Austria’s National Bank has ordered the freezing of assets belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his entourage in line with EU sanctions.

EGYPT’S military rulers have called for an end to strikes and protests as thousands of state employees, from ambulance drivers to police and transport workers, demonstrated to demand better pay in a growing wave of labour unrest unleashed by the democracy uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

Egypt was hit by a wave of pay strikes by public sector workers today, even as the interim government managed to virtually clear out demonstrators from Tahrir Square.

Hundreds of Egyptian state workers took to Cairo’s streets today to demand better pay and conditions in the latest outbreak of unrest.

OLDER folk remember a worthy institution called the National Bank.

THE financial services regulator (IFSRA) considered withdrawing National Irish Bank’s banking licence in the light of its tax evasion overcharging scandals.

A SPECIAL forum on the Irish financial services industry is necessary to ensure best practice and protect consumers, according to a leading academic.