Tuesday, November 19, 2013

19/11/2013: Financial Services Innovation Briefing November 2013

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I will be speaking at Financial Services Leaders' Briefing: Turning Innovation into Assets next week: http://www.bearingpoint.com:8...
Monday, November 18, 2013

18/11/2013: Some cautiously decent news for Pharma sector?..

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An interesting article from McKinsey on the drivers for rapid increase in the new drugs approvals by FDA:  http://www.mckinsey.com/Insight...

18/11/2013: European Health: Cancer Survival Rates

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Spot where our HSE comes compared to NHS... Source:  http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4359/if_polly_toynbee_cared_about_britons_h...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

17/11/2013: Irish Government Score Card 2013: OECD

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Well-summarised insights from the OECD on Irish Government performance based on 2011-2012 data:  http://www.oecd.org/gov/GAAG2013_CFS_IRE....

17/11/2013: Ireland to Remain Subject to EU/ECB Oversight post-Exit

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On may occasions I have stated that Ireland will remain subject of the enhanced supervision by the EU and ECB of its fiscal policies follo...

17/11/2013: Mortgage holders in difficulty to avail of new initiative from tomorrow: IMHO

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Tomorrow, the new IMHO pilot programme for AIB/EBS/Haven clients in mortgages arrears and distress comes on line. Key points of contact: w...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

16/11/2013: WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences & zero economics

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This is WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and zero economics . Enjoy! In recent WLASze ( http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2013/11/...

16/11/2013: Apple under fire in Italy... thanks to its Irish tax practices

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More unpleasant tax news flows for Ireland: Italians continue their campaign against low tax payments by predominantly US MNCs. As I remar...
Friday, November 15, 2013

15/11/2013: Beware of German (KfW) Bearing Gifts?..

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As reported in today's press, Ireland has secured a sort-of backstop to its exit from the bailout via an agreement with Germany's ...

15/11/2013: Primary Balances: Government Deficit Risks

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While looking at Ireland's risk dynamics relating to our exit from the Bailout (covered here:   http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2013/...

15/11/2013: Ireland: Some Credit Risk Analytics

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Just as I covered some of my thoughts on Irish exit from the bailout ( http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2013/11/15112013-exiting-bailout-al...

15/11/2013: Exiting the Bailout Alone: 'Goods', 'Bads' and Risks

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So Ireland is exiting the bailout without a precautionary line of credit. The news is big. And the news is small. Small on positives, alb...