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
Business
Irish Network elects new board members
HOBOKEN, NJ - Irish Network USA has announced the election of new board members to serve on the national board and lead the organization's efforts ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Noonan eyes U.S. with concern
That the economic health of Ireland is heavily dependent on economic conditions in the U.S. is a given. So it is hardly surprising that the Irish g...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Irish jobless rate ticks up
The number of unemployed in Ireland rose by 1500 in July, this according to the latest figures from the Irish government's Central Statistics offic...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Ross eyes other Irish investments
New York-based billionaire Wilbur Ross will be casting his eye over other Irish-based investment opportunities, this after his company took a near ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Bank of here, there, and everywhere
It will still be called the Bank of Ireland, but there will be a lot less of Ireland in the management, control and financial underpinning of what ...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Irish growth heading down
Ireland's Central Bank has lowered its economic forecast for this year and is predicting that the Republic's economy will grow by just 0.8 per cent...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Tips from Bertie, for a big tip
There was once a Celtic Tiger and how Ireland got to be striped and clawed is the subject of a lecture being delivered just about anywhere in the w...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff