WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 23, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES N IRELAND’S ECONOMIC WOES BOOST TERROR GROUPS, WARN OFFICIALS The parlous state of Northern Ireland’s economy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for dissident republican groups, senior police and security figures warned, raising questions about the pace of spending cuts in the region. The province’s power-sharing executive has been told to find savings [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 23, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES N IRELAND’S ECONOMIC WOES BOOST TERROR GROUPS, WARN OFFICIALS The parlous state of Northern Ireland’s economy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for dissident republican groups, senior police and security figures warned, raising questions about the pace of spending cuts in the region. The province’s power-sharing executive has been told to find savings [...]
Fiat in crucial week of Italian union talks December 20, 2010 ITALIAN carmaker Fiat has entered a crucial week of talks over the future of its historic Mirafiori plant ahead of a self-imposed Christmas deadline to decide whether to stick to planned investments. Fiat unveiled a plan at the end of November to invest more than €1bn (£840m) in its Turin Mirafiori plant to build top-range [...]
Fiat in crucial week of Italian union talks December 20, 2010 ITALIAN carmaker Fiat has entered a crucial week of talks over the future of its historic Mirafiori plant ahead of a self-imposed Christmas deadline to decide whether to stick to planned investments. Fiat unveiled a plan at the end of November to invest more than €1bn (£840m) in its Turin Mirafiori plant to build top-range [...]
Yes, Minister: when reality is like TV February 7, 2011 SOMETIMES, fiction is the best guide to reality. I have been rewatching Sir Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s brilliant Yes, Minister, one of Britain’s best-ever and much-loved sitcoms. It depicts the warped relationship between a wannabe reforming politician and his civil servants, who spend all their time thwarting him and gradually turn him into a pathetic [...]
Yes, Minister: when reality is like TV February 6, 2011 SOMETIMES, fiction is the best guide to reality. I have been rewatching Sir Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s brilliant Yes, Minister, one of Britain’s best-ever and much-loved sitcoms. It depicts the warped relationship between a wannabe reforming politician and his civil servants, who spend all their time thwarting him and gradually turn him into a pathetic [...]
Irish government to have power to impose haircuts December 14, 2010 Ireland’s government will have extensive powers to restructure its banking sector, including the ability to impose losses on lenders’ subordinated bondholders, under a new law published yesterday. Ireland agreed to radically overhaul and shrink its banks as part of an €85bn (£72bn) EU/IMF rescue package designed to prevent future loan losses at its lenders tipping [...]
Irish government to have power to impose haircuts December 14, 2010 Ireland’s government will have extensive powers to restructure its banking sector, including the ability to impose losses on lenders’ subordinated bondholders, under a new law published yesterday. Ireland agreed to radically overhaul and shrink its banks as part of an €85bn (£72bn) EU/IMF rescue package designed to prevent future loan losses at its lenders tipping [...]
Metro Bank eyes expansion after raising £50m December 13, 2010 Metro Bank, launched in July as Britain’s first new high street retail bank in more than 100 years, said it had raised £50m of new capital from investors to further develop its business. The latest round of capital raising builds on an initial £75m raised earlier this year, and the company said the new cash [...]
UK service sector growth slows in November December 3, 2010 GROWTH in UK service sector activity slipped back slightly in November, suggesting a slowdown in overall fourth-quarter economic output and no change to monetary policy anytime soon. The headline business activity index in the Markit/CIPS PMI index eased to 53.0 in November from October’s four-month high of 53.2 and bang in line with the forecast, [...]