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  • Job loss concerns overstated, says IDA chief

    Ireland remains an attractive location for manufacturing employment and a spate of job losses from multinational groups does not represent the emergence of an exceptional trend, IDA Ireland said yesterday. p
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  • Ruling fails to ruffle stock

    Market reaction: The long-awaited, and by now expected, news that the European Commission has blocked Ryanair's planned takeover of Aer Lingus did little to affect the former State airline's share price yesterday. p

  • Board happy with its investment, says O'Leary

    The chief executive of Ryanair Michael O'Leary said he did not expect to come under pressure from US shareholders to sell Ryanair's stake in Aer Lingus. p

  • Kildare-based firm's directors allege fraud and breach of trade secrets

    Two directors from a Kildare-based company are taking a High Court case against two fellow directors alleging fraud and breach of trade secrets. p

  • Greencore loses Starbucks sandwich contract

    Starbucks has dropped Greencore as supplier of sandwiches to its British cafe empire, a move that removes the group's products from more than 530 outlets in England, Scotland and Wales. p

  • Barrett to add €50m Ashford to his empire

    Galway businessman Gerry Barrett is poised to acquire Ashford Castle, the upmarket hotel in Co Mayo that has hosted personalities as diverse as Tony Blair, Ronald Reagan, Britt Ekland, Brad Pitt and Jerry Springer. p

  • Restructured Waterford expects profits this year

    Waterford Wedgwood expects to make a profit at an operating level this financial year after more than halving its pretax loss in the year to the end of March and seeing ongoing demand for its new range of products. p

  • Kedco to invest in waste converter

    The Kedco Group plans to invest between €10 million and €12 million over the next 18 months on a new system that converts waste to electricity. p

  • Improved results welcomed but plenty of work to be done

    Analysis: On the whole analysts welcomed the improved performance revealed by luxury goods group Waterford Wedgwood yesterday, although they also said there is plenty of work to be done. p

  • Decline in consumer sentiment

    The election has not produced an economic "feelgood" factor among consumers, who became more pessimistic about their financial situation this month. p

  • Irish banks suffer another bad day

    Irish banks endured another bad day on the Irish Stock Exchange yesterday, with a negative trading update from British bank Northern Rock prompting falls in the share prices of financial stocks. p

  • Logan back in limelight as McDonalds ad wins award

    Media&Marketing: The use of celebrities in Irish advertising campaigns isn't very common. But it seems to have paid off for fast-food chain McDonalds, which signed up multiple Eurovision winner Johnny Logan to promote its Eurosaver menu. The PR effort behind the ad campaign has garnered an award for Gibney Communications. p

  • In short

    Today's other stories in brief p

  • Sharp falls in banking weigh on Iseq

    Dublin report:  Almost €2 billion was wiped off the Irish market again yesterday as sharp declines in all the banks pushed the Iseq index of Irish shares down 1.6 per cent. p
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