US-based property investment fund Starwood Property Trust is understood to be preparing to sell a portfolio of offices in Dublin, in one of Ireland’s biggest real estate sales.

INSURANCE broker Marsh & McLennan could cut hundreds of jobs in Britain this spring, it emerged yesterday.

American insurance broker Marsh & McLennan could cut hundreds of jobs in the UK this spring, it emerged today.

Investors welcomed a lower-than-expected drop in wholesale prices and sent stocks higher today, ending a troubled week on Wall Street on a positive note.

Marsh & McLennan directors may force chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg to step down after the world’s largest insurance brokerage lost two-fifths of its market value following a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, investors said.