Aer Lingus has announced that it is entering into final contract negotiations with a number of suppliers for maintance following a tender process for the provision of maintance services.

Wall Street finished higher in an uneasy session today as retail and homebuilders stocks rose on expectations for more interest rate cuts, but banks and insurers fell on worries about further mortgage debt troubles.

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.

Stocks pulled back sharply and bonds jumped today as lacklustre profit reports and unease about the credit markets touched off fresh concerns about the ability of the economy to continue to push ahead.

Wall Street closed a volatile week with a mixed performance after a pair of economic reports dashed hopes for an early interest rate cut.

Wall Street resumed its fourth-quarter rally today, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to its first close above 12,400 after a series of strong company earnings and a drop in unemployment claims revived investors’ confidence in the economy.

THE State’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) has invested in six of the seven companies blacklisted on ethical grounds by the Norwegian State pension fund.

Stocks closed lower in New York today as markets followed what has become a pattern at the sputtering end of this fourth-quarter rally: Early gains narrow through the day’s trading and occasionally turn to losses. The major indexes finished the week mixed.

A trio of positive economic reports – from jobless claims to manufacturing - boosted Wall Street today as investors grew more confident that the economic recovery was firmly under way. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 102 points to a 19-month high.

Blue chip stocks surged to a strong finish in the US today following upbeat economic news.

Wall Street shrugged off a discouraging consumer confidence report today and sent stocks modestly higher as investors placed bets after several days of declines.

THE Irish Index of shares followed the global indices as it fell 64.28 points to 4205.08. Yet again the financials took the brunt of the fall as the financial market slipped 167.92 points lower to 8337.45.

Wall Street has stalled, held back by a fresh round of earnings warnings and decreased trading activity ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.