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15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
The Irish Times is profiling the 24 finalists in the 2008 Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition, now in its 11th year.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Nominee: Neil O'Leary Ion Equity
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
FOUNDED IN 2000, Ion Equity is a private equity investor with offices in London and Dublin. Neil O'Leary, chairman and chief executive, recalls at company planning stages in 1999 there was plenty of opportunity for advising and investing in emerging technology companies.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Nominee: Howard Beggs Helix Health
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
HELIX HEALTH is a provider of world-class primary healthcare software solutions. The company was formed in 2007 as a result of a merger between Systems Solutions Limited (a provider of pharmacy management software) and Medicom Medical Computer Solutions Limited (market leader in general practice systems), creating the largest indigenous healthcare IT provider in Ireland.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Nominee: Pat O'Flynn - AVR-Safeway
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
AVR-SAFEWAY is a licensed hazardous waste processing company situated in its purpose-built facility in Fermoy, Co Cork. Pat O'Flynn formed Safeway in 1997, and in November 2001 the company signed a 50:50 joint venture with leading Dutch waste-management company AVR, and became AVR-Safeway. The company enjoyed 100 per cent growth for the following number of years.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Nominee: Lord Kilclooney - Alpha Newspaper Group
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
LORD KILCLOONEYS appetite for the media industry spiralled from his college years when he worked voluntarily on the Gown newspaper at Queen's University Belfast. When his local newspaper, the Ulster Gazette in Armagh City, came on the market in 1983 he was keen to get involved.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Rising costs and economic issues concern Irish CEOs
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
Only 14 per cent of chief executives believe the outlook is 'favourable', writes Fiona Reddan.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
EU tax: the knowledge gap
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
ALTHOUGH THE European Commission's efforts to introduce some sort of tax harmonisation in Europe was a feature in the Lisbon Treaty debate, only 6 per cent of chief executives believe that the business community is sufficiently up to speed on the issue, according to the PwC survey.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
A botanical array of dangerous workplace blooms
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
No one in real offices says 'you're fired'; instead, poisonous words are concealed under a veil of civility and innocence, writes Lucy Kellaway.
Ireland
Economics & Finance
Networking for success in a changing world
15.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
BOOK REVIEW: The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co-Created Value Through Global Networks By CK Prahalad and MS Krishnan; McGraw-Hill £16.99 (€21.55)
Ireland
Economics & Finance
KISS FACE Off UK!
15.06.2008 23:19
bravewords.com
KISSonline.com is reporting: "In an attempt to set a world record for the most people made up as KISS congregated in one place, fans...
World
Rock Music
Treo 700wx to get Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade?
15.06.2008 23:16
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Software, Palm, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile According to some slides unearthed over at TreoCentral, it looks like the Verizon Treo 700wx could be an unlikely candidate due for the Windows Mobile 6.0 (not 6.1) treatment. Usually carriers like Verizon won't bother upgrading devices as old as these with newer versions of their mobile OS -- partly to induce future handset purchases -- so we'll have to remain a touch skeptical until such time as the upgrade really does launch.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World
Mobile Phones
The Bubble
15.06.2008 23:10
washingtonpost.com
he mortgage executives who gathered in a blond-wood conference room in Southern California studied their internal reports with growing alarm.
USA
Finance & Investments
Assignment of Bavetta Puts Officiating Scandal in Focus
15.06.2008 23:08
nytimes.com
Dick Bavetta, who was a subject of inquiries by federal agents last summer, was the lead referee for Game 5 at Staples Center, which was certain to fuel suspicion by the conspiracy-minded.
World
Basketball
Cosmetic surgery booming in Britain, study finds
15.06.2008 23:01
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons might be feeling the pinch of the global credit crunch, but they're still ready to pay thousands of pounds for cosmetic surgery, a report suggested on Monday.
World
Health & Beauty
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