<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…
It’s been said that correlations go to one during a crisis. What that means is when disaster strikes, markets increasingly trade in sync, as fear induces a contagious herding response that leaves many traders unwilling — temporarily, at least — to be…
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Cypress)is a broad-line semiconductor company. The Company delivers mixed-signal, programmable solutions. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions. Cypress serves markets, including consumer, comp…
<ul><li>PERMANENT TSB will increase mortgage interest rates on Monday for the second time in a year, in a move that is expected to be followed by rival Irish lenders.</li><li>Chief executive David Guinane said the bank was "…
<ul><li>DUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 2,976.25 (+28.00) Settlement date: February 3rd THE ISEQ finished the week in positive territory in line with European markets, which rose on the back of positive US economic data showing the fastest pace of eco…
<ul><li>Technology firms were clear winners in 2009, regaining over $1.1 trillion in market value, or about 72% of the value they lost in 2008. </li><li>This recovery pattern is highlighted in Oliver Wyman’s 2010 Communications,…
<ul><li>Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced it plans to file its 2009 Form 10-K Report with the Securities and Exchange Comm…
I was a bit distracted from the Apple iPad news due to the marathon Oracle conference Wednesday on its shiny new Sun Microsystems acquisition.But the more I thought about it, the more these two companies are extremely well positioned to actually fulfil…
The idea for this post was my initial and apparently incorrect reading of the Jeremy Grantham letter. On first read I thought he was saying expressly the market is very complicated these days and while he may have have been implying as much I did not f…
Although evidence is mixed and tentative, some analysts see evidence that hard-hit housing markets in California, Arizona and elsewhere are showing signs of healing.
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