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Second bank warns of hike in mortgage rates
KBC has become the second bank to warn that new personal insolvency rules could trigger an increase in mortgage interest rates paid by its customers.
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22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Fears petrol could hit ?2-a-litre as price at pumps breaks ?1.60
THE cost of petrol has smashed through the €1.60 a litre mark and is heading towards €1.70 in some stations -- with fears that the €2 barrier will soon be breached.
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22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Mortgage hike threat to cushion bank debt
THOUSANDS of homeowners face higher mortgage repayments because of new personal insolvency rules, it emerged last night.
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21 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
All homes to pay for water use by 2015
THE Government has promised to draw up a detailed plan for installing water meters in homes and creating a single water company by the end of April.
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15 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Global Business & Finance
Alibaba offers ?1.2bn to take Alibaba.com private
JACK MA?S Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group has offered around $2.5 billion (?1.9 billion) to take its Hong Kong-listed Alibaba.comunit private, stressing the move was unrelate... Read more
22 Feb 12 18:40 © Irish Times
'Sunday Times' apologises to ex-CEO of Hibernia Foods
THE SUNDAY Timesnewspaper apologised before the High Court to former Hibernia Foods chairman and chief executive Oliver Murphy over an article which, he claimed, wrongly said he wa... Read more
22 Feb 12 18:40 © Irish Times
Inside Track: Q&A
Senator Mary Ann O?Brien, Founder of Lily O?Brien?s and co-founder of the Jack Jill foundation
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22 Feb 12 00:19 © Irish Times
Irish Business & Finance
No Greek-style deal for 'on-track' plan Ireland
THE EU's top economics official, Olli Rehn, ruled out Greek-style discounts for Irish debt, insisting that the Irish economy is bouncing back to health under the bailout programme.... Read more
22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Vote of confidence to clear way for thousands more jobs
ANOTHER 500 hi-tech jobs will be announced within weeks in a further vote of confidence for the economy after yesterday's announcement of 1,000 positions at PayPal.
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22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Triumph for most influential woman in business here
WITH almost 3,000 people set to be employed directly by PayPal and many more jobs being supported indirectly, Louise Phelan is now arguably the single most influential woman workin... Read more
22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Regulators fear 'chaos' if credit unions rush to merge
Weaker branches seek to join with financially robust lenders
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22 Feb 12 05:00 © independent.ie
Govt signs trade agreements with China
The government signed two agreements with Chinese officials in Dublin Castle on Sunday evening aimed at improving trade and business links between the two nations.
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20 Feb 12 10:09 © businessandfinance.ie
Exports suffer December slump
There was an decrease in exports in the month of December, according to provisional figures released today by the Central Statistics Office.
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15 Feb 12 11:33 © businessandfinance.ie
Mastercard to create 130 new Dublin jobs
Mastercard Worldwide is to create 130 new technology jobs with the expansion of its Dublin headquarters.
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15 Feb 12 10:48 © businessandfinance.ie
Moody's cut EU ratings and outlook for UK
Credit rating's agency Moody's have downgraded the rating of Italy, Spain and Portugal and placed the UK and France on a negative outlook, threatening their Triple A status. Read more
14 Feb 12 11:17 © businessandfinance.ie
