Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said it is in Ireland's interests for the UK to retain open trade with the EU.

Billionaire currency trader George Soros has warned that a vote to leave the EU will trigger a plunge in the British pound greater than Black Wednesday but without the benefits seen after the crisis that made him a fortune.

The chief executive of a US pharmaceutical company has defended his firm’s decision to raise the price of an Aids medication by more than 5,000% practically overnight.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said Government-imposed banker pay caps are a “constraint” as the chief executive officer of state-owned AIB prepares to leave for a job in the UK.

The Government could pay back €10bn of the IMF bailout loans by the end of this year, according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The European Central Bank may ease its policy further if the euro gains strength, said ECB executive board member Benoît Coeuré.

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned that the eurozone faces a 25-year deflationary slump if the banking problem is not sorted.

Bonus payments may be needed to retain key personnel at Nama, according to the agency’s chairman, Frank Daly.

Ireland is planning its first long-term bond issue since the financial crisis using the European bond-buying programme as a safety net.

The twits are in control. Over the past fortnight we have seen two glaring examples of how Twitter is a dangerous and corrosive form of communication.

US NEWS anchors, filmmakers and business leaders will join former US President Bill Clinton in Dublin to discuss how the diaspora can help in rebuilding the economy.

THE visit of Queen Elizabeth will be the “conclusion of centuries of divisions” according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who has urged the British prime minister to release intelligence files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974.

The stress tests were only about the amount of money ultimately needed to facilitate the bank bailout, but the next issue is where to get the money.

THE cost of government bonds continued to rise yesterday and the difference in yield between Irish and German 10-year bonds reached a record 553 basis points (5.53%).

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has today given a strong hint that pensioners will not escape the savage cuts in December's Budget.

THREE of the bigger international names linked with a potential bid for AIB’s €2 billion stake in its Polish bank have withdrawn their interest, reports suggest.

THE internal strife threatening the stability of the euro is starting to undermine the hope that the worst might indeed be over in terms of the global economic outlook.

Ferrari chief Luca di Montezemolo has backtracked on comments he made yesterday calling for Max Mosley to resign as president of motorsport’s world governing body.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will meet with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and visit the Twin Towers memorial site with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg today.