Organisation: Nippon Sheet Glass

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

New roles: (top row) Patrick Ryan, Tammy Yong, Kevin Alfred; (bottom row) Mike Powell, Sean O'Driscoll, Rosemarie Tully.

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Business Movers

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with companies and organisations with operations in Ireland, including Cornmarket, AMX, Oaklee Housing, Mondi, ESRI and Neuromod Devices.

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UK building materials firm in foreign ownership

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Japanese 'to buy British tobacco giant'

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FTSE 250 breaks 10,000 barrier

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FTSE in positive territory

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Japanese glass maker 'to buy Pilkington'

FTSE loses ground

The London market’s strong start to the year stalled today as a lack of corporate data left it without direction.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

FTSE: Positive start for retail sector

A big week for the retail sector began positively today as healthy Christmas sales at camera specialist Jessops sparked investor interest in the owner of Dixons.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

Pilkington takeover talks 'fail'

Glass maker Pilkington is preparing to issue a statement that takeover talks with its biggest shareholder have failed, it was reported today.

Sun, 08 Jan, 2006

Pilkington rejects £2bn takeover

Glass maker Pilkington rejected a takeover approach today from its biggest shareholder on the grounds that it was too low.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

O2 takeover pushes FTSE past 5300

The biggest takeover of a UK company for five years and a rush of other bid activity drove the FTSE 100 Index beyond the 5300 barrier today.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2005

£2bn takeover approach for Pilkington

Glassmaker Pilkington today confirmed it had received a takeover approach thought to be worth up to £2bn (€2.9bn).

Mon, 31 Oct, 2005