Daily Archives: May 9, 2010

Stock market crash on the 05.05.2010

The contrarian: Was it a Cyber Attack? For a little under 30 minutes today, the New York Stock Exchange became the center of the Twilight Zone. During that period, roughly between 2:28 PM and 3:00 PM EDST, the Dow Jones … Continue reading

Washington’s War With Wall St

Washington’s War With Wall St. to Blame for Panic Selling, Scott Bleier Says Posted May 07, 2010 02:06pm EDT by Peter Gorenstein in Investing, Banking, Politics Traders, exchanges and regulators are still trying to figure out what prompted Thursday’s near … Continue reading

Banking sector feels the pain as EU exacts retribution

ThePost.ie 09 May 2010  Be careful what you wish for. The Irish government’s fondness for the term ‘systemic importance’ in convincing the European Commission to approve its massive bailouts of individual banks has threatened to haunt it in recent weeks. The … Continue reading

The price for fixing the euro zone is sovereignty!

  Sunday May 09 2010 T HE crisis in the eurozone is reaching its endgame. Today in Brussels Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan joins his European counterparts to hammer out a deal that will — if it is detailed, comprehensive … Continue reading

Department of Agriculture and Food

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Government-run canteens operating in Government buildings in his Department and its agencies; the number of commercially-run cafes or restaurants operating in … Continue reading

Liz McManus on reductions in Pay for the university sector

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour) Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to pay reductions in the university sector, if she will agree to make an exemption for European Commission funded researchers in view of … Continue reading

personal indebtedness and its consequences

Joe Behan TD (Wicklow, Independent) At the outset, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the important matter of personal indebtedness and its consequences for our country. I was prompted to raise … Continue reading