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Govt to announce €7m science research investment
Almost €7 million in funding for 62 early stage scientific research projects is to be announced by the Government. The funding is being targeted at projects which may have a commercial benefit with further development. The investment is being made as part of Science Foundation Ireland's Technology Innovation Development Award programme. It is also being carried out in collaboration ...
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Ohio rape investigation grand jury resumes work
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An eastern Ohio grand jury is resuming its examination of whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players.The panel in Steubenville was scheduled to start up Thursday after a three-week break while investigators went back to analyzing evidence and interviewing witnesses.The grand jury had met just three days before the ...
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Tectonic Plate Shift for Markets on Fed Fears
U.S. Federal Reserve may withdraw its bond buying sooner than expected, with one analyst calling this a seismic shift of tectonic plates for the ...
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US Core Market Still Under Pressure SABMiller CEO
Alan Clarke, CEO of SABMiller, comments on full-year earnings and says that most markets are growing except the U.S. core market which remains under ...
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Nissan to recall 841000 vehicles due to steering wheel glitch
7201.T ) will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on ...
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Local tourism gets boost with latest air links
*** Local Caption *** NO UNITED KINGDOM" title="EXCLUSIVE: **STRICTLY NO WEB OR ONLINE USAGE/NO MAIL ONLINE/THE SUN/ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS/NY DAILIES**Rock Star Bono of the music group "U2" and wife Bono with his wife Alison "Ali" Hewson were in attendance at Yankee Stadium for the graduation of their daughter Eve Hewson from New York University. Bono was kind ...
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The world’s wealthy ‘could be hiding €707 billion in Ireland’
THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST people could have over EUR700 billion hidden from international tax authorities - keeping it shielded in Irish financial institutions. That's according to Oxfam Ireland, which has warned that the new focus on corporate tax avoidance should not distract from the methods used by wealthy individuals to avoid income tax payments. The charity says wealthy ...
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Switching from scandals Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
A cameraman films activists wearing orange jumpsuits as they mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, ...
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Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh -; A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh, the committee head said ...
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Women In Business Catching Up On Old Boys Club
Hephzibah Anderson - 23 May 2013 FORGET the old boys' club. Groups like the Brazen Hussies, Power Bitches and SLUTS - aka Successful Ladies Under Tremendous Stress - are where today's hot deals are being brokered and they're strictly ...
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Overhaul of Flickr ads up to raft of changes for advertisers
23 May 2013 Yahoo's announcement that it will overhaul photo sharing service Flickr will have ramifications for advertisers on its website. The internet giant has planned sweeping reforms for Flickr in an attempt to entice more users over to the platform, which has faced stiff competition from rival Instagram but still has about 89 million ...
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IMF urges Britain to speed up economic recovery
IMF expressed concern that a new government programme to boost the housing sector might simply push up prices and called for a "clear strategy" on returning ...
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Women might earn less than men in US but handle their debts better
Mitch Lipka - 23 May 2013 When it comes to managing credit, American women have a slight edge over men, according to a study of credit reports by the credit report ...
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EasyJet eyes up business market with flexible fares
EasyJet is making a bid for the corporate market. The budget carrier, which is already popular with tourists, is expanding its product range with new tickets that allow passengers to change their flights up until two hours before their scheduled ...
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Ryanair plans flights to Israel after open sky deal
John Mulligan - 23 May 2013 Ryanair is furthering plans for its first flights to Israel after the government there recently inked an open skies ...
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Lagarde to be questioned in €285m state payout case
Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate today over her role in a EUR285m arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president ...
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Italians cant afford meat as they see savings dwindle away
Gavin Jones, Naomi O'Leary and Roberto Landucci - 23 May 2013 Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and ...
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Merkel tops Forbes powerful women list for third year in row
Paul Wright - 23 May 2013 ANGELA Merkel has topped the 'Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women list for the third year running, beating the likes of Dilma ...
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EU to push for faster integration of power as competition heats up
European Union leaders are set to urge faster integration of the bloc's power and natural-gas markets to lower energy prices as the US shale-gas revolution widens ...
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Samsung and LG forced into a rethink on high-end TVs
LG Electronics are reworking their strategies for high-end TVs after spending billions of dollars on a new display technology that is behind schedule and costs almost $10,000 (EUR7,760) a ...
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Strong investor interest in North wind energy bond
23 May 2013 Dublin tech investor BVP has reported strong interest in its new wind energy bond, which invests in the Northern Irish wind ...
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Cutting economic stimulus would harm recovery – Bernanke
"A premature tightening of monetary policy could lead interest rates to rise temporarily but would also carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery and causing inflation to fall further," Bernanke said yesterday in testimony prepared for a hearing at the Joint Economic Committee ...
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Pandora shares fall as Prometheus sells 10pc stake
23 May 2013 Shares in Pandora, the Danish maker behind the eponymous bracelets and charms, fell by the most in 15 months yesterday after its majority shareholder capitalised on the stock's strength by selling a 10pc ...
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Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Woman praised for distracting attack suspects in London
horrific attack that left a U.K. soldier dead on the streets of London could have been worse, were it not for the actions of a 48-year-old single mom, the ...
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