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Is the price right for iPhone's Irish customers?
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
Apple has reduced the price of its new handset, but mobile users in the Republic still face higher tariffs than in the UK, writes John Collins.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Unequal properties
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
NET RESULTS: A FEW WEEKS ago, I attended an event organised by William Fry Solicitors to mark World Intellectual Property Day.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Hype keeps handset upwardly mobile
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
INBOX: EVEN AS Steve Jobs walked off the stage after unveiling the new 3G version of the 2000 Apple iPhone, the so-called Steve Reality Distortion Field started to dissipate. What had we just seen after all? Was this an elaborately styled upgrade with a price drop or was there more to this hype?
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Could Obama ring in changes?
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
WIRED: THERE ARE two flavours of news running through the tech community this week. One, obviously, is the iPhone, with Jobs's impeccable stage-managing creating exactly the kind of buzz about that brand that he intended.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Diversify to weather the storm
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
Private investors seeking to weather the current economic downturn should consider putting their money into a diverse portfolio of funds and equities at home and abroad, writes Fiona Reddan.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Top tip: ignore stock analysts
12.06.2008 23:26
ireland.com
Tipsters have been behind the curve since the credit crunch began in earnest last summer, with earnings estimates from 1,800 Wall Street analysts over 33 per cent too high for the fourth quarter 2007, writes Proinsias O'Mahony.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Merely the end of the beginning
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
SERIOUS MONEY: RELATIVE CALM returned to Wall Street in recent weeks as a raft of economic data surprised on the upside, albeit modestly, leaving investors with the impression that the worst of the current cyclical economic storm had passed.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Q and A
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
Dominic Coyle answers readers' financial questions.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Effective strategy powered by plain talking
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
Forget the jargon, buzz words and inane platitudes that dominate management speak on company objectives - strategy must be specific, measurable and time-limited to ensure it is more than just a vague pipe-dream, writes Gerald Flynn.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Weight-loss schemes can help bloated companies
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
After an MA binge, simplifying your firm's structure by offloading unnecessary subsidiaries will yield many benefits, writes George Maloney.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Mentoring may be the key to navigating a testing transition
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
Mentors can make the difference for entrepreneurs at critical junctures, writes Alicia Clegg.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
LA wealth managers promote Hollywood property project
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
INTERNATIONAL WEALTH managers and advisers have been busy trying to encourage rich Irish investors, who have hoarded cash, to part with some of it for investments.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Mortgage holders set to feel the pinch
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
IRISH MORTGAGE holders are continuing to feel the pinch of higher bank funding costs following last week's warning from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it may have to raise its rates next month to curb record euro-zone inflation.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Big push to challenge Henri Hippo
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
THE FINANCIAL crisis has turned the deposit market into a battlefield as banks try to beat each other on savings and big deposit rates.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Bill revs up to find his 'Apprentice'
12.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
CAR DEALER and hotel owner Bill Cullen will likely look for a protegé with strong sales skills when he becomes the boss on the Irish version of hit TV show The Apprentice on TV3 this autumn. The motor trade is facing a very difficult year for new sales.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
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