Irish MEPs stepped up pressure on the European Commission today to explain why Brussels approved funding of more than €50m to help US computer giant Dell close its Limerick plant and move to Poland.

A burst of corporate deal-making is giving investors a shot of confidence about the US economy.

Dallas: An employee at former US presidential candidate H Ross Perot’s investment adviser was sued by regulators for alleged insider trading ahead of Dell Inc’s $3.9 billion (€2.6bn) takeover bid for Perot Systems Corp.

FRUSTRATED information technology (IT) workers want Bank of Ireland to tell them the 600 Irish-based jobs will not be outsourced to India.