Hi °C | Lo °C Raising a toast to revolutionary King
Just when we thought the green shoots of recovery had wilted, been clamped in a silo and turned to silage, the one and only Mervyn King steps forward to sprinkle his magic dust over the UK economy.
Jobs joy has set stage for the G8
You can tell it's going to be a big announcement when the combined journalist, security and civil servant gathering generates something of a party atmosphere.
Working breakfast is food for thought
Early mornings are apparently when the most efficient and effective work gets done, or so I was told as a lackadaisical teenager with a penchant to lie-ins.
Silver lining among the cloud of economic data
IT'S that time of the month when business desks like ours get bombarded with lots of data.
What happens after the gold rush is over
Henry Kelly used to tell us to go for gold but today you could be forgiven for thinking you missed that boat.
We might have to bear this market for a while
It's said that trying to find the bottom of a bear market is a fool's game. But, when you've experienced one of the most prolonged periods of economic contraction in a lifetime, you need to do something to wash away the pessimism.
An unspectacular Budget ... but one that works for us
As the dust starts to settle on Budget day, there's time to reflect on how Chancellor George Osborne's hour in the spotlight will really affect us in Northern Ireland.
Leave emotions aside to learn a lesson in reality
The subject of integrated education can, understandably, be an emotional one which attracts plenty of debate.
Belfast plant should shrug off the drop in earnings
While the news of a drop in earnings for Bombardier might come as something of a shock, the results aren't a great worry.
Lies, damned lies and statistics
The trouble with data is that by the time you get to make sense of it, it's out of date. That means any economic data is reflecting a historical point.
Weaker pound 'signals strength for economy'
The pound in your pocket is getting metaphorically lighter. In a strange twist of fate the value of sterling and the success of Northern Ireland companies is being both helped and hindered by the German economy, one which is has shaken off the last vestiges of recession and is now bristling along in fifth gear.
Barclays cull a chilling reminder of recession
On the subject of jobs, the news of 3,700 posts going at Barclays is a chilling reminder that the difficult days of recession are far from over.
From hard rocker to hard seller
Sometimes its hard to get excited about business dinners but sometimes, just sometimes, the guest speaker can add a frisson of intrigue.
Malone on rocky road to Virgin Media buyout
Apparently US billionaire John Malone is in talks to buy Richard Branson's cable company Virgin Media.
No fuelling motorists, taxes are real culprit
If you believe what the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is saying then we shouldn't be complaining when it comes to filling up with fuel.
Pound's fall not helping fight against fuel rises
As one who is forced to fill up the car with fuel far too often than I'd like, the price of crude oil has quietly climbed to a four-and-a-half month high, according to a learned statistician.
Why we need a vision to lift the dark clouds
Northern Ireland needs to embrace entrepreneurial spirit and have a long-term vision to battle its way out of economic gloom, according to a leading international businessman.
£36bn for the economy? This could really work
Where to begin? The idea that there may be commercially viable quantities of crude oil within Northern Ireland's land territory holds so many possibilities that it's hard to know where to begin.
Referendum could throw baby out with bath water
Export, we keep saying until we're blue in the face, is the golden ticket that will take us soaring out of these recessionary times, the panacea to all our economic woes and the balm which will sooth our chapped banks.
HMV's brand value is music to buyers' ears
Good news for all fans of the High Street, of musical hardware and of nipping out for lunch and inadvertently coming back to the desk with the new album by a blind Malian couple who play gold-plated guitars.
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Limited edition gives boost to Lego
AN inch-and-a-half tall plastic toy has become one of the hottest tickets in town, fetching hundreds of pounds on eBay.
Half of firms battle for their survival
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.
'Cash flow remains big challenge'
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.
Co Down boatbuilder reels in export contract
A CO DOWN boatbuilder is celebrating new export success to the Republic of Ireland.
Republic will not apologise for low tax regime, says minister
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.
Pub gloom deepens as Belfast nightclub put on market for just £300,000
A well-known Belfast nightspot has gone on the market with a price tag of £300,000.
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