Monday 20 May 2013
Workers at the North's plant of Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier were yesterday toasting a £4.8bn (€5.9bn) order from Vistajet for 142 business aircraft.
The Belfast factory makes a number of components for the aircraft that have been ordered, including 25 Global 5000 jets and 25 Global 6000 jets. The order is the largest ever in Bombardier's history.
John Grayken, the fourth richest man in Ireland, is under pressure to appoint an heir to his €25bn Texas-based private equity giant, Lone Star.
Recent moves by financial markets are truly extraordinary.
Exploration firm Petroceltic postponed listing on the main stockmarkets in Ireland and the UK because of delays with a deal in Algeria.
John Grayken, the fourth richest man in Ireland, is under pressure to appoint an heir to his €25bn Texas-based private equity giant, Lone Star.
Recent moves by financial markets are truly extraordinary.
Exploration firm Petroceltic postponed listing on the main stockmarkets in Ireland and the UK because of delays with a deal in Algeria.
Actor Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.
TODAY
President Obama apparently has his own Hollywood-inspired aspirations. According to a nugget buried in a New York Times story on Thursday, Obama has been telling aides that he is tempted to pull a "Bulworth" – that is to make like Warren Beatty's liberal senator character in the 1998 movie of the same name by going rogue and saying exactly what is on his mind regardless of the political fallout.
THE former preparatory school of former Miss World Rosanna Davison and her father Chris De Burgh, the oldest in the country, is beset by financial difficulties amid fears about its future, the Sunday Independent has learnt.
When Carey Mulligan ditched the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of her screen role in The Great Gatsby in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues of the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it seemed like a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed he doesn't mind living his life in the public eye.
JANE Given and her footballer husband, Shay, were famous for raising funds for charity.
The Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg has said the show feels stronger than ever, as the sixth series ended on US screens.
Alesha Dixon proved a hit with the male contestants in this week's Britain's Got Talent auditions.
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