Today at 05:24:02 - BORD BIA is poised to bring Irish food and drink to a worldwide audience in the days before and after St Patrick's Day.

Today at 05:24:02 - IBEC has significantly brightened its forecasts for Irish economic recovery, saying that the country is beginning to pull out of recession faster than expected.

13/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - TAOISEACH Brian Cowen was urged yesterday to retain food in the remit of the Department of Agriculture.

13/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - COMPANIES are increasingly opting to outsource key business functions in order to save on costs, increase productivity levels and add value to their business.

13/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - NAMA board members are to receive higher fees for their work than originally planned, it was confirmed yesterday.

Today at 09:09:01 - Cross-border postal services have been criticised by a UK-based consumer watchdog.

Today at 08:39:01 - The employers group, IBEC, has said that Ireland is beginning to emerge from recession.

Today at 08:39:01 - Food group Aryzta has reported revenues of ?800.9m for the six months to the end of January, down 7.4%.

12/03/2010 at 18:26:05 - The property developer Johnny Ronan has announced that he is to take a break from his business activities.

12/03/2010 at 16:11:30 - It has been confirmed that NAMA board members are to receive higher fees than previously announced.

12/03/2010 at 15:46:22 - The latest list of tax settlements has been published by Revenue, showing that seven cases exceeded ?1m.

12/03/2010 at 14:47:53 - A group of farmers who have concerns about the possible transfer of Glanbia plc's Irish operations to Glanbia Co-op has contacted the Irish Stock Exchange.

Today at 08:40:09 - CTK Debts of households with banks have grown eight times since 2000, reaching CZK 973.5 billion at the end of last year, the Czech Statistical Office announced Friday.

Today at 08:40:09 - CTK Czech banks spent CZK 71 billion on state bonds last year, but this year they are more cautious and put off state bond purchases, weekly Euro reports in its latest issue out today.

Today at 08:40:09 - CTK Consumption of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the country fell by 9.3% year-on-year to 50,000 tonnes last year, the first drop since 2000, representatives of the EPS Association CR said at a p ...

Today at 08:40:09 - CTK Building societies provided loans worth CZK 8.3 billion in January and February this year, a year-on-year growth of 5%.

14/03/2010 at 01:40:03 - CTK Czech farmers saw their profit fall by two-thirds to CZK 3.17bn last year, according to preliminary results the Czech Statistical Office made public Thursday.

Today at 09:10:03 - Estonian small businessman Kaido Peiker whose companies were owed money, among others, by Baltika and Glaskek said he was ready to declare a hunger strike while in their office if it helped to convinc ...

12/03/2010 at 13:46:24 - Swedish car equipment producer Autoliv is confident that it will succeed in increasing its holding in its listed Estonian seatbelt maker Norma to over 90%, writes news2biz. "Professional investors hav ...

12/03/2010 at 13:32:10 - Estonia's gross domestic product fell by 14.1% to 215 billion kroons in current prices, the statistical office Eesti Statistika reported.

12/03/2010 at 13:28:34 - NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc, today announced that it had acquired the outstanding 6,97 percent minority stake in NASDAQ OMX Tallinn from Gild Holdings AS. This marks the final ...

12/03/2010 at 13:24:27 - Latvia's trade deficit was the widest in five months in January as the recession damped demand and exports fell. Bloomberg quoted Statistics Latvia saying that the shortfall totaled 76.8 million lats, ...

Today at 01:24:01 - 2008-07-07 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish refiner Preem said on Monday it planned to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a non-edible forestry industry waste product, in the face of criticism ab ...

Today at 01:24:01 - 2008-10-14 - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.

Today at 01:24:01 - 2008-29-08 Sweden's PA Resources has agreed to buy a 26.8 percent stake in two Danish oil exploration licences from Shell for an undisclosed sum.

Today at 01:24:01 - 2008-10-02 - The head of Ford Motor Co's Volvo unit on Thursday ruled out building cars in the United States "in the foreseeable future" despite painful exchange rates that have pressured its results ...

Today at 01:24:01 - 2008-10-10 - The Swedish arm of Icelandic bank Kaupthing has more than enough liquid assets to cover deposits and would pay back savers' money plus the interest due, a spokesman for the bank said on ...

Today at 01:12:00 - A business group has claimed the economy is beginning to pull out of a deep recession.Related StoriesComputer giant Hewlett Packard creates 60 jobsSky call centre to create 550 jobsDarling set to reve ...

Today at 01:12:00 - Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to lead a major Irish trade mission in California to push Ireland's new smart economy.Related StoriesComputer giant Hewlett Packard creates 60 jobsSky call centre to create 55 ...

13/03/2010 at 01:15:35 - Arntz Belting Company workers in Londonderry will today hear what package their union representatives have been able to secure for them as the factory prepares to close after 42 years in the city. Re ...

13/03/2010 at 01:00:43 - Jobs gloom descended on Northern Ireland again yesterday as drinks company Britvic announced it was to lay off workers in Belfast and Omagh. Related StoriesBrokers’ gloom the silver lining for ...

12/03/2010 at 11:21:14 - If Mark Bolland can do half as well at M&S as he has done at Morrisons, he might even be worth the egregious sum of money the retailer had to cough up to get him to sign on the bottom line. Relat ...

Today at 00:34:15 - O2 and Vodafone are considering legal action that might delay the auction of radio spectrum intended to increase the availability of internet access on mobile phones

14/03/2010 at 23:27:36 - The world's third-largest container shipping line is seeking capital from outside investors to tackle a liquidity crisis

14/03/2010 at 23:00:48 - The rival bidders for General Growth Properties, the bankrupt owner of some of the most high-profile shopping malls in the US, are seeking financial support from sovereign wealth funds in the Middle E ...

14/03/2010 at 20:10:35 - Corporate bond markets had one of their busiest week in six months as companies in southern Europe joined the rush to issue corporate debt although the Greek debt crisis drew higher interest rates.

14/03/2010 at 19:33:44 - The German premium carmaker is joining other industrialists in using short-term workers and external service groups in an effort to cope with future demand shocks, a move likely to put it on a collisi ...

14/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - European fuel oil, used mainly as shipping fuel, traded close to the lowest in more than eight months on Friday as Russia increases exports.

14/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - PhosAgro, Russia's largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, said Friday that it agreed on a $1.5 billion three-year supply deal with India to compete with North American producers.

14/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - Putin said Russia was pursuing technical military cooperation with India that included joint work on a next-generation fighter jet.

14/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - Novatek, the country's second-largest gas producer, reported a 13.7 percent year-on-year rise in its 2009 full-year net profits Friday, beating analysts' estimates on the back of rising output and pri ...

14/03/2010 at 22:00:00 - Troika Dialog is "ready to exit" AvtoVAZ and book a profit on its 25 percent stake in the struggling carmaker, Troika chairman Ruben Vardanyan said in an interview.

14/03/2010 at 10:22:00 - The recall of around 216,000 Toyota cars in Germany will cost the company around ?13 million and is expected to reduce new sales in the country by around 20 percent.

12/03/2010 at 14:57:00 - The Swedish energy group Vattenfall said on Friday it will sell its German high-tension power grid to Belgium's Elia and Australian investment fund IFM for ?810 million ($1.1 billion).

12/03/2010 at 11:53:00 - German carmaker Volkswagen is reportedly aiming to offer electric vehicles for the booming Chinese market within the next three years.

09/03/2010 at 11:30:00 - German logistics giant Deutsche Post said Tuesday that it swung back into the black last year, following a massive 2008 loss, and was in good shape for 2010.

09/03/2010 at 10:21:00 - Germany and France are moving to curb or even ban the use of certain financial derivatives in the wake of the Greek debt crisis, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported Tuesday.

13/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - THE LATEST scandal to hit Northern Ireland Water has left public confidence in shreds the Consumer Council said yesterday.

13/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - Aer Lingus is still on course to grow its services at Belfast International Airport, the airline's commercial director said yesterday.

13/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - Business and community leaders in Londonderry were urged yesterday to strengthen their support for the city's bid to become UK Capital of Culture in 2013.

12/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - AFTER 40 years in production, one of Northern Ireland's leading brands, Tyrone Crystal, announced yesterday it was to close with the loss of 31 jobs.

12/03/2010 at 01:00:00 - INWARD investment will remain a crucial tool in developing the economy of Northern Ireland, First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness said yesterda

12/03/2010 at 17:56:00 - Like tea and biscuits, different but complimentary. Russia and India stand at the heart of the BRICs, the emerging markets that investors love to love.

12/03/2010 at 17:33:00 - This week saw the start of Russia's cash for cars programme, aimed at boosting local carmakers and offering car owners the chance to upgrade cheaply.

12/03/2010 at 17:21:00 - Novatek, Russia's largest independent natural gas producer, has posted a FY 2009 Net Profit of 26 billion Roubles under IFRS.

12/03/2010 at 12:39:00 - Russia's budget deficit in January and February reached $6.6 billion, according to the Finance Ministry. The government hopes to limit the annual deficit to about 7% in 2010 and fill the gap between i ...

11/03/2010 at 12:30:00 - Prime Minister Putin's New Delhi visit comes as Russia and India are looking to double bilateral trade, and boost the private sector's role in it.

12/03/2010 at 16:00:00 - The Croatian Society of Innovators "SIGMA" has launched a new product, the CBNet - Croatian Business Network.

12/03/2010 at 15:00:00 - Zeljko Zderic, the head of Croatian construction company Konstruktor, believes three Croatian construction companies have a chance to get a highway construction contract in Montenegro worth 2.77 billi ...

12/03/2010 at 09:00:00 - The Cemex Building Awards annual international competition that recognizes outstanding construction work has begun and will remain open until 10 April in Croatia.

11/03/2010 at 16:00:00 - The organizer, Split student Marija Kupresanin, came up with the idea after a discussion with her colleagues at the www.forum.hr fashion group.

11/03/2010 at 15:00:00 - Foreign experts say it will soon be an ideal time to invest in Croatia because they believe the Croatian economy will decline drastically in the coming months.

12/03/2010 at 15:32:14 - Italy: Public transport workers hold general strike (12/03/2010 - 12:50:09)

11/03/2010 at 19:24:19 - Italy: Police seize Parmalat founder's hidden yacht (11/03/2010 - 16:53:02)

11/03/2010 at 17:23:19 - Serbia: Ministers diverge on steps for recovery (11/03/2010 - 16:30:41)

10/03/2010 at 15:12:06 - Italy: Economy shows signs of recovery (10/03/2010 - 13:58:45)

05/03/2010 at 20:22:32 - Italy: Two more arrests in public works graft probe (05/03/2010 - 19:13:36)

05/03/2010 at 06:17:34 - Serbia: European Bank approves €200mln high-tech loan (04/03/2010 - 19:18:31)

02/03/2010 at 17:52:39 - Italy: Fastweb founder denies role in moneylaundering scam (02/03/2010 - 17:16:56)

12/03/2010 at 15:02:39 - Germany prepared to expel defaulting countries from the Euro, as massive regional debts revealed in Spain

11/03/2010 at 14:39:43 - Unemployment remains the biggest concern of the Spanish people

11/03/2010 at 13:54:13 - A fall in new property sales was more than offset by a jump in the sale of resale property

10/03/2010 at 21:07:38 - Recent cases of Britons finding their homes illegal don't appear to have had much effect back in the U.K.

10/03/2010 at 15:06:01 - Minister for Tax and the Economy, Elena Salgado, has no private pension plan

10/03/2010 at 08:01:12 - There is confusion on whether the company plans to charge Search Engines for bandwidth use

09/03/2010 at 14:42:37 - Airbus moves into a loss over problems with the A400M

12/03/2010 at 13:34:27 - In Business News this week: recession fears banished by surprise statistics; Czech vehicle production rises in 2009; Volkswagen seeks to curb Skoda competition; foreign investment falls, but less tha ...

05/03/2010 at 13:55:57 - In this week's Business News: a depressing crop of figures for Czech agriculture; genetic starch potato seen making debut on Czech soil; PPP tender winner announced; Ryanair stirs up controversy with ...

26/02/2010 at 13:32:18 - In this week's Business News: Brussels probes Czech Airlines loan, CEZ sets record profit but warns over outlook, car maker Hyundai gears up for expansion, Prague struggles to make mark on real estate ...

25/02/2010 at 15:58:10 - Built at the end of the 1980s to host communist party gatherings, Prague's Congress Centre was the pride of the communist leadership. However, within years of building it, the communists lost power a ...

24/02/2010 at 15:19:30 - Public transport around the Czech Republic will grind to a halt in the early hours of Monday as the country's trade unions go on strike. They will protest against higher taxation of employee benefits ...

12/03/2010 at 11:06:52 - Applications are being accepted until the end of April for a master's degree course in international and European security studies offered by the University of Geneva - entirely in English. The progra ...

12/03/2010 at 09:51:03 - Swiss rugby heads into cup format this weekend with a number of fixtures featuring sides from A and B divisions. A rusty Hermance, second in the A league, face Lausanne club Albaladajo on Saturday, wh ...

12/03/2010 at 07:30:56 - Switzerland's central bank raises its economic growth outlook for the country to 1.5 percent for 2010, although the prediction remains lower than forecasts from some other financial experts. Analysts ...

11/03/2010 at 17:00:38 - A federal regulator orders Swisscom to roll back prices for leased lines and Ethernet services offered to other providers, with retroactive reductions ranging up to 30 percent going back to 2007. The ...

11/03/2010 at 09:42:35 - A resolution put before the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council by a group of African and Arab states indirectly slams Switzerland for its ban on the construction of minarets. It says Mus ...

12/03/2010 at 07:59:52 - \"The new Europeans are incredibly hungry; desperate, unintelligible, violent, non-law abiding, disrespectful and don\'t deserve to be called Europeans.\" That sounds like an outcry from an old Europe ...

10/03/2010 at 06:24:50 - Last Thursday a U.S. congressional panel approved a resolution declaring, what it called, the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians genocide. The U.S. foreign affairs committee endorsed the resolution with ...

09/03/2010 at 06:42:07 - The headline is very clear as clear is the blood in the streets of the city Jos in the Nigerian south. More than 200 dead after a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked the Christian community. The po ...

05/03/2010 at 08:14:09 - Both internationnaly and domestically, the socio-political fabric of past decades is unravelling. The fact that it is NATO\'s policy which generated the fall of the Dutch government is a sign of crumb ...

04/03/2010 at 07:34:47 - An odd provocation this week in the European Parliament from Nigel Farage, the leader of the UKIP group - the Euro-sceptics - is the reasons for some thoughts about the way the Members of the European ...

12/03/2010 at 02:00:00 - "Management of Hungarian telecoms group Magyar Telekom have on Thursday confirmed market rumours that the company intends to enter the energy market as a service provider. Although MTel's primary mean ...

11/03/2010 at 04:00:00 - @Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 4.0% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to raw data and decreased by 4.1%, according to figures adjusted for calendar effects, the ...

11/03/2010 at 03:00:00 - "Hungary would still be on the verge of sovereign default if it was not for the IMF credit, said Zsigmond Járai, former Governor of the central bank (NBH). He also told a conference in Budapest on Tue ...

10/03/2010 at 04:00:00 - "The surprise jump in Hungary's inflation to 6.4% in January has made a deep impression on analysts and, as a consequence, they now project the country's inflation path to be considerably higher in 20 ...

10/03/2010 at 02:00:00 - "Just as the province declares clean water technology a priority, one local plant in the industry is shutting its doors. Operations at the Burlington plant of what was once known as Zenon Environmenta ...

11/03/2010 at 09:44:00 - The inflation rate doubled in February to 1.2 percent on January's figure as household mortgage interest payments no longer had a dampening effect, a new report from Statistics Sweden shows.

08/03/2010 at 10:41:00 - Carl-Henric Svanberg, the former CEO of Swedish telecom firm Ericsson, has been paid 6.8 million kronor ($960 million) for accrued holiday that he was unable to take.

08/03/2010 at 09:58:00 - The number of business failures in Sweden declined in February by 21 percent, continuing the positive trend of the last few months, a new report shows.

05/03/2010 at 14:28:00 - Canadian-born actor Michael J Fox is to receive an honorary doctorate from Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet in recognition of his work with Parkinson's disease.

04/03/2010 at 11:15:00 - Stefan Ingves, the head of the Swedish Riksbank, has called on parliament to look over the existing financial regulatory framework - and do so expediently. He indicated also that base rate rises will ...

11/03/2010 at 09:41:00 - The fact that watchmaking giant Swatch handily outperformed its competitors last year amid a disastrous export market is no surprise, says one industry insider.

10/03/2010 at 08:31:46 - Empty office and retail space may soon become a feature of many Swiss cities unless the pace of construction slows, a real estate report has warned.

09/03/2010 at 08:07:41 - One year after succumbing to international pressure over tax evasion, the Swiss financial sector stands at a crossroads as it tries to pick a path out of the wreckage.

05/03/2010 at 08:11:00 - A UBS decision to pay out SFr2.9 billion ($2.7 billion) in bonuses has not only sparked criticism outside the bank, but also left some employees feeling cheated.

04/03/2010 at 21:32:00 - In the latest twist to its long-running dispute with Switzerland, Libya has announced a "total trade boycott".

10/03/2010 at 13:29:34 - Norwegian customers of Danske Bank are taking the financial institution to court over the loss of 80 percent of their investments

09/03/2010 at 08:39:51 - Although Arla management is proud of its tradition of being owned by its dairy farmers, it is in desperate need of more working capital

01/03/2010 at 09:51:39 - Consumer Ombudsman is keeping a closer eye on shops and stores accused of selling out on special offers

24/02/2010 at 09:47:42 - State coffers lose out on almost 50 billion kroner as private sector job losses affect tax revenue

24/02/2010 at 09:41:06 - Competition Authority recommends widespread changes in the pharmacy system to improve service and wages

23/02/2010 at 11:23:47 - Recent economic problems for Parken Sport & Entertainment have resulted in its long-time chairman stepping down

13/10/2009 at 17:04:58 - France's utility operators Gaz de France and Dalkia are interested in the forthcoming privatisation of Sofia's steam heating company "Toplofikatsiya", minister of industry Traicho Traikov said Tuesday ...

12/10/2009 at 11:14:57 - Bulgaria's economy will contract by 2% next year compared to a 6.3% contraction this year, finance minister Simeon Djankov said as quoted by the media on Monday.

08/09/2009 at 19:10:58 - Bulgaria's budget deficit contracted to leva (BGN) 105 million in August from BGN 565 million in July due to belt-tightening measures enforced by the new government, finance minister Simeon Djankov sa ...

03/09/2009 at 11:00:50 - Bulgaria's minister of finance Simeon Djankov expects the country to emerge from the economic crisis next April and is planning to cut its 20% flat-rate value added tax (VAT) to 16% between 2011 and 2 ...

02/09/2009 at 10:20:36 - Bulgaria expects to reverse current recession and be back to economic growth in 2011, a finance ministry forecast said Wednesday.

Today at 09:20:09 - KBW downgrades HSBC and Morgan Stanley overweight in Halfords and Pearson

Today at 09:20:09 - Ingenious Media reviewing surplus cash position, Gulf Keystone raises £16 million for Iraq drilling programme and DTZ sees £70 million cost savings.

Today at 07:54:14 - The number of homeowners selling their properties rose to an 18-month high in March and Chinese premier insists the renminbi is not unvervalued.

Today at 07:50:09 - China's CNOOC to take a 50% stake in Argentina's Bridas and Halfords out of the race to buy Hobbycraft.

14/03/2010 at 01:01:00 - The best short and long term savings rates, and a guide to payday loans.

Today at 08:14:53 - European stocks are likely to open on a subdued note Monday amid caution ahead of the U.S Fed's Tuesday's meeting, which will give an idea as to where the U.S. interest rate is heading to.

Today at 07:41:12 - The past week's retail sales report stood testimony to the U.S. consumers' resilience, who braved inclement weather and thronged shops to make purchases. Consumer spending is now expected to make a so ...

Today at 06:34:18 - Manufacturing and metal-forming global leader Bharat Forge Ltd., and India's biggest power-generation company public sector National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., or NTPC, laid the foundation on Sun ...

Today at 04:20:03 - Sunday, beleaguered insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is reportedly set to pay about $46 million in retention bonuses on Monday to current and former employees, while also holding back ...

13/03/2010 at 01:20:03 - British oil giant BP PLC (BP) is set to acquire oil assets from U.S.-based independent oil and gas producer Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) in a deal worth up to $6 billion, according to reports Wednesday. D ...