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By STEPHEN BERNARD and IEVA M. AUGSTUMS Stock futures are slumping ahead of a key monthly unemployment report. Investors are awaiting the Labor Department's June unemployment figures. Economists expect the nation's jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent last month from 9.4 percent in May. That would mark a 26-year high. The rate is seen as a key barometer in the... [read full story]
By Niamh Hennessy Tuesday, November 24, 2009 IRELAND is no longer one of the most attractive locations worldwide for investment as economic recovery takes longer than other locations. Research from Ernst & Young showed Ireland...
By Niamh Hennessy Tuesday, November 24, 2009 THE McMullan brothers, owners of the Maxol oil company, were paid€1.7 million in dividends last year, despite pre-tax profits at the company plunging 74% to €3.5m. Noel, Malcolm and...
I've been a Twitter user for almost two years now and I have always been impressed by the emergent behavior that has developed from simply giving people a text box with 140 character limit. Figure 3: Different conventions in...
LONDON (AFP) - The dollar slid against the euro on Monday on concerns that US authorities may prolong emergency stimulus measures, helping push the price of gold to a record high above 1,170 dollars, analysts said.
