Daily Archives: January 12, 2011

EU finance ministers to discuss raising of EFSF ceiling

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Reuters has the story that European finance ministers are preparing to discuss an increase in the funding ceiling of the EFSF, and a widening of its mandate, at next week’s eurogroup/ecofin meeting. It quotes two separate unnamed sources. One source … Continue reading →

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This is a crisis of the banking system, not the euro

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By: Philippe Legrain   European leaders need to face facts: their strategy for tackling the crisis sweeping through the eurozone is failing dismally. Far from preventing contagion, it is spreading it. It is aggravating, not alleviating, Europe’s debt problems. It … Continue reading →

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Gormely and the Greens on Cowens Golf outing with Sean

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Look at Gormely try to waffle his way out of a hopeless position he and his Green Party have as much creditability as Fianna Fail .He has gotten so used to his fine suites and high life he will put … Continue reading →

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Irish consumer confidence falls

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Irish consumer confidence fell in December to its lowest level in almost two years as the government prepared to raise taxes and cut spending after accepting an international aid package. The consumer sentiment index declined to 44.4 from 48.4 in … Continue reading →

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The National Roads Authority is seeking to take court action

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The National Roads Authority has said it is seeking to take court action against a number of road toll operators for failing to reduce toll charges. In a statement, it said there was a commercial disagreement between the National Roads … Continue reading →

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Why Facebook Is Such a Crucial Friend for Goldman

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By PETER LATTMAN Goldman Sachs and Facebook have friended each other. In investing $450 million in the social networking giant, Goldman has established itself as the leading candidate to win the lucrative and prestigious assignment of Facebook’s initial public offering, … Continue reading →

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New home completion figures

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New home completion figures for 2010 indicate little change to the oversupply of empty property namawinelake | January 12, 2011 at 8:38 am | Categories: Irish Property, NAMA | URL: http://wp.me/pNlCf-VL The stock of empty property available for sale in … Continue reading →

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China on the March(2)

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Gerald Celente : the Chinese are taking over , now they are going to bailout Spain Ireland Portugal you name it , you think they are doing it because they are nice people ?!?! they are going to control the … Continue reading →

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The Greens again

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What can I say to this crap? By Simon McGuinness of Irish Times “If they get the “Economic Treason” legislation onto the statute books and it is watertight enough to enable senior FF members to be jailed for a very … Continue reading →

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