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US stocks close mixed
09.06.2008 18:34
breakingnews.ie
US stocks have closed mixed after last week’s massive sell-off, with Wall Street still nervous about losses at banks and high energy costs.
Ireland
Small Business
MIKE WENDLAND: Apple upgrades iPhone to 2.0 and adds a new 3G model
09.06.2008 15:24
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Now there's iPhone 2.0, a much upgraded version of the trendy smartphone from Apple that forever changed the way mobile devices communicate when it was first introduced a year ago.
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Nissan adding second shift at U.S. Altima plant
09.06.2008 15:24
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Nissan Motor Co. said today that it is adding a second shift at its Canton, Miss., plant to assemble the Nissan Altima, the automaker's best-selling model in the United States.
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British Energy still considering offers
09.06.2008 13:22
breakingnews.ie
Nuclear power firm British Energy today dismissed a series of takeover approaches as not “representing shareholder value”.
Ireland
Small Business
FTSE dragged into negative territory
09.06.2008 13:22
breakingnews.ie
A punishing session for the banking and homebuilders sectors helped drag the FTSE 100 Index into negative territory today.
Ireland
Small Business
Waterford's €400m development could create thousands of jobs
09.06.2008 12:34
breakingnews.ie
Thousands of jobs will be created in Waterford City if plans for a massive retail and residential development get the go-ahead, it was announced today.
Ireland
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Gaming employee who sued bosses and attorney general is suspended
09.06.2008 12:32
freep.com
A Michigan Gaming Control Board employee who sued Attorney General Mike Cox and his bosses last week in Ingham County Circuit Court says he has been suspended with pay for alleged failure to follow directives.
USA
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Computer sets new speed record in US
09.06.2008 11:24
breakingnews.ie
Scientists at an American government weapons laboratory have built the world’s fastest computer capable of 1,000 trillion operations per second.
Ireland
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Thomas Cook snaps up Jet Tours
09.06.2008 10:29
breakingnews.ie
Travel giant Thomas Cook today said it had agreed to buy French firm Jet Tours in a €70m deal forming France’s third largest tour operator.
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Small Business
New line of Margaritaville salsa hits stores
09.06.2008 10:27
freep.com
As Jimmy Buffett hits the stage tonight at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, a new line of Margaritaville salsa hits stores.
USA
Small Business
MIKE WENDLAND: New iPhones expected today
09.06.2008 08:25
freep.com
Today is the day iPhone fanatics have been waiting for, the expected release of the second generation of the trend-setting smartphone that will have faster wireless speeds, more programs and games and a friendlier business face that will see the phone go toe-to-toe against the BlackBerry.
USA
Small Business
Talks aim to resolve dispute over house sale prices
09.06.2008 07:25
breakingnews.ie
Government officials, consumer groups and organisations with a vested interest in the property market are meeting today in an effort to resolve a dispute over the publication of house prices.
Ireland
Small Business
BoI opens office in Chicago
09.06.2008 06:22
breakingnews.ie
Bank of Ireland has announced the opening of its Chicago office and the expansion of its corporate banking business.
Ireland
Small Business
TNS to open books to WPP
09.06.2008 05:27
breakingnews.ie
Market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres today opened its books to rival WPP despite agreeing a £1.5bn (€1.9bn) tie-up with German firm GfK last week.
Ireland
Small Business
UK teaching firm rebuffs takeover approach
09.06.2008 05:27
breakingnews.ie
Training firm Nord Anglia Education today said it had rejected a £179.5m (€224m) private equity approach for the company.
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