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Growth strategy

By ⋅ April 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Irish Times Business This Week, April 27th 2007 Dandelions pepper the front lawn, nettles are creeping in and moss coats the driveway. The silent battle between grass blade and yellow-crowned invader, assisted by regular rounds of weed and feed, begins again, writes Margaret E. Ward Gardening is new to this city girl but I’m trying [...]

House swap

By ⋅ April 24, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Irish Times Business This Week 20/4/07 Strangers slept in our bed last week and we slept in theirs. As the latest contestants in the Big Bedbugs reality TV show, we were experimenting with life in others’ homes, writes Margaret E. Ward It was our first appearance in a home exchange or house swap and thankfully [...]

Sub-prime time or Abbatoir of debt

By ⋅ April 16, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Fresh meat is needed to feed the insatiable appetite of the international abattoir of debt. Our Government has been waving a big juicy carcass in the air – your mortgages – for some time, writes Margaret E. Ward. Recently, the scent was picked up by lenders to the credit-troubled. These sub-prime lenders are flooding into [...]

Paying for jargon

By ⋅ April 9, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

If you remember the first time you received pocket money, or had a warm coin pressed into your palm by a relative, you’ll remember the thrill of spending it, writes Margaret E. WardIf, like me, you blew it all on sweets down the corner shop, you may also remember the tummy ache that followed. That [...]

Paying for jargon

By ⋅ April 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

If you remember the first time you received pocket money, or had a warm coin pressed into your palm by a relative, you’ll remember the thrill of spending it.

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