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Ireland is facing 'a lost decade' due to private debt
THE Government is too focused on the question of public debt when it needs to concentrate on private indebtedness, according to a leading economist.
Desmond increases shareholding in INM
BILLIONAIRE investor Dermot Desmond has raised his stake in Independent News & Media, according to a stock-exchange filing issued last night. Mr Desmond's investment vehicle IIU Nominees said it had increased its stake in the publisher of this newspaper from 4.54pc to 5.75pc. IIU now owns 31.6 million shares in the company, according to yesterday's filing.
NAMA takes over control of 'landbank' site with €90m debt
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has moved against developer David Agar, taking control of a "land-bank" development site with debts of €90m.
Viridian's wind-farm assets put up for sale
Irish wind-farm assets belonging to energy firm Viridian have been formally put up for sale by the company's Bahrain owner, Arcapita. They could fetch as much as €200m.
Devey firm is facing liquidation
A company at the heart of hotel and nursing home developer Terry Devey's business empire is facing liquidation.
BoI shares soar by 15pc in investor rush
SHARES in Bank of Ireland soared another 15pc yesterday -- putting them up more than 80pc for the year to date -- as institutional investors piled into the PLC.
Troika paper will extend to the wider restructuring of Irish banks
THE "technical paper" being worked on by officials from the EC/ECB/IMF bailout team extends to the wider restructuring of the Irish banking system and not just ways to lower the cost of Anglo Irish Bank's €30bn bailout.
Jobs take a hit as activity across the services sector shrinks again
ACTIVITY in the services sector shrank in January, for the second month running.
Video: Brokers woo Facebook staff in hope of sharing stock bonanza
BROKERS and other money managers have begun to descend on Facebook's Dublin staff in the hope of getting their hands on some of the fortunes that will be doled out to employees if they sell their shares.
Quinn family argues Anglo should be deprived of loan security
They allege transactions were for illegally propping up share price
Inside Irish
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- Services sector down in January
- 'No' vote on EU fiscal pact would be 'devastating for Irish economy'
- Tesco to spend tens of millions on massive new store
- Anglo 'shovelled' €2.3bn at Quinn as share price fell, court hears
- Ryanair's passenger plan doesn't stack up: Deloitte
- Pharma giant could shed Irish jobs
- Vodafone Ireland pays €60m dividend to parent firm
- Round one goes to McKillen in NAMA case
- Government forks out €230,000 for advice on sale of Irish Life division
- Popular Spice Burger saved as Walsh firm is taken over
- DAA is refunding €1.5m to 30 airlines under growth deal
- Readymix notches €13m losses
- Irish bonds outperform state debt issued in rest of eurozone
- Bank of Ireland takes €1.1m from airport's deposits
- State 'not involved' in firm's life insurance deal with AIB
- Alkermes reports strong Q3 results
- Exchequer Returns up after corporation tax boost
- Cork-Swansea ferry service closes with the loss of 78 jobs
- Central Bank slashes growth forecasts
- Manufacturing declines despite world recovery
- Brendan Keenan: Fiscal treaty's complex rules may prove the only way to play
- NAMA poised to take over part of Agar's real estate empire
- Arup Ireland wins €1bn hospital job
- Bertie's old haunt one of three hotels taken from McNamara
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