Month: February 2011

News 28/2/11

Posted by – February 27, 2011

Bonds move back towards pre-IMF levels
AIB shares hit all-time low
Irish Remedy for Hard Times: Leaving
Solution to insolvent hotels is to ‘bulldoze’
It was time to send in the receivers . . .
No happy ever afters for hotels run by banks
Anglo’s deposits transferred to AIB
German optimism on economy surges
Spiralling oil prices will set recovery back
Surge in fuel costs makes a recession likely
Plan to link wages across EU states
Iceland-Ireland Again

Reports 26/2/11

Posted by – February 27, 2011

News 24/2/11

Posted by – February 24, 2011

Are depositors in the firing line?
Rehn rejects prospect of bondholder ‘haircuts’
Ireland turns to bankruptcy tourism
Irish cranes are flying – at auction
Up to 80 properties set for ‘fast auction’
Ireland has lowest flat-dwelling in EU
House buyers ?jittery? in 2007
Repairs slow construction decline
Building investment plan ?off course?
No ‘fire sale’ of Nama properties in the North
Ulster Bank hikes fixed rates
Developers’ body looks to sue banks over collapse
Lenders to seize 2,500 NI homes this year
Seánie?s BMW to be crushed
Developers borrow ?420m from Nama
The ?40m Nama wives club
Irish bond grenades explode in Berlin
Emerging markets are full of promise
Oil shock fears as Libya erupts
Iceland refuses deal to repay UK deposits
Germany must choose EMU fusion or fission

Reports 23/2/11

Posted by – February 24, 2011

Reports 19/2/11

Posted by – February 20, 2011

Reports 16/2/11

Posted by – February 16, 2011

News 14/2/11

Posted by – February 14, 2011

Irish State’s liquidity exposure to banks
Banking debt reduced to ‘junk’ status
Bond holders edging closer to haircut
Two further lenders hike mortgage interest rates
Mortgage debt write-off unlikely
BOSI moves to restructure buy-to-let debt
PTSB fixed rate rises described as ‘shocking’
Insurers told to pass on savings to homeowners
State ‘not doing enough to help homeowners’
Loss of ?17.6bn a corporate record
Shake-out in merger may cause up to 700 jobs
Is no one leaving Anglo?
NAMA to spend ?37bn on bad loans
China interest rate hike weighs on equities
Sovereign debt tops list of concerns
IMF ‘groupthink’ masked dangers of financial crisis
IMF director calls for new world currency
US plans to wind down Fannie and Freddie
Inflation: how scared should we be?

Reports 12/2/11

Posted by – February 12, 2011

Reports 9/2/11

Posted by – February 10, 2011

Reports 5/2/11

Posted by – February 5, 2011