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In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, a for sale sign stands in front of a bank-owned home in Las Vegas. Las Vegas was second to Stockton, Calif., which was first, with 9.5 percent of all housing units receiving a foreclosure filing in 2008....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Dan Kitwood, pool))Cameron tells EU leaders to end euro 'tinkering' and slams financial transaction tax as 'madness'
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron attends a meeting with healthcare representatives at 10 Downing Street in London,Wednesday April 13, 2011. Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold talks in Paris later in the day about the military operation in Libya, along with both countries' defense chiefs. The talks come amid a public rift between with the U.S. over the NATO-led Libya campaign, which has failed to rout Moammar Gadhafi's forces after three weeks of airstrikes....Full Story

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Best things in life may be free but not when it comes to Ministers and their advisers
| MARY MINIHAN | THE GOVERNMENT parties, when in opposition, railed against the Fianna Fáil/Green administration's spending of Euro4.4 million of public money on a bloated coterie of highly paid special advisers. | While there was no specific programme for government pl...Full Story
Fitch says Irish bond swap good news but risks loom
| SIMON CARSWELL, Finance Correspondent | THE GOVERNMENT'S Euro3.5 billion bond swap this week was "an encouraging sign" but the timing and cost of the State returning to the markets remains uncertain, ratings agency Fitch has said. | Ireland faced a new risk of a downg...Full Story
Is austerity the best policy?
| In a letter to 'The Irish Times' last week, 60 prominent figures in public life argued that the current programme is not working. Are they right? FIONA REDDAN canvasses opinion at home, and DEREK SCALLY asks some experts at the World Economic Forum, in DavosALAN BARRE...Full Story
Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier
| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He said he meant only that he wanted an end to the internal co...Full Story
Alkermes diabetes drug wins FDA approval
Boston Business Journal by Rodney H. Brown, Masshightech.com Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:07pm EST - Last Modified: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:19pm EST Related: , Related News |     Latest from The Business Journals (Nasdaq: ALKS) and its California part...Full Story
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Fri 27 Jan 2012
State 'should defer' Anglo payments
Irish Times | SIMON CARSWELL, Finance Correspondent | The Government should ask the European Central Bank to consider allowing Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, to avoid repaying emergency funding to the Irish Central Bank until the e...
Sean Quinn's eastern European empire in Belfast High Court
BBC News Sean Quinn will face another significant court date in March at a hearing into his eastern European business empire. | Belfast High Court has set aside two days for the case, which involves ventures in Russia and Ukraine. | Mr Quinn, once Ireland's r...
Bank union criticises RBS chief Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus
BBC News A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has come under attack from a union representing workers in one of Northern Ireland's main banks. | RBS, is 82%-owned by UK taxpayers, and is the parent company of Ulste...
Dog About Town: Toasting the Seagoville Animal Shelter and more activities this weekend
The Dallas Morning News | Helping Paws of North Texas is hosting a party Sunday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Seagoville Animal Shelter being a no-kill facility. The festivities, from 3 to 7 p.m., are on Dog Day at Lee Harvey’s, so leashes are optional for wel...
Investec gets Irish wealth footprint with Neontar buy
Citywire | Investec Plc has entered into a share purchase agreement that could see it gain majority interest in Irish wealth and finance firm Neontar, which owns NCB Group. | Investec has offered €4.35 million (around £3.6 million) for the shares plus t...
Unified Communications Provider SimpleSignal Hires Industry Veteran Ron Ireland to Head Finance and Business Development
Yahoo Daily News | SimpleSignal, a California-based comapny specializing in Unified Communications and Collaboration, announces the hiring of former GLOBALINX Vice President of Channel Development Ron Ireland. Ron will join SimpleSignal to guide financial operations ...
Investec moves into Irish wealth space with Neontar deal
Citywire | Investec Plc has entered into a share purchase agreement that could see it gain majority interest in Irish wealth and finance firm Neontar, which owns NCB Group. | Investec has offered €4.35 million (around £3.6 million) for the shares plus t...
Investec buys Ireland's NCB
Independent online Investec has acquired Irish securities group NCB, the South African financial group said on Friday. | Terms of the deal were not disclosed. | Dublin-based NCB, which employs 120 people, has around 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of private client fu...
Investec to acquire stockbroker NCB
Irish Times | CIARA O'BRIEN | International asset manager Investec has agreed to buy financial services group NCB in a deal that could be worth up to Euro32 million. | The purchase price is based on a current estimate of net asset value of Euro28 million. | Inve...
Boosting Irish entrepreneurs
Irish Times 12Baby steps: InterTradeIreland facilitates enterprises with its competitionLisa ODonoghue, Brendan Butler of the ITI board and Joseph Leen | INTERTRADEIRELAND: INTERTRADEIRELAND'S SEEDCORN competition has grown to become the island's biggest busines...
Romney tax returns detail funds not included in ethics forms
The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington— Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romney's 2010 tax returns — including a now-closed Swiss bank account and other funds located overseas — were not explicitly disclosed in the personal financial stat...
Milking the markets
Irish Times | SUZANNE LYNCH | AGRI-FOOD SECTOR: AMID THE SEEMINGLY endless narrative of economic pessimism, one economic sector is bucking the trend. Ireland's agri-food sector is thriving. Once dismissed as a sunset industry, the Irish food and drink industry i...
Twitter founder backs Irish firm
Irish Times | JOHN COLLINS | TWITTER CO-FOUNDER Biz Stone has emerged as one of the investors who are backing Irish software start-up Intercom to the tune of $1 million (Euro760,000). | Intercom chief executive Eoghan McCabe announced the funding from high-profi...
VRT rates deemed unfair
Irish Times | STEVEN CARROLL | THE GOVERNMENT has been ordered to modify how the Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) is applied to some vehicles, as the existing levels do not comply with European Union law. | The European Commission yesterday said it was concerned t...
German parties united on need for compact
Irish Times | STEPHEN COLLINS, Political Editor | AGREEMENT ON a fiscal compact across the European Union is regarded as a necessity by all political parties in Germany, according to Alex White, chairman of the Oireachtas finance committee. | Speaking after a me...
Andrew Hastings, CEO, Barclays Bank Ireland Hastings battles to grow bank's business
Irish Times Simon Carswell | Finance Correspondent   | FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Andrew Hastings, CEO, Barclays Bank Ireland | ANDREW HASTINGS is a rare specimen in corporate Ireland. He is a bank chief with more deposits than loans, few bad debts to cure, eyeing new le...
'I want to be part of the recovery'
Irish Times | It's true that young people are leaving in droves but for some, staying in Ireland to help repair the damage to our economy is a realistic option - and it's important that their voices are heard, writes TARA CUNNINGHAM  | TO A FINANCE graduate in a...
Thu 26 Jan 2012
Alkermes to Host Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012
Business Wire | DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EST (1:30 p.m. GMT) on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, to discuss the company’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Management will review t...
Romney tax returns detail funds not identified in ethics forms
The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington -- — | Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romney’s 2010 tax returns – including a now-closed Swiss bank account and other funds located overseas – were not explicitly disclosed in the personal fi...
Romney tax returns detail funds not identified in ethics forms
Chicago Tribune Reporting from Washington -- — | Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romney’s 2010 tax returns – including a now-closed Swiss bank account and funds located in overseas tax havens – were not explicitly disclosed in the per...
Portugal under pressure, but default unlikely
CNN Ben Rooney @CNNMoneyMarkets January 26, 2012: 2:26 PM ET | Portugal's borrowing costs have risen sharply as investors worry that a default by Greece could set a precedent for other struggling eurozone economies. | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Portugal has ...
Studiocanal Corals U.K. and Irish Rights To ‘Charlie Casanova’
The Hollywood Reporter share The movie stars Emmett J. Scanlan who is in the race to be this year’s Irish Film and TV Academy’s rising star. | LONDON – Terry McMahon's movie Charlie Casanova, featuring Emmett J. Scanlan who is in the running to win this ...
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