by WTCD | Nov 14, 2014 | News
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...
by WTCD | Nov 14, 2014 | News
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...
by WTCD | Nov 13, 2014 | News
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...
by WTCD | Nov 13, 2014 | News
BY XIAOYI SHAO AND KEVIN YAO BEIJING Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:06am EST See at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-china-economy-activity-idUSKCN0IX0C520141113 (Reuters) – China’s economy lost further momentum in October, with factory growth dipping and...
by WTCD | Nov 13, 2014 | News
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...
by WTCD | Nov 13, 2014 | News
(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...