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Round up: Aer Lingus increases passengers
Passenger numbers rise in August but long haul decreases

Round up: BA to reassess business model
A fall in passenger numbers has prompted British Airways to consider concentrating more on leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Jamaica and the Maldives.

Round up: C&C buys Tennants
C&C buys lager brand from ABI

Round up: Commission on Taxation reports
The Commission on Taxation has recommended the introduction of a new annual property tax, a carbon tax, and domestic water charges in its report on the Irish taxation system.

Round up: EBay to sell Skype
Online merchant will sell its 65% stake in Skype for over $2bn to a group of private investors.

Round up: Eircom revenues drop
Quarterly results show falling revenues and earnings

Round up: Honohan named Central Bank governor
Patrick Honohan, the noted Trinity professor, has been named as the new Central Bank governor, taking over from John Hurley on September 25th, 2009.

Round up: IL&P fined by regulator
Irish Life and Permanent has been fined €600,000 by the Financial Regulator for a breach of reporting requirements

Round up: Irish mortgage lenders borrow less from ECB
€61.4bn was borrowed by lenders from the ECB by the end of July, a reduction from €72.2bn in the month before

Round up: Kraft bids for Cadbury
Large US multinational Kraft Foods has made a £10.2bn takeover bid for British confectionary group Cadbury.

Round up: Merrion records a €2.3m loss
Irish-listed pharma posts loss in the first half of 2009 despite a large growth in revenues.

Round up: NOW Ireland to hold conference
Speakers at the National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland will include European Commissioner for Energy, Andreas Piebalgs and the Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan.

Round up: O'Brien's Digicel sued by rival
Denis O'Brien's Digicel mobile communications company, operating in the Caribbean, is being sued by rival LIME/Cable Wireless for overcharging.

Round up: Orange and T-Mobile to merge UK ops
Orange and T-Mobile are to merge their operations in the UK, which will make the combined entity the leading force in the mobile phone market.

Round up: Recession hits graduate programs
Corporate Ireland is putting a stop to graduate programs, with many companies cancelling their annual trainee recruitment.

Round up: Royal Bank of Scotland reports on Irish interest
Ulster Bank received about €1.1bn in investment from parent since February 2009

Round up: Ryanair considers West Midlands expansion
The Irish low-fares carrier will consider expanding its base at East Midlands airport in the UK following Easyjet's announcement that it is pulling out of the location.

Round up: Schering-Plough found guilty in tax case
US healthcare and pharmaceutical multinational Schering-Plough has been found guilty in a court case involving a $473m (€322.8m) tax charge on funds generated in Ireland.

Round up: Sisk plans further redundancies
The largest construction firm in Ireland is to make redundant one-third of its work force over the next three years.

Round up: Teva to shed 300 Waterford jobs
Phasing out of pharmaceutical plant will begin in the first quarter of 2010

Round up: Vincent Browne sponsorship under scrutiny
TV3's sponsorship deal with Bank of Scotland Ireland (BoSI) is in danger of contravening the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's (BCI) rules regarding advertising.

Round up: Youtube strikes deal with songwriters
Youtube has agreed a licensing deal with UK songwriters that will see thousands of music videos return to the site, after a bitter nine month battle.


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