Updated: 16:09, Friday, 25 May 2012

Financial

NAMA faces big challenges in recovering loans

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Comptroller and Auditor General says NAMA faces considerable challenges in achieving its goal of recovering the amount of money it has paid for developer loans.

Spanish banks' borrow record sum from ECB

Monday, 14 May 2012

Spain's banks boosted borrowing from the European Central Bank to a new record in April, as they took advantage of emergency cheap loans.
Bankia shares suspended ahead of rescue details

16:09, Friday, 25 May 2012

Shares in Spain's fourth-biggest lender Bankia SA have been suspended on the Madrid stock exchange today.
Bankers win bonus lawsuit against Commerzbank

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

A group of London investment bankers today won their High Court battle to receive a total of €50m in unpaid bonuses.
Home loan customers attack PTSB mortgage rates

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

The on-going row about mortgage rates charged by Permanent TSB blew up at the its parent company's agm today.
US durable goods orders up 0.2% in April

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Orders for long-lasting factory goods edged up slightly in April but a key category that tracks business investment spending fell for a second straight month.
Financial tax proposals approved by parliament

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The European Parliament has approved a contested financial tax.
Moody's slashes ratings for 26 Italian banks

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Moody's slashed its credit ratings by up to four notches for 26 Italian banks last night, including UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo.
Retailers predict €250m boost from Euro 2012

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

A new survey by Ireland's largest retail industry group Retail Excellence Ireland reveals that Irish retailers are predicting a significant boost in retail sales this June from Ireland's participation in Euro 2012.
Banks should be recapitalised directly - Honohan

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

The Central Bank Governor said last night that not allowing temporary or permanent bail-out funds to directly recapitalise banks directly is a "missed opportunity".
Govt may secure funding from EU for businesses

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

The Irish government is confident it will secure additional capital from the European Investment Bank to fund infrastructural projects and financing businesses.
Germany reiterates opposition to eurobonds

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

A high ranking German official has reiterated ahead of a European Union summit that the government remains staunchly opposed to the idea of jointly-issued bonds from the euro zone.
Bank of England united in freezing rates

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously in favour of holding interest rates at a record low level this month.
AIB accepts LRC recommendations on redundancies

Monday, 21 May 2012

The chief executive of AIB has written to staff confirming the bank has accepted the recommendation of the Labour Relations Commission in relation to redundancy payments.
Farm incomes rose last year by 32%: Teagasc

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Farm incomes rose last year by 32% according to the state farm body Teagasc.
Barclays to sell $6.1 billion BlackRock stake

Monday, 21 May 2012

British bank Barclays said it will sell its 19.6% holding in US asset manager BlackRock, worth $6.1 billion and which it has held for almost three years.
Spain's troubled Bankia plunges on audit questions

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Spain's Bankia, taken over by the state because of its troubled loan portfolio, plummeted on the stock market today after an audit raised questions over its 2011 results.
Oil prices rebound on bargain hunting

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Oil prices rebounded slightly today as investors went bargain hunting after New York crude slumped below $90 a barrel the previous day, analysts said.
Spanish Repsol takes steps against Argentina

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Spanish oil major Repsol has said today it had taken the first step in a process to pursue legal action against Argentina for seizing energy firm YPF.
Oil prices slide on profit-taking, strong dollar

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Oil recoiled today, hit by profit-taking and the stronger dollar on the eve of an informal meeting in Brussels where the euro zone's crippling sovereign debt crisis will top of the agenda.

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Prof. Joe Haslam discusses the suspension of Bankia SA shares

Prof. Joe Haslam of IE Business School discusses the suspension of Bankia SA shares on the News At One.
Drivetime looks at the impact of mortgage arrears

Sociologist Dr. Mary Murphy and Brendan Burgess of askaboutmoney.com talk to Philip Boucher Hayes about the fact that one-in-ten residential mortgages are in arrears.
Morning Ireland

Fianna Fáil's Sean Fleming says that there are gaps in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on NAMA.
Drivetime

Brian Finn has more on euro zone citizens wanting to stay in the Euro
New research and innovation centre launched in Kilkenny

Morning Ireland heard about a joint initiative between Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Institute of Technology Carlow (ITC) and the Kilkenny Local Authorities "Invest Kilkenny" campaign.
Morning Ireland

Tomás Ó Síocháin talks to NAMA Chairman Frank Daly about the agency's €2 billion investment in the country's construction sector