by WTCD | Sep 2, 2014 | News
Michelle Martin, Published 02/09/2014 Weak investment spending and slow trade led Germany to contract for the first time in over a year in the second quarter, data showed, suggesting Europe’s largest economy is running out of steam just as the impact of the...
by WTCD | Sep 2, 2014 | News
Sarah Stack Published 02/09/2014 Three out of 10 small firms aim to hire new staff in the coming months, with just 7pc planning to cut numbers. Business and labour costs are among the key issues for bosses who will be forced to let staff go, the Small Firms...
by WTCD | Sep 1, 2014 | News
By Ciaran Moran on September 1, 2014 China’s total cheese import volume reached 47,316 tonnes (€170 million) in 2013, representing a 22% increase on 2012 and a 106% increase on 2010, according to Alan O’Brien, of Bord Bia’s Shanghai Office. Citing latest customs...
by WTCD | Sep 1, 2014 | News
09:55, 1 September 2014 by Jane O’Sullivan European shares were little changed as investors kept an eye on the situation in Ukraine European shares were little changed as investors considered economic data from Germany and China and as EU governments agreed to...
by WTCD | Sep 1, 2014 | News
A surge in new orders in August offered further evidence the economy is recovering Manufacturing at the Combilift forklifts plant in Co Monaghan. Irish manufacturing expanded at the fastest rate since 1999 in August. Photo: David Sleator/The Irish Times Mon, Sep 1,...
by WTCD | Sep 1, 2014 | News
Monday 01 September 2014 09.17 by RTE News Markit’s August manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index came in at 50.7, the lowest in over a year Euro zone manufacturing growth slowed slightly more than initially thought last month as new orders dwindled and...