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Good news for stores as parade signals a return to normality

The recent Apprentice Boys parade through Londonderry’s city centre may have again raised the bar of expectation in the city.

Inside North West Business

Eastern promise opens many doors

Monday, 18 August 2008

The eyes of the world are on China at the moment, especially after that astonishing opening ceremony at the Olympics.

Airport investment to be welcomed as a recipe for success

Monday, 4 August 2008

It's probably obvious to all passengers who use City of Derry airport that its growth in terms of passenger numbers has far outstripped investment in facilities.

Government must back Ilex’s call for regeneration plan

Monday, 28 July 2008

The development of abandoned military sites in Derry will not be delayed due to a call by the Ilex chairman for a new, overarching regeneration plan.

City's social fabric wripped out as last post plays at factory

Monday, 16 June 2008

The rearguard action against the destruction of the mass manufacturing shirt industry in the North West finally ended last week, when Glenaden Shirts closed its doors in Derry and went into administration.

Keeping the balance right as we build for future prosperity

Monday, 9 June 2008

Two new plans by developers are attracting serious attention in the North West, especially as they come against the backdrop of a slump in the construction industry.

In pictures: Doing the business

  • Paul Doherty, Managing Director of Urban Art with Des Gartland, Manager of Invest NI's North West Regional Office.
  • At the launch of PricewaterhouseCooper's seminar programme are from left, Gerard Finnegan, from PwC's Derry office, Martin O'Hanlon, Dungannon and John Hannaway from PwC Belfast.
  • Former Miss Northern Ireland and Miss UK, Lucy Evangelista welcomes the news that Chilli's Grill & Bar at Victoria Square will open its first restaurant in Northern Ireland on August 28. The restaurant seats 250 guests, serves authentic Southwest American cuisine and features Northern Ireland's first Margarita bar.

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Columnist Comments

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• View From Dublin: Give us serenity to see out economic turmoil

The famous prayer attributed to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr asks for the serenity to accept the things one cannot change, and the courage to change the things one can. Shrewdly, Dr Niebuhr also asked for the wisdom to know the difference.

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• Executive decisions vital to safeguard NI Water’s future

NORTHERN Ireland Water (NIW) is too important as a public utility to be a shuttlecock between uncertain political direction and aggressive regulatory intervention.

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• View From London: A spoonful of Reaganism can help the inflation medicine to go down

Two weeks ago we learned that retail sales in the UK fell 3.9% in June and that Tim Besley, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, voted at the last committee meeting for an interest rate increase. This combination is rather intriguing.

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