Ireland's state-run "bad bank" has acquired property loans with a nominal value of 71.2 billion euros ($94 billion), its chairman told national broadcaster RTE on Monday.
The European Central Bank has expressed "serious concerns" that Ireland's bailout package could affect the institution's liquidity operations in the euro zone.
Less than a decade after the dot-com bust taught Wall Street and Silicon Valley investors that what goes up does not keep going up forever, a growing number of entrepreneurs and a few venture capitalists are beginning to wonder if investments in tech start-ups are headed toward another big bust.
Britain, France, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands called on Saturday for the EU budget to be frozen until at least 2020
EU President Herman Van Rompuy said he saw no need to increase the existing rescue fund at the moment but did not rule out the possibility of doing so in the future.
Airlines will show better-than-expected earnings of $15.1 billion this year as investors favor shares of carriers in Asia.
China and India vowed on Thursday to raise bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2015 called for a stronger partnership between Asia's two giants.
Patience needed for boundary question
The Obama administration said Wednesday that two days of talks with a high-level delegation from China produced results that should benefit US companies ranging from manufacturers of computer software and wind turbines to beef producers.
China hopes that the United States could relax its export control on high-tech products, and such a move will benefit both sides, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Wednesday.
Restrictions on high-tech exports to China, rather than the Chinese currency, are the "major source" of the US trade deficit with China, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Wednesday.
China, US announce series of trade agreements
Opting for China-US trade expansion
China and the United States on Tuesday kicked off their annual trade talks in Washington DC.
Yahoo Inc is preparing to lay off between 600 and 700 workers in the latest shake-up triggered by the Internet company's lackluster growth.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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