Little thingsCable TV and telecoms group UPC has introduced a bulk messaging service for business customersFri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Shannon must break out of current holding patternONE MORE THING: A JOINT communication from the Ennis, Limerick and Shannon chambers of commerce about the separation of Shannon…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Digicel announces $700m bond planDENIS O’BRIEN’S mobile phone company Digicel has announced plans for a $700 million (€555 million) refinancing of its bonds…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Treasury China Trust shares fall on returnSHARES IN Treasury China Trust fell 5Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Lufthansa staff back on five-day weekSTAFF AT Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland’s plant in Rathcoole, Co Dublin, have returned to operating a full five-day week…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Quiet day of trading for Irish stocksIT WAS a quiet day of trading on the Irish Stock Exchange yesterday, with business muted as US markets closed for the Labor Day…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Shares in Treasury China firm suspendedSHARES IN Treasury China Trust (TCT), the Singapore-listed commercial property developer in which Irish businessmen Richard Barrett…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
First-half losses of over €150m postedINDEPENDENT NEWS Media made a loss of €152Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Fees of €3.6m incurred in renegotiation of borrowingsINDEPENDENT NEWS Media paid €3Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Delta puts €2m into Irish web companyIRISH WEB company WhatClinic. com has secured a €2 million investment from Delta Partners, The Irish Times has learned.Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Doors open for OsborneONE MORE THING: AS ONE door closes, another often opens and so it has proved for lawyer James Osborne.Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Barrett has 'nothing to hide' over purchase of Treasury subsidiariesBUSINESSMAN Richard Barrett has defended his acquisition this week of two subsidiaries of Treasury Holdings that carried out …Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Reunited presenters score for UTVONE MORE THING: UTV’S INTERIM results this week were something of a mixed bagFri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Profits and earnings fall at Irish ferry firmOPERATING PROFIT and earnings at ferry company Irish Continental Group fell in the first half of this year, as a €4Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
. . . and some little thingsLATEST ACCOUNTS for the PR company run by discredited former government press secretary and Fianna Fáil adviser Frank Dunlop…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
KBI wins $500m in new businessONE MORE THING: KLEINWORT BENSON Investors in Dublin has won additional business potentially worth about $500 million from funds…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Sales of Jameson whiskey up 15%SALES OF Jameson Irish whiskey grew by 15 per cent in volume and by 18 per cent in value in the year to the end of June, its …Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Hotshots swap suits for shorts to run for charityONE MORE THING: SOME OF Ireland’s top lawyers, accountants, bankers and PR executives will swap their suits for running gear…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Irish Distillers drink to rise of Alexandre RicardONE MORE THING: IT’S ALMOST a year ago since I predicted that Alexandre Ricard might one day end up running the Pernod Ricard…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
EU to decide on Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus shares in JanuaryTHE EUROPEAN Commission yesterday opened an in-depth phase-two review of Ryanair’s €1.30-a-share offer for Aer Lingus.Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Arnotts indicates it may wind up pension schemeTHE TRUSTEES of the defined-benefit pension scheme operated by Dublin retailer Arnotts have indicated to members that they might…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Sale of Treasury-linked companies to Jersey firm raises questionsTHE WINDING-UP action being pursued by KBC Bank Ireland against Treasury Holdings took something of a dramatic twist yesterday…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Buckley is appointed chairman of INMINDEPENDENT NEWS & Media yesterday appointed Leslie Buckley as its new chairman, just hours after the businessman had been…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Greyhound board seeks advice on five-year planTHE IRISH Greyhound Board (IGB) has hired consultants at Kildare-based accounting firm O’Kelly Sutton to advise on its five-year…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Buckley returns in INM soap opera twistANALYSIS: Leslie Buckley now chairs a board from which he was ejected just 14 months agoTue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Ryanair delays Aer Lingus proposalRYANAIR HAS yet to submit any proposed remedies to the European Commission in relation to its €1Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Irish Times posts €2.5m operating profitA SMALL rise in turnover and a reduction in overheads enabled The Irish Times Ltd to record an operating profit of €2Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Arnotts pulls out of defined benefit schemeRETAILER ARNOTTS has informed the trustees of its defined benefit pension scheme that it will cease making contributions to the…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Climbdown on DigicelLAST WEEK I noted the strong line taken by the Jamaican Observer newspaper on Digicel’s decision not to appoint a local to head…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Some little things...Arnotts pensions manager Paul King has exited the department store to take up a senior post with Acuvest, the pensions restructuring…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Buckley may make comeback at INMON MONDAY, Independent News Media will hold an extraordinary general meeting to elect four new non-executive directors to bolster…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Newspaper plans new look and more extensive digital offeringsTHE IRISH Times Ltd will implement a number of initiatives over the next 12 months to consolidate its position as a leading provider…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
€83.2m Greenstar loans called inIRELAND’S BIGGEST waste management group, Greenstar, was placed into receivership yesterday after a consortium of seven banks…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Surprise over Minister's plan to review decision on air traffic control chargesTHERE WERE a few raised eyebrows in aviation circles this month when the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar set up an appeal…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Provinces seeking stadium sponsorsTHREE OF Ireland’s four rugby provinces are engaged in a scrum to secure naming rights sponsors for their stadiums.Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Emirates positive on prospects for DublinEmirates would have set up in Ireland a lot earlier than it did but for certain key factors, but its president says the airline…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Emirates chief rules out buying Aer Lingus stakeEMIRATES IS not interested in buying shares in Aer Lingus, the Dubai airline’s chief executive Tim Clark has said, although it…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
German criticism of ECB hits marketsEUROPEAN STOCKS fell as Germany’s Bundesbank criticised a European Central Bank plan to lower the region’s sovereign yields through…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Profits at Fitzpatrick Hotels up one-thirdPROFITS AT the two Fitzpatrick hotels in New York rose by one-third last year as corporate business rebounded strongly following…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Fintrax cashes in on refund businessIT WAS CALLED Project Connacht and Fintrax Group Holdings’ €170 million sale to private equity group Exponent will probably turn…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Financial services group in Galway sells for €170mGALWAY-BASED financial payments group Fintrax Group Holdings Ltd has been sold for €170 million to the company’s management team…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Strike threat could mean chaos at airportsIRELAND’S MAIN airports could face transport chaos next month after unions threatened industrial action unless progress is made…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
BA to double Dublin-Heathrow flightsBRITISH AIRWAYS increased its revenue out of Ireland by 40 per cent last year and is now planning to double frequency on its …Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Most markets rally on economic dataNATIONAL BENCHMARK indexes advanced in 15 of the 18 western European markets yesterday after better than expected economic data…Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
CRH builds in US but hits a wall in Bric and euro zonesANALYSIS: CRH’S CLEAR message around its interim results yesterday was that there was nothing to worry about.Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
CRH shares drop 5% in London after weak European earningsCRH’S SHARE price fell by just under 5 per cent yesterday on the London stock exchange following the release of its interim results…Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Retailer Clerys in 'active' sale talksDEPARTMENT STORE retailer Clerys is believed to be in “active” talks about the sale of the business to a private equity group…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Liberty Mutual in talks over RDS naming rightsUS INSURER Liberty Mutual has held talks with the Royal Dublin Society about acquiring the naming rights to the RDS’s main arena…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Eight new firms get seed capital from AIBAIB SAID yesterday it has supported eight new businesses with seed capital so far this year and is 17 per cent ahead of its target…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
