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Thu 03 Mar 2007Innovation key to job retention - McCreevyThe EU's internal market commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has said that recent job losses at US companies in Ireland highlight the need to constantly review competitiveness and inward investment strategies."Small countries like Ireland - and large countries too - should constantly be evaluating and reassessing their positions in all kinds of fields. . .You are constantly evaluating the changes that are taking place around you, keeping your unit costs in line with your competitors and doing things better," he said.