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  • Number of new mortgages drops by 19%

    The number of new mortgages lent by Irish financial institutions dropped by 19 per cent in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2006. Ciarán Brennan reports. p

  • Denis O'Brien increases stake in IN&M to 8.35%

    Businessman Denis O'Brien has increased his stake in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media (IN&M) for the second time in less than a month, a move that brings his share of the company to 8.35 per cent. Arthur Beesley , Senior Business Correspondent, reports. p

  • Aer Lingus to spend $1.5bn on long-haul aircraft

    Aer Lingus is set to spend about $1.5 billion (€1.11 billion) doubling the size of its long-haul fleet over the next nine years. Ciarán Hancock, Business Affairs Correspondent, reports. p
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  • Passengers promised greater comfort

    Aer Lingus passengers can look forward to greater levels of comfort on long-haul routes when the airline begins introducing its new aircraft in 2009. p

  • Fujitsu to create 400 NI jobs

    Fujitsu Services, the European arm of the Japanese technology giant, is to create 400 jobs in Northern Ireland as part of an £18 million (€26.6 million) investment. p

  • Grabbing new media by the tail

    Media & Marketing: The Esomar multimedia conference which took place in Dublin earlier this week attracted hundreds of delegates from around the world. However, only three delegates from Ireland registered their attendance, which is a pity, given the changing times in the media-buying world.    p

  • FL Partners in talks for 'Racing Post'

    FL Partners, the investment firm backed by former IBI corporate financier Peter Crowley, is in exclusive talks to acquire the Racing Post specialist newspaper in Britain for some £190 million (€280.42 million) from Trinity Mirror media group. Arthur Beesley , Senior Business Correspondent, reports. p

  • Blackrock defends no-dividend policy

    Carl McCann, chairman of Blackrock International Land, yesterday defended the group's decision not to pay a dividend, saying that in the early stages of any property company's life it is more important to invest in the development of the group rather than return money to shareholders. p

  • AIB repeats its forecast of 'low double-digit' growth in earnings

    AIB yesterday reiterated earlier profit guidance, saying it is on track for "low double-digit" earnings growth this year, citing strong demand for its products. p

  • Pepsi in $100m tax evasion case over Cork product

    A federal judge has ordered US customs to take samples of Pepsi concentrate from Cork in an alleged $100 million (€74 million) tax-evasion case. p

  • Astra's finance chief to join Goldman

    Jon Symonds, the respected chief financial officer of drugmaker AstraZeneca, is to quit the Anglo-Swedish group for a role at Goldman Sachs, where his mandate will include boosting the role of private equity in the healthcare sector. p

  • D-Day speech used to rally engineers

    Talent borrows, genius steals," the saying goes, but the leaked motivational e-mail sent to staff at the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project is a salutary warning of the perils of appropriation. p

  • Banks slump as equities get battered

    Market Report: The Irish market took another battering yesterday, dropping 2.5 per cent and wiping a further €3 billion off the value of the Iseq index of Irish shares. p

  • In Short

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
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