Monday 20 May 2013
British defence giant BAE Systems has won a contract with South Korea to upgrade more than 130 F-16 fighter aircraft.
The firm said it was not in a position to confirm the value of the contract.
However, there have been reports that it could be worth more than $1bn, with the bulk of that going to BAE.
The upgrade of the avionics and electronic systems will take place in the United States over the next decade.
AN inch-and-a-half tall plastic toy has become one of the hottest tickets in town, fetching hundreds of pounds on eBay.
Nearly half of businesses in Northern Ireland and the Republic are contracting, fighting for survival or in the process of winding up, according to a new survey.
The high level of debtors over 90 days goes some way to explaining why cash flow is consistently ranked as a significant challenge that respondents are reporting as having an impact on their business.
A CO DOWN boatbuilder is celebrating new export success to the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic's jobs minister Richard Bruton has said that Ireland "makes no apology" for the low tax regime that encourages multi-national corporations like Google to locate their European headquarters there.
A well-known Belfast nightspot has gone on the market with a price tag of £300,000.
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