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More banks raise mortgage rates
13.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
TWO MORE banks have raised mortgage rates again due to the continuing high cost of funding in the volatile money markets.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Elan wins $55.2m in damages after rival infringes medical patents
13.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
PHARMACEUTICAL FIRM Elan has won $55.2 million (€35.99 million) in damages following a case it brought against its rival, Abraxis BioScience, a US biotechnology company.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
An Post's delivery rate significantly worse in Dublin than in rest of State
13.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
AN POST'S record in next-day delivery of letters was significantly worse in Dublin than in the rest of the country in the first quarter of the year.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Euro falls to three-year low as treaty is rejected
13.06.2008 23:21
ireland.com
THE EURO was badly burnt yesterday after the Republic rejected the Lisbon Treaty, leaving the EU in political disarray.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Building jobs still falling as sector contracts
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
EMPLOYMENT IN the construction sector continues to fall and building company failures have risen this year, as new house and apartment building declines sharply, new data shows.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Yahoo signs Google advert deal in bid to foil Microsoft takeover
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
YAHOO TRIED to close the book on Microsoft's attempted takeover of the internet company yesterday by concluding a non-exclusive advertising deal with Google.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Examiner appointed to Cork firm
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
THE HIGH Court has appointed an examiner to a Cork civil engineering company on the basis of reports indicating it has a reasonable prospect of survival as a going concern. Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan appointed Brian McEnery as examiner to Howley Civil Engineering Ltd, Carrigtwohil, which employs 430 people.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Business airline Silverjet lays off all 300 staff as rescue deal collapses
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
ALL 300 staff at collapsed business-class airline Silverjet were laid off yesterday after a rescue deal by Irish shelf company Kingplace Ltd fell through.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Troubled Babcock may put Eircom up for sale
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
ANALYSIS: Even if it is not sold in the current crisis, a bidder could take a position in the company, writes Arthur Beesley
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Cowen advised to take neutral stance
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
BRIAN COWEN was advised when he was tánaiste to adopt a "neutral" stance on plans by Eircom's Australian owners to separate its infrastructure and retail units, Government records show.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Pets, not family members, put in the picture on Permanent TSB cards
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
THERE WAS a new crisis in the banking sector yesterday as Permanent TSB revealed new data showing that customers are choosing images of pets over family members for their personalised ATM-Laser cards.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Pfizer 'may counter' EUR3bn Ranbaxy deal
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
PFIZER MAY make a bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories to counter a $4.6 billion (€2.99 billion) package from Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd for the Indian generic drug maker, India's Business Standard newspaper reported yesterday.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
UK watchdog clamps down on speculators
13.06.2008 23:20
ireland.com
THE UK'S financial watchdog yesterday moved decisively to shore up companies' ability to conduct rights issues, clamping down on speculators who have recently taken aim at specific stocks.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Developments in Asia spark mounting fears of stagflation
13.06.2008 23:19
ireland.com
Price pressures lurching out of control in Asia pose a new threat to global inflation, writes Stephen Roach
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Falling oil prices keep Ryanair airborne
13.06.2008 23:19
ireland.com
MARKET REPORT: AFTER A pretty poor week, the Irish market finished fairly flat yesterday, up by almost 1 per cent or 48 points to 5,626.15.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
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