HALF of businesses in the south-east expect an improvement in sales next year despite a recent raft of major job blows.

THE Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers (IACT) has appointed Porsche International Financing managing director John Gilsenan, to the position of president of the association with immediate effect.

A SURVEY of householders living in the part of County Kilkenny that Waterford City Council wants to take over shows a majority favour the extension.

The outlook for IT budgets for 2004 is the most positive it has been for three years, according to the findings of the latest edition of IDC's annual user survey.

A survey on telecoms expenditure in Ireland showed that not only is broadband uptake slow, but also basic understanding of the term is low.