Business
Philanthropy boosted by global Irish tribe
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September 28, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
More power to the private sector
[caption id="attachment_66951" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Pat Rabbitte outside the Dáil last week."][/caption] The Irish government w...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
More visitors to Ireland
Well, something's working right. The number of vacationers visiting Ireland between April and June of this rose by 240,000 over the same period in ...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
From cloud to cloud
A recent thunderstorm unleashed a lightning strike that resulted in power outages at Irish data centers belonging to both Microsoft and Amazon. The...
September 22, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Irish government could ditch Aer Lingus stake
The Irish government looks as if it might be putting its 25 percent stake in Aer Lingus on the market. Successive governments have retained the qua...
September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Talk Talk goes walk walk
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September 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Ireland at bottom, but comeback ahead
[caption id="attachment_66690" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Michael Noonan."][/caption] It can only get better. That is the latest asse...
September 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
End of the road(s)
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September 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
55,000 home loans in arrears: Central Bank
Central Bank figures published Monday show 55,763 home loans, or 7.2 per cent of all mortgages, were in arrears for more than 90 days at the end of...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Ulster Bank revises forecasts
The Irish economy is set to return to growth this year, Ulster Bank said today, but it cut its forecasts as the global outlook deteriorated, the Ir...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Bachman wants Irish jobs back
US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has said she wants 10,000 jobs created in Ireland by American multinationals to be brought back to the U...
August 31, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
A sweet smell of success at Lily O'Brien's
As part of the "Profiles of Entrepreneurs" series, I recently talked with Cathal Queally, owner of Lily O'Brien's Chocolate Café in Manhattan. Prem...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff