Interviews & Features
The Interview & Features section of the current issue of Business & Finance contains the following stories. Click on one to read the full article.
Cover story: US economy
The US economy has been hit badly by the ‘great recession'. What are the prospects for a sustainable recovery, asks John Walsh.
Cover story: US economy - Brian Ruane
John Walsh hears where America is at from the banker's perspective
Cover story: US economy - Duncan Niederauer
John Walsh gets the perspective of a top stockbroker
Cover story: US economy - Michael Brewster
The managing director of Credit Suisse Securities, North America gives John Walsh his assessment.
Cover Story: US Multinationals
Ireland's economic health depends on retaining the American firms we have and attracting some new ones, writes Fearghal O'Connor.
Cover Story: US Multinationals - the tax issue
Ireland must make its case strongly in the US, hears Fearghal O'Connor
Hedge funds
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) advocates a way of regulating hedge funds which minimises risks to the financial system, writes Olwyn Alexander of the PwC hedge funds practice in Dublin.
Know your economists: the new gurus?
When we seek guidance in modern secular Ireland, we turn to economists as our new saints and prophets. Patrick Freyne presents a guide to the new gurus of our times.
Nama: should we pull the plug?
Establishing Nama is fraught with difficulty and some even suggest scrapping it in favour of the UK alternative, says Fearghal O'Connor.
Orbis charity
John Walsh talks to Dr Maurice Cox about fighting blindness in Ethiopia and how the downturn is having a big impact on charities.
Profile: Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin is one of the few politicians who may come out of the current situation in a positive light, writes Sarah Gilmartin.
Salary Capping
The debate about capping the enormous salaries of those in the top echelons of the Irish banks and the public service is only starting to heat up, Sarah Gilmartin reports.
