The editor of the Irish Examiner, Tim Vaughan, is to take up a new position in another company next October.

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Ireland has accounted for 14.6% of all European merger, acquisition and equity investment activity in value terms to date, this year, nearly 10% more than for the whole of 2013.

Nearly 18,500 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worth $1.7trn (€1.28trn) have been completed this year.

A spate of takeover activity in the pharmaceutical sector pushed Irish-related acquisition values to a 20-year high in the first half of 2014 and saw the country account for nearly 18% of European merger activity, in value terms.

General Motors recalled another 8.45 million more vehicles yesterday — surpassing the record for US safety fixes by an carmaker in a calendar year, as chief executive Mary Barra steps up efforts to shed GM’s reputation for foot-dragging on defective parts.

Ireland accounted for nearly 5% of all European-based merger and acquisition (M&A) activity last year, in value terms.

UK fashion retailers set the pace on the London market after Next cheered investors with better-than-expected trading and a turnaround in the fortunes of its high street stores.

There were close to 100 fewer instances of merger and acquisition activity involving Irish-based firms in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the same period last year.

There was a significant decline in Irish-related merger, acquisition and equity investment activity during the first half of this year, with transactions nearly halving on the same period last year, new data shows.

The number of Irish mergers, acquisitions and Equity capital market (ECM) transactions in Ireland declined by almost 50% in the first half of this year, according to figures released today.

The world’s largest credit risk management company, Experian, has reported a 7% year-on-year revenue increase in its UK and Ireland division for the first quarter of its financial year, led by an increased need for fraud protection amongst its clients.

The FTSE 100 Index was buoyed by a much-needed session on the front foot today as attention turned to a key meeting of US policymakers later this week,

The first quarter of 2013 saw a marked decline in Ireland-related merger and acquisition activity; with the volume of deals falling by over 54% and the value decreasing by 34.5%, compared with the same period last year.

The three major US credit bureaus say hackers who have posted credit reports on celebrities and government officials in recent days did not breach secure databases but relied on personal information they collected elsewhere on the public figures.

Merger and acquisition activity declined by over 4% in volume terms last year.

There was a €31 million increase in the value of court-registered judgments against debtors in the last month.

The data protection commissioner has lodged a preliminary inquiry into the workings of Dublin-headquartered credit information company, Experian.

London's leading shares index closed in the red today after machinery firm Caterpillar and toys giant Hasbro offered more gloom from the US reporting season.

The volume and value of merger and acquisition transactions in the Irish market fell year-on-year over the first nine months of this year, but Ireland still managed to increase its contribution to Europe-wide transactions.

The number of companies going bust fell last month despite the UK’s longest double-dip recession since the 1950s, according to a report today.

Only one-in-five court judgments is ever satisfied, according to the Law Society of Ireland, leaving banks and the revenue commissioners hundreds of millions of euro out of pocket.

Almost €500m in judgments have been registered in the courts in the first six months of the year, according to the information services company Experian.

Ireland accounted for more than 4% of all European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions — in value terms — during the first half of this year.

Dublin-headquartered credit information firm Experian has narrowly beat profit forecasts, benefiting from strong growth in Latin America, and said it was on track to meet its targets in the current fiscal year.

Ireland accounted for nearly 3% of all European merger and acquisition activity in the first quarter of this year.

An upbeat note from Goldman Sachs boosted the banking sector today and helped limit losses for London’s leading shares index.

If you’re thinking of starting a business, the south midlands region of north Munster and south Leinster is the safest place to do so.

THERE are signs the business environment is stabilising in Ireland as entrepreneurial activity continues to grow, despite a sharp increase in the number of companies struck off, according to data from global information service group Experian.

A year to forget for investors ended today with London’s benchmark index 5.5% lower than its starting point in January.

THE coldest August in 18 years forced more people into shopping centres as footfall increased, according to figures released by Experian for the third quarter.

THE combined value of Irish-related merger and acquisition & activity fell by just over €8 billion, on a year-on-year basis, in the first nine months of this year.

CREDIT unions are taking a more aggressive approach in pursuing those who are not paying their loans.

SHOPPERS are spending more time in stores but are still keeping a tight hold on their money, according to two new unrelated indices.

SQUEEZED out of residential city centre property markets during the boom, thousands of young people eager to get a foot on the property ladder ‘leapfrogged’ to cheaper newly-built housing estates stretching deep into the commuter belt.

APART from the Great Famine, the most traumatic folk memory still hard-wired into our collective consciousness is of the notorious evictions of the mid-1800s when thousands of tenants, small farmers and indigent landholders were forced out of their homes because they could not pay their way.

CONSUMERS are no longer flocking to the North but many are stillreluctant to part with their cash.

EXPERIAN, the world’s largest credit-checking company, has said that its third-quarter revenue rose 12%, led by growth in Latin America.

EXPERIAN, the global information services company, says the value of mergers and acquisitions in the last quarter fell by 42.7% to €7.5 billion quarter on quarter.

Falls among blue chip banks pulled the FTSE 100 Index into negative territory today after warnings of a possible ratings downgrade for debt-laden Spain.

ONE in three Irish firms is at risk of failing, according to data compiled by financial data experts Experian.