Warren Buffet takes charge of P&G Duracell battery business

Warren Buffett on Thursday unveiled one heck of a playground swap: The legendary investor said he’ll give back $4.7 billion in shares he owns in Procter & Gamble, if the consumer-products giant hands over its newly recharged Duracell battery brand. But don’t call...

Declining exports push trade surplus down

  According to statistics from the Central Statistics Office, when considered on an annual basis, ie September 2013 to September 2014, the value of exports increased by € 568 million (+8%) to € 7,902 million. Imports fell by 3.4 per cent on the month in...

Irish consumers to spend €1.55bn this festive season

Irish consumers will spend about €1.55 billion on Christmas this year, up 3.5 per cent from last year, according to a report published by Webloyalty.ie today. Of that figure, €839.9 million will be spent on gifts, with almost two-thirds of consumers planning to spend...

Irrational fear risks depriving Europe of the benefits of trade

Written by Katinka Barysch See on FT: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53563c12-5b9e-11e4-a674-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3IwXgpzoV The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership now being hammered out between the US and the EU is shaping up to be one of the boldest free...

Food ministry recommends raising edible oil import taxes

(Reuters) – India’s food ministry wants to double the import tax on crude edible oils and raise that on refined oils by 50 percent, but is waiting for other ministries to give their views before passing its recommendation to the cabinet, the food minister...