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Goffs acquires DBS for 9% stake
Kildare-based bloodstock sales group RJ Goff has acquired Doncaster Bloodstock Sales (DBS), a move that significantly boosts its share of thoroughbred horse sales in the UK and Ireland. p
Search is on for new chief of Primark and Penneys
Associated British Foods (ABF) is drawing up a shortlist of candidates to take over from veteran Irish retailer Arthur Ryan as the head of Primark, its fast-growing fashion chain that operates in Ireland as Penneys. p
'Marked' fall in building - survey
Activity in the construction sector slowed for the first time in almost four years in June, according to the latest Ulster Bank Construction PMI survey. p
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Banks' anti-rogue costs up 58%
The cost of fighting money laundering has risen dramatically for banks across the world because of the need to recruit additional staff and install technology systems to detect suspicious transactions. pIrish tech sector funding drops
Irish technology companies raised €62.6 million in the first half of 2007, according to the latest Techpulse survey from the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA). pMartin announces phone-fund project
The Government has established a €2.45 million research fund for the development of television, music and other services for Irish mobile phones. pThe fine art of making your own TV
Big brands are devising strategies to reach this click and watch generation. Siobhan O'Connell reports on the ways and the means pIt's all go (to the Caymans) at Riverdeep
Business Opinion/Arthur Beesley: HM Riverdeep investors meet in Dublin today to sign off on the move of the organisation's main holding company to the Cayman Islands, an offshore jurisdiction. Consent for the change is already in the bag, so the meeting is a formality. pRidiculing corporate jargon has its consequences
If you are reading this today at 8am, please think of me. I will have just arrived at the London HQ of Deloitte for a state-of-the-art corporate bollocking, writes Lucy Kellaway pStick to the books?
Book Review: John Authers enjoys an enthusiastic study of the academics whose theories have revolutionised global markets, but whose forays into the world of making money have been rocky p
