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        <title><![CDATA[First Derivatives revenue up]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Newry-based consultancy firm reported pre-tax profit of £11.5 million over last 12 months   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[EU car sales at 20-year low]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Asmussen seeks end for zombie banks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ECB board member call  for a European bank wind-up fund financed by a banking levy   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aircraft specialist Apollo announces purchase plan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dublin-based leasing group buying aircraft and engines for lease to airlines   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Aer Lingus spent €40m in thwarting Ryanair takeover bids ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Commercial Court to hear Aer Lingus action seeking to prevent another takeover move   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Telefónica shares rise on talk of interest from AT&T]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Telecoms group forced to deny reports of takeover approach   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Moody’s figures show rising mortgage distress]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Slowing in rate of early stage delinquincies   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Property still the main store of wealth for Irish ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Survey finds low levels of investment In business or financial products   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Asis Briefing: €100,000 for suit with gold stitching and diamond buttons]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Asia Briefing: Urbanisation seen as answer to economic questions]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Asia Briefing: Boots and Walgreen players in consolidating pharma retail market]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Asia Briefing : Cultural differences hold back M&A market]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Leasing company Doric unveils $8bn order of 20 Airbus A380 aircraft]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Doric chief executive Mark Lapidus confirms deal at Paris Air Show   ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Burton declines to rule out further levy on pensions ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pensions Board chief says it is clear a number of schemes will close down   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ulster Bank pursuing developer Jerry Beades for €3.5 million]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Developer given two weeks to prepare affidavit    ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stocks rise in anticipation of US policy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve expected to reaffirm  commitment to supporting  economic recovery    ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legal services 'a drag on Ireland's competitiveness']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Message is contained in the Commission’s unpublished spring 2013 review of Ireland’s bailout programme   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Elan loses shareholder support but Royalty bid may also perish]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Outcome of special meeting in Dublin  leaves sides effectively in stalemate   ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[State pays EBS €25 million as part of 10-year promissory note agreement ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Payment of promissory note subject to legal challenge from TD Joan Collins   ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Former operator of National Aquatic Centre claims €30m in losses and damages]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dublin Waterworld Ltd suing National Sports Campus Development Authority   ]]></description>
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