Can Dublin be a Future City?

Can Dublin be a Future City?

The biggest change affecting cities is that this generation will look for where they want to live first, and then look for work.”   This was one of the fascinating insights provided by Damian Loscher of IPSOS MRBI in a fascinating presentation on...
What you should know about the Nasdaq bubble debate

What you should know about the Nasdaq bubble debate

There are a number of solid reasons why analysts believe the Nasdaq is not in record territory, beyond the fact that, on an inflation-adjusted basis, Nasdaq (IXIC) would have to break through the 7,000 level to be at record levels and to beat its March 2000 historic...

UPC to acquire wifi provider Bitbuzz for €5-€6 million

Broadband provider UPC Ireland is to acquire Irish-owned wifi company Bitbuzz for an undisclosed sum thought to be in the region of €5-€6 million. Bitbuzz, which is headquartered in Dublin, specialises in offering wifi to the tourism, retail and leisure sectors,...

Trade and investment with Australia: Are you being served?

An ambitious trade deal with Australia has Chinese businessmen aflutter ZHU Xinli has gone from prey to predator. The firm he runs, China Huiyuan, is the country’s largest privately owned juice firm. In 2008 Coca Cola, the largest drinks firm in the world, tried to...