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Staff information notice at Aer Lingus outlines tough medicine for cabin crew

10 March 2010 16:21

Aer Lingus today issued a staff information notice outlining its radical plans for cabin crew in the wake of their rejection of the company's cost reduction programme. Read full article .

VIDEO: Brown links his fate to UK recovery

10 March 2010 16:01

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says economy will remain bumpy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to meet French Prime Minister, Barclays Plc looking to buy American bank Read full article .

VIDEO: Greeks protest austerity measures

10 March 2010 15:50

Rubbish collecters have thrown their hats into the ring of striking workers demonstrating against the government's planned austerity measures. Read full article .

UK's Standard Life 2009 profit beats forecasts

10 March 2010 14:20

British insurer Standard Life Plc beat expectations with a 1.5 percent slip in 2009 operating profit, thanks to a boost from hedging and other strategies for reducing risks on its book of existing business. Read full article .

DAA given authority to operate Terminal 2

10 March 2010 13:58

The Dublin Airport Authority has been given the job of running the new Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, according to this story on RTE. Read full article .

LIFE SCIENCES: Novartis takes option on Transgene cancer vaccine

10 March 2010 12:45

Novartis has taken an exclusive option to develop Transgene's cancer vaccine TG4010, but the deal fell short of investors' hopes, pulling the shares in the French biotechnology company down 12 percent. Read full article .

Analysis: Ireland risks investor appeal with financial clean-up

10 March 2010 11:55

Ireland casts its drive to tighten up on banks and markets as the next leg of its economic recovery, but it risks more than most in the post-financial crisis pursuit of more aggressive regulation. Read full article .

Farmers welcome plan for co-op to purchase Glanbia's Irish business

10 March 2010 11:42

Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president John Bryan has welcomed the proposal by Glanbia Co-op to purchase the Irish business of Glanbia Plc. Read full article .


BA, American, Iberia offer EU antitrust concessions

10 March 2010 10:39

British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia have offered to cede a number of lucrative trans-Atlantic slots in an attempt to ease competition concerns and gain EU approval for their alliance. Read full article .

Britain's Northern Rock shrinks losses in 2009

10 March 2010 10:10

Nationalised mortgage lender Northern Rock's headline losses shrank in 2009, helped by rising net interest income and lower loan losses in the second half, though it said loan writedowns would stay high in 2010. Read full article .


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