http://www.moneyireland.net Money Ireland - Budget - Banking - Credit - Finance - Price Comparison Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:40:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.moneyireland.net/financial-news/us-services-sector-accelerated-in-january-to-its-highest-level-in-a-year/ http://www.moneyireland.net/financial-news/us-services-sector-accelerated-in-january-to-its-highest-level-in-a-year/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:40:11 +0000 admin http://www.moneyireland.net/financial-news/us-services-sector-accelerated-in-january-to-its-highest-level-in-a-year/

Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at highest level since August 2007; Germany accelerated while Spain, Ireland and Greece fell

Broadening Eurozone recovery gathered pace in April; Growth of services rose to two-and-a-half year peak; Manufacturing at highest level since June 2006

Eurozone manufacturing growth in December accelerated and job creation rose to 10-year high

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US nonfarm payroll employment added 80,000 jobs in October; Revisions in August and September added 161,000 jobs

US added 120,000 jobs in November; Unemployment rate fell to 8.6%

US added 54,000 jobs in May; Broad measure of unemployment fell to 15.8%; 32.6% of unemployed out of work more than 1 year

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Markets News: Ryanair reports 20% rise in third-quarter net profit; Aer Lingus posts slight fall in October traffic

Markets News Thursday: Investors spooked by China lending curbs; Ryanair carried record 65m passengers in 2009 – - says third Aer Lingus bid unlikely

Markets News Thursday: Aer Lingus warns of lower 2011 profit; Lloyds Banking Group takes £1.14bn charge in respect of Irish operation

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Eurozone Big 3 – - Germany, France, Italy – - service sector growth higher in November as Spain saw further contraction

Eurozone service sector lost momentum in October; Strong growth in Germany/ France; Weak rises in Italy/ Ireland – - contraction in Spain

Eurozone Services PMI: France and Germany still leading recovery in May as Italy, Spain, and Ireland see limited growth

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Irish pension funds index fell 2.45% in 2011

Irish pension funds decline in July

Irish pension funds’ returns fell in January

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Irish services sector activity fell in March but at the slowest pace in the current 26-month period of decline

Eurozone services activity falls in December led by downturns in Italy and Spain; Germany and France rise

China’s services sector activity rose to a seven-month high in March; India services fell from February’s seventeen-month peak

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Friday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 25, 2011

Friday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 18, 2011

Friday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 11, 2011

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Irish Exchequer returns for January show tax receipts down 17.7% compared with January 2008

Irish Exchequer Returns 2011: Deficit of €24.9bn; Tax revenues €873m below target of €34.9bn; Interest on public debt at €5.4bn

Irish Exchequer Returns: Tax revenues end-July 1.4% above target; Debt servicing up year-on-year up €750m

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Vhi raises health insurance premiums to rise by 8%; Average spend per customer €900 – - double competitors’ costs; Medical procedures surge 73% in 5 years

VHI reports loss of €42m in 2009; Customer payments up 14% in year; Premiums will rise by at least 6% to 7% for the next 10 years

Vhi Healthcare announces health insurance premium hikes of 15%

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Irish Economy 2012: Davy sharply cuts economic forecasts as Eurozone faces a double-dip recession

Irish Economy 2012: IBEC says ECB rate cuts will boost household cash; GDP forecast cut to 0.9%

Irish Economy 2011: Central Bank says growth this year will only be seen in export sector; Consumer spending due to fall again

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Markets News Thursday: Deutsche Bank – - Germany’s biggest bank – - reports 17% increase in Q1 earnings with benefit of acquisitions

Spain’s jobless rate at end 2111 was 22.85%; Samsung reports record profits; Baltic Dry Index down 27 days in a row

Markets: UBS reports Q3 profit despite rogue trader loss; Deutsche Bank posts 37% fall in profits; Novartis to cut 2,000 jobs in Europe and US

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AIB Bank error in account classification results in overcharging on 40,000 accounts – - requiring average refunds of €100

UK economy grew by 0.5% in the first three months of 2011; Best net trade contribution since at least 1955

The number of Irish private health insurance subscribers falls by over 40,000 in 2009

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Recession has been a depression for US blue-collar workers

US unemployment rate fell to 10% in November compared to 4.9% at recession start in December 2007; Broad unemployment rate fell to 17.2%

General Electric chief urges empathy for Occupy Wall Street protests; New Yorkers overwhelmingly support movement

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Markets News Tuesday: Irish Life & Permanent issues restructuring document ahead of EGM; Lloyds prices rights issue; Shares fall following China slide

Irish Shares: Stock market capitalization at end 2010 was at 1997 level in current money values

Irish company launches Facebook booksharing app; Facebook’s "Like" button tracks users

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Thursday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 10, 2011

Thursday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 25, 2010

Thursday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 18, 2010

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Dr. Peter Morici: Friday’s US jobs report; Outlook darkens for economy, Obama

Dr Peter Morici: US jobs report will offer little evidence Washington’s policies lifting economy

Dr. Peter Morici: US jobs outlook hardly stellar; Recession watch

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US added 192,000 jobs in February – - 222,000 in private sector; Unemployment rate dipped to 8.9%

UK unemployed to 2.5m; 41,000 jobs added in private sector – - 111,000 lost in public sector

US added 431,000 jobs in May with 411,000 temps working on Census 2010; Private-sector job creation plunged to 41,000 after 218,000 jobs in April

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Irish Live Register 2011: Unemployment rate dips to 14.6% in April; 77,523 non-Irish nationals signing-on in month – - 18% of total

Irish Live Register: Unemployment rate in September down to 14.3%; Ratio of numbers in employment to claimants lowest since 1993

Irish Live Register: Slight fall in unemployment rate to 14.3% in December; Number of non-nationals at 76,220

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Markets: IBM appoints woman to lead the tech giant; Amazon reports profit slump in third quarter

IBM reports 30th consecutive quarter of earnings gains but tepid sales growth; Amazon.com sold more e-books than hardbacks in Q 2 2010

Microsoft’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit climbed 48%; Amazon’s earnings rose 45% on a 41% increase in sales

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Eurozone manufacturing slowed in August; Strong growth continued in Germany and France; Downturn in Greece deepened

Eurozone manufacturing rose to four-month high in November; Stronger growth in Germany/ France – - falls in Spain/ Greece

Eurozone manufacturing growth in December accelerated and job creation rose to 10-year high

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Wednesday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 09, 2011

Wednesday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 02, 2011

Wednesday Newspaper Review – Irish Business News and International Stories – - February 17, 2010

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Irish manufacturing slowed sharply in May; Growth of output/ new orders dipped; Export orders rose

Rebound in Irish manufacturing output in August despite decline in new orders

Irish Manufacturing: New orders rebounded in October while output increased slightly

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Chinese manufacturing grew at fastest pace in 8 months in November; Indian manufacturing posted strongest growth for 6 months

Chinese manufacturing continued to rise in March but at muted pace; Indian manufacturers reported substantial rise new business

Growth of Chinese and Indian manufacturing sectors gathered momentum in October

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US Consumer Confidence Index improved slightly in January

US Consumer Confidence Index increased in January

US consumer confidence fell sharply in February to the lowest level in 10 months

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Central Bank says loans to Irish non-financial business sector fell in October; Irish resident private-sector deposits rose

Bank deposits from Irish resident households in September had the largest net monthly increase since December 2010

Central Bank says loans to Irish households and business fell in October; Rate of decline in bank deposits increased

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