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Oil surges back to near-record highs
06.06.2008 11:27
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Oil surged back to near-record highs today amid predictions that prices could reach 150 dollars a barrel by early July.
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UK rail maintenance workers to strike
06.06.2008 11:26
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Thousands of rail maintenance workers are to stage a weekend strike later this month in a row over jobs and conditions which will threaten disruption to train services, it was announced today.
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Evidence used to convict Black 'flimsy', claims lawyer
06.06.2008 10:32
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Jailed former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black was convicted of fraud on the flimsiest of evidence, his lawyers told an appeal court.
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Small Business
Credit crunch hitting UK housebuilders hard
06.06.2008 09:35
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British housebuilders are facing up to the worst conditions since the early 1990s following a wave of cash calls from some of the UK's biggest banks.
Ireland
Small Business
Aviva could cut 1,800 jobs
06.06.2008 08:26
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Hibernian Group owner Aviva warned of up to 1,800 redundancies today as part of a restructuring of its general insurance arm over the next two years.
Ireland
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BoI staff to vote on limited industrial action
06.06.2008 06:35
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Bank of Ireland staff are to hold a ballot on limited industrial action due to a row regarding gain-share allocations.
Ireland
Small Business
FTSE starts well
06.06.2008 06:35
breakingnews.ie
Rising oil and metal prices gave the London market a boost today despite more retailing gloom.
Ireland
Small Business
Treaty good for the construction sector and jobs, say Parlon
06.06.2008 06:35
breakingnews.ie
Tom Parlon, director general of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), has today outlined the five key reasons why the construction industry should give its full support to the Lisbon Treaty.
Ireland
Small Business
Weaker sales growth for UK pub chain
06.06.2008 05:28
breakingnews.ie
London Pride brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner today vowed to protect its margins in the face of rising ingredients costs and a customer spending squeeze.
Ireland
Small Business
Passenger volumes up for easyJet
06.06.2008 04:36
breakingnews.ie
Budget airline easyJet has released a strong set of traffic statistics for the month of May this morning.
Ireland
Small Business
Signet jeweller reports profits decline
06.06.2008 04:35
breakingnews.ie
H Samuel and Ernest Jones jeweller Signet revealed a slump in first quarter earnings today after weak trading in America offset rising UK sales.
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Chrysler, Toyota tied
06.06.2008 04:31
freep.com
Chrysler LLC matched Toyota Motor Corp. last year for the best automaking productivity in North America, according to Oliver Wyman's Harbour Report, showing promise that Detroit automakers may finally have what it takes to be competitive in North America.
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Ford delays white-collar merit raises, cuts benefits
06.06.2008 04:31
freep.com
Ford Motor Co. told salaried workers in an e-mail Thursday that it would delay merit raises and cut some benefits -- in addition to reducing costs related to salaried employees by 15%, a move that will result in a still-unknown number of involuntary layoffs at the Dearborn automaker.
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Casino could report losses for '08
06.06.2008 04:30
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Greektown Casino may lose $15.6 million in 2008, most of it related to bankruptcy costs, according to projections from an accounting firm hired to help it navigate through Chapter 11.
USA
Small Business
MARK PHELAN: Chrysler gets raves as it ties Toyota in product efficiency
06.06.2008 04:30
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Chrysler LLC got its first piece of really good news in more than a year, as some of its most important manufacturing facilities won raves Thursday in the respected Harbour Report of productivity.
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