Should I cash in pension and use rent instead?PERSONAL FINANCE: Your queries answeredMon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Pensions 'hole' at top firms of €24bn last yearTHE PENSIONS “hole” at Ireland’s top indigenous companies was €24 billion at the end of last year, according to a new study published…Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Google Ireland's revenues jump 28% to €10.9 billionTHE DIGITAL economy is booming, according to results for Google’s Irish business, which show a 28 per cent increase in sales…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Pension reform 'should be widened'EMPLOYERS HAVE called for pension reform to be extended to current members of the public sector, not just new entrantsThu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Elan to move primary listing to New York Stock ExchangeIRISH BIOTECH group Elan has announced plans to switch its primary listing to the United States.Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Personal finance: your queries answeredI don’t need a pension, do I have to take it?Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Personal finance: your queries answeredHigh price of transferring Vodafone sharesMon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
Bard pays €43.8m to buy ClearStreamIRISH MEDICAL devices business ClearStream Technologies has agreed a £43Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
Charity fundraising up 24% last year despite recessionIRISH CHARITIES are managing to increase fundraising despite the recession, according to a new study published yesterdayFri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
GSK wants to move plants off energy gridPHARMACEUTICALS GIANT GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is looking to move its manufacturing operations off the electricity grid in an effort…Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Pfizer set to invest $200m in its Dublin plantPHARMA GIANT Pfizer is investing a further $200 million at its Grange Castle plant in Dublin.Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Alkermes moves corporate HQ to DublinBIOPHARMA GROUP Alkermes has established its new Irish corporate base following a merger with Elan Drug technologies.Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Irish pension funds lose billions in three-year lowBILLIONS WERE wiped off the value of Irish pension funds in August as they recorded their worst monthly performance in close …Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Drumm still facing huge debts as Anglo objects to bankruptcy dischargeEFFORTS BY former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm to walk away from debts of nearly $12 million to his former employer…Thu Sept 01 2011 - 01:00
Restructured mortgages: how they are made up, Q&AFigures published by the Central Bank on Monday showed that over 55,000 homeowners were more than three months behind in their…Wed Aug 31 2011 - 01:00
EU needs to shift focus from bailouts to fiscal unionHow do we move closer to fiscal union while retaining enough independence?Mon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00
Alimentary Health in alliance to develop medicinal productsCORK-BASED BIOTECH group Alimentary Health has joined forces with Czech pharma business Norgine to develop medicinal products…Fri Aug 26 2011 - 01:00
No clarity yet on exactly how mortgage forgiveness would workANALYSIS: THE MOST recently available figures from the Central Bank note almost 50,000 mortgages were in arrears for more than…Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Euro zone lacks strong leadership as it flags at coreBUSINESS OPINION: The common currency area acts like a collective in policy turmoilMon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Judge rejects case that Elan misled marketINVESTORS IN Elan have failed in a US court action alleging the company misled the market about prospects for its two key drugs…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
New Amarin heart drug to be assessedIRISH DRUG development company Amarin has agreed with the US Food and Drug Administration the design of a test to assess whether…Thu Aug 11 2011 - 01:00
Irish pension funds fail to reverse lossesLOSSES AT Irish pension funds mounted in July, with all the main managed fund providers reporting negative growth.Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
My understanding is that the universal social charge does not applyWho decides if I can pay mortgage fortnightly?Mon Aug 01 2011 - 01:00
Pension funds lost 2.1% in JuneA SECOND successive month of losses has pushed Irish pension funds into negative territory for the year to date.Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
US sleep therapy group buys Irish start-up BiancaMedUS SLEEP therapy group ResMed has acquired Irish start-up BiancaMed in a multimillion euro cash deal.Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
US firm acquires Irish start-upUS sleep therapy group ResMed has acquired Irish start-up BiancaMed in a multi-million euro cash deal.Wed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
Buy-to-let makes up 25% of all property borrowingBUY-TO-LET mortgages account for almost a quarter of all property borrowing by households in Ireland, with the bulk of such lending…Wed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Schuh sale the right fit for Irish staffAROUND 300 Irish staff at shoe retailer Schuh are in line for a significant windfall after the company was sold.Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
BioMarin to buy Pfizer plant in CorkUS BIOPHARMA company BioMarin will take over Pfizer’s Shanbally plant in Cork in a $50 million deal that will create up to 200…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Kenny says Government has made 'good start' on economyTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny last night stressed his determination to “sort out” the economy when he addressed business lobby group Ibec…Thu Jun 23 2011 - 01:00
EBS subsidiary reports €6m loss as loan impairments trebleEBS BUILDING Society subsidiary Haven Mortgages has reported a €6 million loss for last year despite steps to improve margins…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Personal Finance: Your Queries AnsweredGetting an accurate fix on Rabodirect penaltiesMon Jun 06 2011 - 01:00
Amarin plans to expand capacity for manufacturing heart disease drugAMARIN, THE Dublin-based clinical stage drug development company, has announced plans to significantly expand manufacturing capacity…Sat Jun 04 2011 - 01:00
Ibec says 46% of members think pension levy will cut benefitsGOVERNMENT PLANS to introduce a pensions levy will mean lower benefits for members and a cut in income for retired private sector…Sat Jun 04 2011 - 01:00
Fund manager seeking tax on “deemed disposal”PERSONAL FINANCE: Your queries answeredMon May 30 2011 - 01:00
The appliance of scienceANALYSIS : Elan’s move to to solely focus on science offers greater growth potentialFri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Attack on level of executive pensionsSHARP REDUCTIONS in the annual earnings limit for pensions and in the cap on overall pension funds would help achieve greater…Thu May 26 2011 - 01:00
Elan buys 24% of US drug companyELAN HAS spent $20 million acquiring 24 per cent of a US drug discovery company just weeks after disposing of its drug technology…Thu May 26 2011 - 01:00
Pension levy based on gombeen economicsANALYSIS : This retrospective – and supposedly temporary – tax is an unenlightened attack on easy targetsMon May 23 2011 - 01:00
Consultants warn pension levy may close schemesTHE PENSION levy being introduced to fund the Government’s jobs programme will hasten the closure of final salary pension schemes…Mon May 23 2011 - 01:00
Proposal could see pension costs rise by 50%INCREASES OF as much as 50 per cent in the cost of pensions are proposed under a consultation paper produced by Government officials…Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Merrion Pharmaceuticals chief executive John Lynch resignsTHE CHIEF executive of Merrion Pharmaceuticals resigned suddenly yesterday.Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
