by WTCD | Sep 12, 2014 | News
(Reuters) The European Union put into effect on Friday a new round of sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine, including restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. The EU and the United...
by WTCD | Sep 12, 2014 | News
Apple Ireland is over reliant on royalty fees booked by multinational companies that pass through the country without always creating much in the way of local jobs or productive investment, leading management consultancy McKinsey has warned. The country “has...
by WTCD | Sep 12, 2014 | News
Hewlett-Packard plans to buy cloud software startup Eucalyptus Software, a rare acquisition for the company since its failed $11 billion purchase of Britain’s Autonomyin 2011. HP did not say how much it will pay for Eucalyptus, which provides open-source software for...
by WTCD | Sep 12, 2014 | News
(Reuters) Britain said on Friday that it was about to sign commercial deals with China worth more than 2.4 billion pounds, as Chancellor George Osborne prepared to meet China’s Vice Premier Ma Kai in London. Full details of the prospective transactions were not...
by WTCD | Sep 11, 2014 | News
10 September 2014 Last updated at 10:56 GMT by BBC News France’s budget deficit will be around 4.3% of GDP in 2015, missing an earlier target, Mr Sapin said France’s finance minister Michel Sapin has said the country will not achieve a 3% EU budget deficit...
by WTCD | Sep 11, 2014 | News
Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 15:41 by The Irish Times Juncker unveils new-look EU executive with Britain and France to oversee economic portfolios European Commission president elect Jean-Claude Juncker gestures as he addresses the media on the attribution of portfolios to the...