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  • Dublin Port for UN role in developing world project

    Head of new technologies Peter Froehler addressing the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development meeting at Dublin Castle yesterday. Delegates from 20 countries are attending the three-day conference. Photograph: Kate Geraghty Dublin Port has been chosen as the United Nation's partner to deliver training to ports in English-speaking countries in the developing world. The partnership was announced at a major three-day UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) which began in Dublin Castle yesterday. p

  • NI pub chain buys back five properties for £10m

    A leading Northern Irish pub chain has bought back five properties it had sold as part of a multimillion-pound sale and leaseback arrangement three years ago, in a deal worth more than £10 million (€14.8 million). p

  • National farm income declines by 12%

    Agricultural income declined by 12.1 per cent last year according to the final estimate issued by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) yesterday. The decline followed a bumper year for farmers in 2005 when a 21.5 per cent increase was recorded because of a changeover in the system of direct payments to farmers. p
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  • Ryanair accuses EU of takeover bias

    Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has accused the EU of making a "nakedly political decision" by blocking Ryanair's proposed takeover of Aer Lingus. p

  • Airline spends €40m on share buyback

    Ryanair yesterday confirmed it had spent almost €40 million buying back as many as eight million of its own shares. p

  • Revised EU treaty sends protectionist signal, warns McCreevy

    Ditching unfettered competition as an EU treaty objective sends a bad protectionist signal, although it will make little difference in practice, European internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy said yesterday. p

  • Smurfit Kappa seeks to reduce debt costs

    Smurfit Kappa is seeking approval from lenders to amend certain terms of its senior credit facilities that will result in a reduction in the overall cost of the group's debt. p

  • Dublin among top 20 cities, claims survey on hotel sector performance

    Dublin ranked among the top 20 cities outside North America last year in an index of revenue per hotel room. The results of a hotel sector performance survey released yesterday by Deloitte showed Dublin ranked 16th in 2006. p

  • IMF says growth in euro zone better than expected

    The euro zone's underlying growth prospects have taken a lasting turn for the better, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist argued yesterday, in comments that could increase the pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to make a similar judgment call. p

  • US to urge regulatory reform over EU trading

    The US will call for greater regulatory co-operation on food and vehicle safety, biofuel and accounting standards at this week's first meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. p

  • Germany to tackle foreign takeovers

    The German government is considering a plan to create a new regulatory body to protect key industries from takeover by investment funds controlled by foreign governments. p

  • Microsoft beats Google on anti-trust

    Microsoft scored a victory in its anti-trust wrangles with Google yesterday as a US federal court judge rejected the search company's attempt to force an extension of government oversight of Microsoft's activities. p

  • Inquiry leadsto fall in arms firm's shares

    Shares in British arms manufacturer BAE Systems plunged 8 per cent yesterday after the US department of justice launched an official investigation into Saudi arms deals. p

  • US attack on quarterly guidance

    US companies will today come under renewed pressure to scrap quarterly earnings guidance from a high-profile coalition of business people led by a former regulator. p

  • Tesco meets rival in bid to use gardening for growth

    London Briefing   It's not often that Britain's biggest retailer gets outmanoeuvred, but Tesco's plans to branch out into the booming £5 billion-a-year (€7.42 billion) gardening market have suffered a serious setback at the hands of billionaire entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter, writes, Fiona Walsh. p

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