Business
The middle classes bear the brunt of crippling hikes in cost of living
The real cost of living is rising much, much faster than official figures suggest, writes Nick Webb. The Sunday Independent/IIB Homeloans Cost of Living Index reveals who is being squeezed hardest and who can keep spending like there’s no tomorrow
Where are they now: Gemma Hussey
GEMMA Hussey will turn 70 in six weeks. The one-time bete noire of Ireland's teachers will celebrate with seven grandchildren. That is, if the Minister for Education of the Eighties has time.
Irish banks to cash in on US rescue package
AIB, Bank of Ireland and Anglo Irish Bank could be set to shovel up hundreds of millions of euro from the US $700bn bail-out fund, which is still being thrashed out in Washington.
Desmond takes profit from his speedy Curanum punt
WHILE stockmarkets have crashed over the last year, wily financier Dermot Desmond appears to have made a multi-million euro profit buying and selling shares in listed German healthcare outfit Curanum AG.
