CORK firm BioTector Analytical Systems saw 2013 out with a bang after winning the Irish Exporters’ Association’s Manufacturing Exporter of the Year award.

After weeks of conflicting signals about the strength of the US economy, a big gain in the jobs market gave Wall Street reason to celebrate today.

Olympic organisers have launched an investigation after claims that tickets for sponsors have been sold to the public at hiked up prices.

Wikileaks has begun publishing a huge number of emails from US intelligence firm Stratfor in a move the anti-secrecy website said revealed the “private lies of private spies”.

BioTector has seen exponential sales growth in recent years. With its patented technology advancing and a recent agreement with an international company, the Cork-based firm has high hopes for the year ahead, writes Trish Dromey

AN “expert” financial trader in London who caused a storm of outrage by suggesting that world leaders cannot do anything to prevent a global market collapse, has no car and lives in a €230,000 home owned by his girlfriend.

THE internet was abuzz with rumours yesterday after a self-styled trader told BBC TV viewers that bankers were “dreaming of another recession” so they can make more money.

Stormont leaders are set for another stateside mission in search of potential investors.

Seven former senior employees of Union Carbide’s Indian subsidiary were convicted today of “death by negligence” for their roles in the Bhopal gas tragedy which killed an estimated 15,000 people more than a quarter of a century ago.

Workers at a French chemical plant have freed their boss after holding him overnight to protest at the closure of the Loire Valley factory.

Wall Street retreated today as continuing violence in the Middle East reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession.

Materials technology firm Johnson Matthey led the London market higher today as bid rumours swirled around the blue-chip stock.

A fresh wave of takeover speculation caused shares in materials technology firm Johnson Matthey to jump by more than 8% today.

Stocks finished mixed in another volatile session today after a spike in wholesale prices touched off inflation concerns and partially overshadowed a strong increase in retail sales last month.

The London market continued its rollercoaster ride today, closing deep in the red as hopes of a prolonged revival began to fade.

A survivor of the gas explosion in Bhopal today called on the Irish people to support the tens of thousands of victims left behind.

Thousands of civil rights activists, survivors and other protesters gathered in Bhopal today to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident and demand justice for hundreds of thousands of people still suffering in the aftermath.

CIVIL rights activists, survivors and other protesters converged on Bhopal this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial accident and demand justice for hundreds of thousands of people still suffering.

INDIA’S supreme court has ordered the government to release millions of dollars in compensation for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed 3,000 people.

A US court could order chemical firm Union Carbide to clean up the site of a gas leak that killed thousands of people in central India nearly 20 years ago, now that the Indian government says it has no objection to the move.

DuPont, the second biggest chemicals manufacturer in the US, announced yesterday that it will cut 3,500 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, in order to lower costs by $900m (£490m).

Wall Street ended an ambivalent session lower today, with investors concerned that stock prices are too high despite a better-than-expected employment report. Still, the three main gauges posted their second straight weekly gain.

Wall Street retreated today as wary investors followed a now-familiar pattern of locking in profits after a huge rally.

Strong gains in the telecom and finance sectors helped lift the London market today as blue-chip shares raced ahead.

A change in business strategy at Tyco and lacklustre earnings at other companies stymied Wall Street today and left stocks barely changed following some wide price swings.

CIO Magazine has announced that The Dow Chemical Company has won their Enterprise Value Award for their in-house e-Learning system.

Irish e-learning company WBT Systems has signed a strategic alliance with KPMG Consulting to provide e-learning solutions throughout the United Kingdom, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.

Around 4,000 ex-banana plantation workers in Nicaragua are suing several transnational companies for damages, claiming that long-term exposure to pesticides has caused infertility and other illnesses.