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  • Ireland has no strategy to tackle Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal Ireland has no strategy to tackle Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal

    Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a "tricky customer" as well as "one of the best spinners in the world", but admits his team has no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches. The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the ...

  • One trillion euro tax evasion to be tackled says Barroso One trillion euro tax evasion to be tackled says Barroso

    BRUSSELS - Voicing concern about tax evasion that is estimated at one trillion euros, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that EU leaders will meet at a one-day summit on Wednesday to negotiate solution. The European Union can't afford to let tax evasion go on the way it is. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial ...

  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

    WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

  • Fergie Premier League manager of year Fergie Premier League manager of year

    Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was named the Premier League manager of the year and accepted the award from the League Manager Association Monday. Ferguson, 71, announced his retirement last week after 27 years at the helm transforming United into a great team with a record of 20 top-flight league titles. His 1,500th and last match in charge of United was a stunning 5-5 draw at ...

  • Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart

    MUMBAI - The UK based Standard Chartered (StanChart) Monday announced plans to acquire the Indian private wealth management business of US multinational financial services firm Morgan Stanley for an undisclosed amount as part of plans to expand operations. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. "Standard Chartered India has agreed to acquire Morgan Stanley's onshore private ...

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2 Days in the Valley

John Herzfeld's "2 Days in the Valley" starts out with great promise, hits a peak near the middle, and then comes unraveled in the last third. The smart and invigorating plot contains a handful of clever surprises, but it only sustains itself for about two/thirds of the film. It's as if Herzfeld was feeling inspired until he got down to the last act where he had to tie up all the loose ends, and t ... ...

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  • Tax affairs to dominate EU leaders summit

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to a summit of EU leaders in Brussels today amid the continuing fallout over the US Senate committee's investigation of the computer giant Apple. The committee was critical of Apple's use of its Irish subsidiaries to avoid tax on tens of billions of dollars in earnings. The one-day summit was arranged several months ago to give political momentum to ...

  • Significant changes set out in revised Croke Park II accord

    Brendan Howlin, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, turns away from his press briefing on the LRC negotiations on Croke Park at Government Buildings ,yesterday.Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish ...

  • Irish truck driver laid to rest two years after he disappeared

    St. John the Baptist in Cashel, asked God to give his family justice, Herald.ie reported. "He has given the last two years on his own and now, finally, he's back where he belongs," Michelle Ryan said. Ryan, 52, who also worked as a disc jockey under the name Mr. Moonlight, was last seen June 3, 2011. Michelle Ryan told the RTE program "Crimecall" that she found her ...

  • Belfast in top five of UKs best visits

    Liverpool have made contingency plans in the event of goalkeeper Jose Reina leaving in the summer but Stoke's Asmir Begovic is not top of their replacements ...

  • Ireland’s Tax Policy Not a Secret

    The secrets of how Apple avoided billions of dollars taxes lie in a low-slung building of glass and brick in the hills of County Cork. There, in the Hollyhill Industrial Estate and elsewhere in Ireland, Apple employs a mere 4 percent of its global work force. But there, too, Apple recorded a staggering 65 percent of its worldwide income -- $26 billion last year -- enabling the company, according ...

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