Cash bonuses for interviews a sign of the times in euro zone jobs boom
Staff shortages force employers to get creative as unemployment drops to record lows
Ireland needs to fully embrace community-led housing
Irish meitheal tradition has potential to help solve the crisis – with State support
Curevac shares slump as Covid vaccine reports 47% efficacy
Nasdaq-traded shares in Tübingen-based firm collapsed by almost half following admission
Lufthansa shareholders back €9bn bailout package
Deal allows Berlin to raise its holding to a blocking minority in the event of a hostile takeover bid
Sportswear giant Adidas secures €3bn to battle Covid crisis
German group must forgo dividends for duration of backstop financing
Lufthansa to discontinue Germanwings in sweeping restructuring
Airline group warns it could take years for aviation industry to recover from coronavirus crisis
Tui secures €1.8bn loan to navigate coronavirus crisis
Bridging loan provided by state-owned German bank
German packages to cushion against Covid-19 now collectively worth €1 trillion
Berlin determined to use ‘all we have’ to limit looming economic crisis
German minister calls for fund to counter foreign takeovers
Proposal forms part of strategy designed to create ‘national and European champions’
China has been buying Irish: should we be worried?
Could Irish assets hoovered up by Chinese firms end up back on the market?
ECB bond-buying activities referred to Europe’s highest court
European Court of Justice to rule on whether asset purchase programme broke bank’s ban
Ryanair claims Lufthansa and German government aim to carve up Air Berlin
German government loans insolvent airline €150m as Lufthansa eyes parts of its business
Greek loans earn €1.3bn for Germany in last 10 years
Opposition politicians say it may be legal to earn Greek money but is morally dubious
German state bank KfW accidentally transferred €7.6bn
Bank previously transferred €350 million to Lehman Brothers on day of its bankruptcy
Additional funding of €450m secured for SMEs
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland says cash will facilitate ‘growing demand’
Loans to small businesses from State-run SBCI doubled this year
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has given loans to 8,619 SMEs since March 2015
Small businesses draw down €172m in low cost funding
Loan uptake from Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland ‘gathering momentum’
Ulster Bank approved by SBCI to offer low-cost loans
Lender is to distribute some €75m in loans to small and medium-sized companies
AIB secures another €200m from SBCI to lend to businesses
Funding will be made available to businesses at a variable interest rate of 4.5 per cent
SBCI introduces €25m fleet finance fund for SMEs
Fund provides specialist contract hire facilities with terms of 3 to 4 years
New €50m financing programme announced for SMEs
Initiative provides funding for equipment, machinery and vehicle finance
AIB says over €60m in credit given under SBCI fund
The SBCI is hoping to kick-start lending to SME sector via cheap loans
'If the money isn’t used the way we expect it to be used, we’ll take it back'
Backed by Euro bucks, the SBCI is Ireland’s big bid to get banks lending to businesses. It’s boss says they’ll be watching closely
New banking initiative to cut up to 2% off loans to SMEs
State-backed bank will channel €400m into sector via AIB and BoI
We need to boost credit demand and supply for SMEs
Are low levels of lending to SMEs a reflection of limited demand for credit rather than lack of supply?
Bank policies limit small firms’ growth, says Noonan
Minister says while banks provide working capital, they typically want loans repaid in three or five years
Bank policies limit small firms’ growth, says Noonan
Minister says while banks provide working capital, they want loans repaid in three or five years
Cheap small business loans get green light
Irish and German governments sign off on deal giving €800 million to strategic bank
Initial €800m SME loan fund to help boost sector
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland launches in Dublin
German officials mystified by inaction on Irish corporate tax rate
Cantillon: Berlin can bark, but will it bite?
Fitzgerald to seek Budget funds for Garda recruitment
Minister tells Templemore she wants depleted force to number above 13,000
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