<ul><li>THE Bank of England is expected to keep its efforts to boost the money supply on hold this week despite recent feeble economic growth.</li><li>Policymakers are expected to freeze quantitative easing at Pounds 200bn, whil…
<ul><li>IN ITS LATEST quarterly bulletin, the Central Bank outlines a broadly encouraging forecast for the economy in 2010. </li><li>The economy, having declined by an estimated 11 per cent in GNP terms in 2009, is expected to c…
<ul><li>ALMOST TWO-THIRDS of Irish companies are planning to introduce new products and services as a way of combating the recession, putting them ahead of the European average, a survey by KPMG has found.</li><li>However, Irish…
<ul><li>THE ECONOMIST behind the Government’s plan to reform the public service, Colm McCarthy, has said the establishment of the so-called "An Bord Snip Nua" was "an absolute political exercise" aimed at softening up pu…
<ul><li>Feb. 1–Gov. Deval Patrick is going to have a tough time getting re-elected if past economic trends during election years are any indication. </li><li>But can Patrick buck the trend, as he gears up for re-election with t…
<ul><li>A pivotal step in the march towards fusion power, the ‘Holy Grail’ of sustainable clean energy, could be taken this year.</li><li>Scientists in the US are preparing for the dramatic moment when the world’s most powerful …
<ul><li>CIUDAD JUAREZ – Suspected drug hitmen burst into a party and killed 13 high-school students, in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, the latest massacre in one of the world’s deadliest cities, the Mexican army said.</li><li>Gunmen j…
<ul><li>PLANS BY the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) for an extensive network of Luas light rail lines in Dublin – as put forward in late 2004 – would cost about [euro]3 billion to implement, according to official documents.</li><…
<ul><li>Feb. 1–VIRGINIA BEACH — Developer Runnymede Corp. had a public utilities problem and wanted the city’s help. </li><li>This went on for about three years, until last week when the City Council approved a somewhat unusua…
<ul><li>Feb. 1–VIRGINIA BEACH — A group of north Oceanfront homeowners who oppose the installation of a pumping station and pipeline near 61st Street that will send stormwater into the ocean is pushing ahead with their legal battle to sto…