Eircom today announced the appointment of Andrew Haire as Director of Corporate Affairs.

VULNERABLE children are continuing to fall through the cracks as Ireland still does not have a policy on family conflict, the head of a new intervention service for children has said.

THE Mountaineering Council of Ireland (MCI) is the national representative body for hillwalking and mountaineering with over 9,000 members living all over the country.

A PROPOSAL that would see farmers giving limited access to their lands in return for upkeep payments has met with a cautious response from groups campaigning for more access to the countryside.

EIRCOM’S new owner is reportedly lining up Andrew MacLeod — the former managing director of global communications company MCI — for a senior role in its new management structure.

TELECOMS company Perlico has signed a deal with US communications’ giant MCI to route Perlico’s calls through MCI’s international network and handle Perlico’s internet traffic.

Stocks got a lift from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan today, rising modestly after he said the recent climb in oil prices was already curbing demand for crude. Oil futures dropped sharply on the news.

Strong growth in the service sector and record high oil prices sent stocks sharply lower on Wall Street today on renewed inflation fears.

Modest growth in the gross domestic product and a drop in oil prices gave Wall Street its best day of 2005 today as investors at least temporarily set aside inflation fears and picked up bargains in a heavily sold-off market.

End-of-quarter selling and growing uneasiness about the US economy sent stocks sliding on Wall Street today, with Caterpillar and other industrials depressing blue chips and technology issues dragging the Nasdaq composite index to a five-month low.

Wall Street managed a moderate gain today in a volatile session that saw investors alternating between worries about interest rates and delight in a new wave of merger deals.

Falling oil prices and a broker upgrade of the semiconductor sector pushed stocks higher today, enticing buyers back into the market after the previous session’s losses.

A better-than-expected reading of the United States’ gross domestic product sent stocks substantially higher for the third straight session today, with the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index each posting its best close of the year.

A sharp rise in wholesale prices intensified fears about inflation today, sending stocks to a mixed finish and bond prices falling.

Verizon Communications’ $6.7bn bid for MCI met with indifference today on Wall Street, where stocks barely budged in very light trading.

Fresh takeover talk surrounding Allied Domecq failed to keep the FTSE 100 Index in the black today.

US-based telecoms group Verizon Communications today said it was buying MCI, the former collapsed WorldCom group, for $5.3bn (€4bn).

The Dow Jones industrial average moved into positive territory for the year today as investors piled back into the market.

US investors pushed stocks lower today, ending Wall Street’s three-day string of gains.

Wall Street bounded higher for the second straight day today as investors revelled in sharply falling oil prices and the pro-business agenda of the second Bush administration.

US telecommunications group Sprint is to cut 1,100 jobs.

A newly-launched all-Ireland telecommunications company is claiming it will be the second-biggest player in the landline market by this time next year.

US long distance phone company AT&T has reported a dive in net profits in the first quarter, as increasing competition put a downward pressure on prices.

Bankrupt US telecoms firm MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, today restated its 2000 and 2001 financial results, reducing its combined pre-tax profits by $74.4bn (€61.02bn).

Accounting group KPMG was criticised yesterday for its role in the WorldCom accounting scandal in the latest report by court-appointed examiner Richard Thornburgh.

THE Men’s Council of Ireland (MCI) is a national umbrella organisation set up to act both as a resource and a voice for men’s groups.

A US judge has approved a $750m (€662m) settlement between US regulators and WorldCom, saying a substantially heavier fine for a corporate accounting fraud scandal would “unfairly penalise” the company’s 50,000 employees.

A United States judge today approved a $750m (€662m) settlement between US regulators and WorldCom, saying a substantially heavier fine for a corporate accounting fraud scandal would “unfairly penalise” the company’s 50,000 employees.

WorldCom Inc has agreed to pay investors a record $500m (€428.5m) to settle civil fraud charges over its $11bn (€9.42bn)-dollar accounting scandal, which was the biggest in US corporate history.

WORLDCOM has agreed to pay about $500 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the telephone company overstated profits

WorldCom has announced its reorganisation plan, so that it can emerge from bankruptcy with $3.5bn to $4.5bn in debt.

The new chairman and chief executive of WorldCom, Michael Capellas, has promised to improve ethics at the scandal-plagued telecommunications company.

The new chairman and chief executive of WorldCom Michael Capellas has promised to improve ethics at the scandal-plagued telecommunications company.