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BUSINESS
- 46% of firms under threat as fuel costs rise
- Grafton warns of job cuts
- Half of first-time buyers planning purchase
- WH Smith losses up by 30.8% to €165k
- Beverley House sees pre-tax loss of €20.2m
- Market makes moderate advance
- Banks and pension funds accept Greek bond offer
- Noonan appoints two new members to board of NAMA Advisory Group
- Property investors look to Dublin again
- Lack of funding for young firms feared
- German factory orders decline
- Anglo bonds to be repaid in full
- GSK seeks buyer for European non-core drugs portfolio
- Teagasc sheds more than 400 staff since 2008, with another 140 to go
- Women lead way in senior finance roles