Trish Dromey looks at Marigot Ltd, a company based in Carrigaline, Co Cork, which exports 95% of its products.

The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and businesses reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea.

BUSINESSMAN Asil Nadir has flown back to Britain, 17 years after he fled while awaiting trial on theft charges stemming from the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire.

SHARES in Dublin rebounded following overnight consumer confidence data in the US. The heavyweights led the charge as the ISEQ climbed 11.78 points to 5321.71.

The ISEQ closed 150 points lower, or 2.86%, at 5,106 this evening, as Ryanair slumped over 25%, losing more than €1.5bn in value after the company warned that lower fares would result in a fall in its full-year profits and that yields in the three months to March 2004 could fall by as much as 30%.

EUROPE’S largest fresh produce company, Fyffes, is to pay $30 million for 80% of the Hamburg-based Internationale Fruchtimport Gesellschaft Weichert & Co (INTER) from Del Monte Fresh Produce.