Fighting to keep secrecy on payIt is an old maxim that one should only bet money on the stock market that one can afford to loseSat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Internecine strife dulls ISME haloIt's sad really to see that most thrusting of lobby groups, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME), shunning…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Lenders win in interest rate cutJust when you thought it was safe to take out your fixed rate, mortgage rates are set to come down once againSat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Borrowers on AIB's boardAs always with the remuneration figures for AIB's executive directors, it is the lion's share of the cake siphoned off by the…Sat Apr 03 1999 - 01:00
O'Rourke loses her `A' teamPicture, if you will, a high-profile minister who asks the board of a major State company to step down to allow her to appoint…Sat Mar 27 1999 - 00:00
Keeping a hold of mortgage customersDid you hear the one about the never-ending mortgage? Well, a number of local authorities have, apparentlySat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
United battles for market supremacyThe Red Devils of Manchester United may have finally put Inter Milan away to qualify for the semi-finals of the European Champions…Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Cresson finally tries colleague's patienceInteresting times at the EU Commission.Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Critics quick to ignore local failingsSome of the peripheral reaction has been amusing in its own rightSat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Staff price themselves out of 2000 partyBritish hotel operator Hanover International plans to close its six hotels at New Year's after deciding millennium staff and …Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Euro cheers exit of `Red Oskar'At the end of another rough week for the euro, things finally began to look upSat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Social partners turn on ESRIIt's one thing to warn about the dangers of wage inflation on the putative Celtic Tiger but quite another to urge employers not…Sat Mar 06 1999 - 00:00
Liquidator hunts recalcitrant clientsAt last a breath of fresh air in the wake of the calamitous collapse of MMI StockbrokersSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Egg on the face of the smiling QuinnSo the halo has slipped a little over the smiling face of Feargal QuinnSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Euro faces period of growing painsNow that the champagne celebrations surrounding its birth are fading memories, the euro is facing a difficult period as it seeks…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Shareholders profit from Permanent boomIrish Permanent shareholders must feel the good times will never endSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Hibernian runs for coverInsurance is a competitive business where every company is looking for that little advantage to put it ahead of the posseSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Credit unions set to beat the banksLatest word is that the Irish Bankers' Federation will fail in its attempt to force the Government to treat credit unions like…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Eyeballing banks . . . and winningWould that all of us could rely on AIB, or indeed any other bank, to be as accommodating as the former appears to have been in…Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
AIB `marginally' beats €1bn barrierAs it ducks and weaves among the blows thrown by the setting up of the DIRT inquiry and the Haughey revelations, AIB must have…Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
French next to feel history's cold handHaving humiliated the Swiss and then put the scions of German banking through the wringer, the World Jewish Congress is now turning…Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
Golden Vale bids for share of the spotlightGolden Vale chief executive, Mr Jim Murphy must be wondering what he has to do to get the markets to take notice of smaller companies…Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
Imperial way of life earns a reprieveAmid the welter of directives and regulations from Brussels, it must be some consolation for Irish consumers, manufacturers and…Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Big Brother at the RevenueIt had to happen. The plethora of tribunals, past and present, have yet to result in any individual being forced to pay a price…Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Counting the cost of office partiesJust as you always suspected... the price of the Christmas office party can be highSat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
State banks parade their waresState banks laid their performances on the table this week for all to see as they manoeuvre for advantage in the great game of…Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Investors search for the golden eggRising disposable income allied with falling interest rates has engineered a boom for the investments marketSat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Staff pay price of iMac successApple's saviour, the iMac, will have lost some of its lustre this week for the workforce at the company's European manufacturing…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
Q & AI understood that when Ireland entered EMU we would no longer have to worry about paying banks for converting money from Irish…Fri Jan 15 1999 - 00:00
Questions & AnswersEuropean Monetary Union and the euroFrom January 1st, the Republic will undergo a fundamental change in economic and monetary…Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Questions & AnswersI am a retired public servant and, in common with other public service officers, when I retired four years ago, I received a …Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Questions And AnswersI have a query re social welfare pensions and would like some advice about my entitlementsFri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Questions And AnswersI appear to have lost a share certificate relating to shares I own in Irish PermanentFri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
Q & AI sold a property in Dublin in September 1991. The purchaser's solicitors paid £30,000 to the tax office for capital gainsFri Oct 09 1998 - 01:00
Questions & AnswersI am interested in investing in government stocks but am not au fait with the different categoriesFri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Questions And AnswersI am an old-age pensioner trying to make sense of my entitlements as a result of the PRSI payments I have made down through the…Fri Sept 25 1998 - 01:00
Questions And AnswersI have a cheap loan of £40,000 at 3 per cent interest which was borrowed to purchase a house three years agoFri Sept 18 1998 - 01:00
Questions & AnswersI was very interested in the response to a recent question about the tax position on a British pensionFri Sept 11 1998 - 01:00
