbody says at least €9 billion more in public money may have to be provided to Irish banks as bad debts rise to €28 billion over three years
- Irish Economy: Goodbody says economy will contract 2.2% in 2008; House prices may fall by 30% from their peak by the end of 2009
- Irish Economy: Goodbody says GDP will plunge 4% in 2009; Budget forecasts too optimistic; Number of years before trend growth is achieved again
- Irish Economy: Goodbody says recovery will be U-shaped; Private sector debt levels will increase to 225% of GDP in 2009 - - among highest of developed world
- Irish Economy: Green Gormley jumps on anti-bank bandwagon; Wants accountable bankers but supports unaccountable Cabinet colleagues
- Irish Economy: Home Truths on Irish Exports as Ireland faces a changed global economy in the decade ahead
- Irish Economy: IBEC revises forecasts for 2010 and 2011
- Irish Economy: IMF says Irish banks face losses of €35 billion by end 2010 - - 20% of GDP; "Modestly-paced recovery" after 2010; "Decline in wages will need to be sustained"
- Irish Economy: Ireland is faced with new challenges as the US financial sector faces retrenchment and transformation
- Irish Economy: Ireland lost almost 160,00 jobs in the year to March 2009 - - the equivalent of two full Croke Parks
- Irish Economy: Ireland outside Euro during financial crisis would mean further market fall of 50%; Interest rates above 10%; Inflation in double digits
- Irish Economy: Irish Political and Business leadership and the cojones to bat straight
- Irish Economy: Keynes advice for Cowen when capital development of a country becomes by-product of a casino
- Irish Economy: Lee suggests longer adjustment period for public finances
- Irish Economy: Lenihan says mini-Budget may be necessary - Euro was major cause of Irish housing bubble
- Irish Economy: Middle-income earners are the hardest hit - - Pat McArdle, Ulster Bank
- Irish Economy: Minister Brian Lenihan says - "Our record speaks for itself"
- Irish Economy: Ministers to brief social partners on baby-steps' economic "recovery" plan as TDs prepare for 40-day Christmas break
- Irish Economy: Morgan Stanley scenario analyses on Ireland's fiscal sustainability; Legacy of banking crisis likely to be long-lasting if not permanent increase in net public indebtedness
- Irish Economy: NCB Stockbrokers - - "we are living away beyond our means"
- Irish Economy: NCB upgrades Irish GDP performance
- Irish Economy: NESC says there will not be a return to the economy which prevailed from 1990 to 2008
- Irish Economy: Obama's call for a government that "works"; Kennedy says value added key metric for measuring impact of services exports
- Irish Economy: Political disarray, panic, incompetence, a credibility gap and five-star "cradle to grave" socialism
- Irish Economy: Political spin, jobs and IDA Ireland
- Irish Economy: Proposals on developing coherent policy action to deal with the economic emergency
- Irish Economy: Public sector pay cuts to the fore in 2009 - Pat McArdle, Ulster Bank
- Irish Economy: Report says job numbers in the Republic of Ireland will not recover to their peak 2007 level until 2021 compared to 2018 in Northern Ireland
- Irish Economy: Representatives of Official Ireland move to Glenties, Donegal in search of fixes
- Irish Economy: State bank guarantee tolls the death knell of the Celtic Tiger; Fairytale ends debunking the myths and exposing the reality of foundations built on quicksand
- Irish Economy: Taoiseach asks social partners for ideas on solving the economic crisis
- Irish Economy: The 2001 economic consensus that paved the road to economic ruin
- Irish Economy: The durability of stroke politics and searching for the villains of economic collapse
- Irish Economy: Three Irish economists each have an opportunity to make a difference of consequence during the financial crisis
- Irish Economy: Ulster Bank Quarterly Economic Outlook - GNP growth to contract by 0.3% in 2008; Slowdown to be more prolonged than previously expected - economy should expand in 2009 by 0.5%
- Irish Economy: Ulster Bank revises up GNP forecast for 2010; Expects total house price fall of 45% from 2007 peak
- Irish Economy: Ulster Bank says GNP to fall 4% in 2009; Modest recovery in 2010; Deflation for first time since 1946; 85,000 more job losses
- Irish Economy: Unemployment and the fear of running out of money in the modern economy
- Irish Economy: US will remain very important to Ireland's economic progress but a new approach is badly needed
- Irish Economy: We are in State of National Emergency; Media comment on leaving Euro caused damage to reputation overseas - - Pat McArdle
- Irish Economy: New forum for debate on Irish economic policy launched
- Irish Emergency Budget 2009: "For years we have been bled white - now it's payback time" on the road to perdition
- Irish Emergency Budget 2009: ESRI says structural deficit is in the range 6 to 8% of GDP
- Irish Emergency Budget 2009: IBEC says wages require 10% cut; Social welfare rates 3% cut; Economy could only bear €3bn net adjustment
- Irish Emergency Budget: Government takes 3% of GDP from economy - - at its weakest in a century; Summary of tax, spending and economic forecasts
- Irish Emergency Budget: Tax hikes; Bank toxic loan plan to double national debt; Reforms pending - - awaiting reports as usual!
- Irish Emergency/ Mini Budget 2009: Lenihan expected to announce plans for a "bad bank" for toxic property debts
- Irish employment fell 174,300 in year to June 2009; Unemployment rate rose to 11.6%; Non-Irish nationals in employment fell 59,600
- Irish employment fell 184,700 in the year to September 2009
- Irish Employment fell 25,000 in Q3 2008 - the first annual decline in employment since 1991; Employment trends similar to the 1980s
- Irish energy affordability needs to be addressed Bord Gáis says; Retail energy prices in natural gas and electricity are set to rise significantly later this year
- Irish Exchequer deficit for year to October was €11 billion
- Irish Exchequer deficit rose to €24.6 billion in 2009; Tax revenues at €33.04 billion - - down 19% on 2008 and back to 2003 levels
- Irish Exchequer deficit was €3.7 billion in first quarter of 2009; Tax revenue down 23%; Pre-Budget deficit at -12¾% of GDP
- Irish Exchequer figures for July show that the public finances plunged deeper into the red in July to €6.7 billion
- Irish Exchequer Returns deficit in first half of 2009 surges to €14.7 billion - - up from €5.6 billion in H1 2008
- Irish Exchequer Returns February 2009: Government says figures “are disappointing and it is already clear that tax revenues in 2009 are under pressure”
- Irish Exchequer returns for 2008 show tax shortfall of €8 billion and a total deficit of €12.7 billion
- Irish Exchequer Returns for August show deficit of €18.7bn; Tax receipts improve due to change in corporation tax payment dates
- Irish Exchequer returns for February show deficit of €2.4bn
- Irish Exchequer returns for January show tax receipts down 17.7% compared with January 2008
- Irish Exchequer Returns for May show tax shortfall of €1.2 billion; Figures show considerable deterioration
- Irish Exchequer Returns for November show deficit of €22 billion
- Irish Exchequer Returns for September show deficit of €9.4 billion compared with €3.1 billion in September 2007
- Irish Exchequer Returns May 2009: Deficit of €10.6 billion; Tax shortfall in five months falls to 21% compared with 2008
- Irish Exchequer returns show surge in the public deficit to €5.65 billion in first half of 2008; Official economic forecast cut to 0.5%
- Irish Exchequer returns show surge in the public deficit to €5.65 billion in first half of 2008; Official economic forecast cut to 0.5%
- Irish Exchequer Returns: Deficit of €16.4 billion in the first seven months of 2009
- Irish Exchequer Returns: Deficit of €16.4 billion in the first seven months of 2009
- Irish Exchequer Returns: Deficit of €747m in January as tax revenue plunges 19%
- Irish Exchequer Returns: Tax revenue down 24% in year to April 2009
- Irish Exporters Association calls for zero inflation in the Public Sector for the next three years
- Irish Exporters Association criticises plans for another Government Task Force to look at ways to close down Dublin Port
- Irish Exporters Association says exports in 2009 grew 1%; Forecasts growth of 2% in 2010; Eurozone Ireland's main trading partner
- Irish Exporters call for €1billion export stimulus package to save 40,000 jobs
- Irish Exporters of Year 2009: E. Flahavan and Sons and Guinness- Diageo Ireland winners
- Irish exports fell 1% in November - - down 14% in 12 months; Imports up 6% in month - - down 18% in 12 months
- Irish exports increased by 6% in April boosted by US-owned chemical sector accounting for 60% of goods exports
- Irish exports show a return to growth in H1 2009 boosted by US-owned life sciences sector which accounts for 56% of merchandise exports
- Irish exports to fall 13% in 2009; Services to drop 20%; UK to take 53% of Irish-owned exports; Merchandise growth camouflaged by US-owned sectors
- Irish factory gate prices fell 2.8% in year to January 2010
- Irish factory gate prices increased by 1.3% in November 2008 as US dollar rose against the euro
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