Manufacturing grows strongly again in September

Irish manufacturing grew robustly again in September, marking the 15th month in a row that the sector was in positive territory. Investec’s monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), fell slightly to 55.7 from a 15-year high of 57.3 in August. Any reading above 50...

Japan exports hit by weak US shipments, sap recovery (18/09/2014)

18.09.2014 07:55 by The Irish Times Country’s trade balance in deficit for the 26th month in a row as exports fall by 1.3 per cent in August Smoke billowing from a plant in Tokyo bay. Underperforming exports have been one of the weak links in the Japanese economy...

Dollar heads for best run in 17 years

  (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and its major economic peers are diverging after six years of financial turmoil.   Benchmark 10-year...

HP to buy cloud software startup Eucalyptus in rare acquisition

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...