Compiled by Laura Slattery.
Quote of the Week . . .
"Michael O'Leary has sought to 'take out' his closest competitor and he has failed. He is now lashing out in a vain attempt to disguise that failure."
- Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion
"There's always a silver lining to every grey cloud."
- Michael O'Leary rues the European Commission's decision to block Ryanair's bid for Aer Lingus, but is given a warm feeling by the thought that Aer Lingus pilots who bought shares in the airline to prevent the takeover are "now nursing large losses".
€100 millionTotal value of awards given by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board since it was set up in 2004.
€3,425The price in euro that Wall Street bankers, private equity executives and hedge fund managers paid for an "intimate" dinner with Hillary Clinton and Warren Buffett on Tuesday, only to hear Mr Buffett tell them that they should be paying more tax.
135,000Number of people employed in Ireland by multinational firms, according to IDA Ireland's annual report.
94,970The number of ultra-high net worth individuals in the world, defined by Merrill Lynch as people with assets of more than $30 million (€22.2 million). The super-rich are getting richer faster than the 9.5 million people who merely have assets of $1 million.
Good Week . . .
John MagnierThe Irish bloodstock supremo sold his €30 million-plus stake in Devro, a Scottish company that makes sausage skins and, together with JP McManus, Dermot Desmond and Denis Brosnan, forked out about €250 million for Chrysalis Radio.
The BBCOverseas sales of its critically acclaimed hits Doctor Who, Life on Mars and Planet Earth have helped its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, to record profits of £111 million, up 24 per cent.
Bad Week . . .
C&CPremium glass-with-ice cider goes better with packed puddle-free beer gardens than it does with dark umbrella-strewn pubs, according to traders, who say the wet weather may hit sales of its Magners and Bulmers brands.
GreencoreThe Irish food company will be making an estimated 10 million fewer sandwiches after it lost a contract with Starbucks' UK chain of 530 outlets.
