Organisation: Schlumberger

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Today marks National Wine Day in the US and there's no reason we can't celebrate here in Ireland.

food

Celebrate Wine Day with the best white in the world

Riesling is the greatest white wine grape in the world. Grab one of these bottles for under €25 to toast Wine Day this week

food

Leslie Williams: A profile of a great wine house

business

Euro and oil fall as Merkel coalition bid fails

business

Almost 500 jobs cut from two Northern Ireland companies

business

Banks pull US stocks away from records as seven-day winning streak ends

business

Providence strikes Schlumberger data deal

Wall Street quiet after record run

The US stock market paused today, ending on a mixed note, after a string of records in recent weeks.

Tue, 26 Nov, 2013

Providence talks up Barryroe extraction

The cost of developing the Barryroe oil find 50km off the Cork cost will be hundreds of millions less and produce thousands more barrels of oil a day due to horizontal drilling.

Fri, 25 May, 2012

Whiskey producer The Irishman signs €1.1m European distribution deals

WHISKEY producer The Irishman has secured distribution deals worth €1.1 million in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2011

US stocks slide after new home sales fall

Signs of a weaker US housing market and a gloomier outlook on the economy gave investors more reasons to dump stocks today.

Wed, 28 Oct, 2009

US firm to lay off 69 workers in North

An engineering firm which makes equipment for the oil industry is shedding nearly a quarter of its workforce, it was announced today.

Tue, 11 Aug, 2009

Home in the Hamptons sets new US record

A residential estate in New York’s fashionable Hamptons has sold for a staggering $90m (€75m), setting a new US record.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2005

Increase in number of merger deals

THE number of merger transactions notified to the Competition Authority in 2004 rose to 81 from 47 the previous year, according to a study by law firm McCann FitzGerald.

Tue, 12 Apr, 2005

Authority blocks IBM’s merger plan

THE State competition watchdog has blocked a takeover deal for the first time, throwing out plans by computing giant IBM to merge its specialist disaster recovery business with another major player in the Irish market.

Fri, 29 Oct, 2004

Competition Authority to investigate proposed Schlumberger acquisition

The Competition Authority is to carry out a full investigation in relation to the proposed acquisition by IBM Ireland Limited (IBM) of Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Ireland) Limited (Schlumberger).

Fri, 30 Jul, 2004

Rolls chairman steps down

Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said today that its chairman was stepping down after little more than a year in the job.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2004

50 hostages taken in Saudi attack

Saudi security forces have stormed an expat housing complex where suspected Islamic militants are holed up with a reported 50 hostages after attacking oil company offices.

Sat, 29 May, 2004

Cuffe quits environment position over share revelation

BESIEGED Green party TD Ciarán Cuffe yesterday stepped down from his position as party environment spokesperson and handed over his position on the Oireachtas Environment Committee to party leader Trevor Sargent.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2003

Inward investment changing substantially: IDA

Investment in the Irish economy is changing substantially in relation to local and global economic circumstances according to the Industrial Development Authority’s annual report published today.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2003

Cork boosted by €75m jobs investment

Almost 300 jobs are to be created in Co Cork through investment worth around €75m, the Tanaiste announced today.

Fri, 28 Mar, 2003

Hi-tech call centre to create 75 jobs

AN American-owned multinational is set to announce the creation of 75 jobs in Co Cork, doubling the existing workforce at its plant in Little Island.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2003