Business / Finance


Belfast Telegraph, 11.03.10 15:37 UTC

Call to simplify energy bills

Electricity suppliers in Northern Ireland could be forced to simplify their bills if they do not make them easier to understand, an energy watchdog has said. Quotes and invoices sent to the 57,000 ...

Belfast Telegraph, 11.03.10 15:37 UTC

Plan to create up to 215,000 jobs

Business experts tasked with turning the country into an innovation hub have claimed high-tech firms could create up to 215,000 jobs over the next decade. Innovation Ireland has unveiled a series of ...


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11.03.10 15:37 UTC

EQT makes new stock offering

EQT Corp. has priced a new public offering of its common stock at $44 a share. The natural gas producer and distributor is releasing 12.5 million shares to raise money to accelerate development of ...


Times Online Sport, 11.03.10 15:36 UTC

Revenue drops Portsmouth legal challenge

HM Revenue and Customs have announced they have dropped their challenge to the validity of Portsmouth's appointment of an administrator. More to follow.


Seattle Times, 11.03.10 15:35 UTC

Sarkozy, Merkel propose clampdown on speculators

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for a clampdown on the type of speculative trading that exacerbated Greece's debt crisis and undermined the euro in recent weeks.


Huffington Post, 11.03.10 15:34 UTC

Steven Cohen: Finding the Cash for Sustainable Energy

In order to develop a green and sustainable economy, we need efficient and non-fossil fuel based energy production and consumption systems. A number of technological innovations are needed before we ...


Daily Mail, 11.03.10 15:34 UTC

John Lewis staff rewarded with eight week wage bonus after profits surge 10%

John Lewis staff are to be rewarded with bonuses worth nearly eight weeks wages after profits jumped at the department store group. The firm, which also owns Waitrose supermarkets, posted a 9.7 per ...


Belfast Telegraph, 11.03.10 15:11 UTC

Warning over economic development

Northern Ireland's Finance Minister Sammy Wilson used a keynote speech in the Republic to warn that his government has not done enough to develop its economy. The DUP representative told an ...


BBC Business, 11.03.10 15:11 UTC

US trade deficit in surprise fall

The US trade deficit fell unexpectedly in January, following a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars.


BBC Business, 11.03.10 15:11 UTC

HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft

About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen by a former employee, the company has admitted.