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Wanted: celeb to emulate Buffett

By ⋅ May 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The Irish Times Business This Week, May 11th 2007 On tonight’s episode of “Sage of Omaha: the next generation” Grandpa interviews his potential successors from Europe’s greatest economic success story – the Emerald Isle Stay tuned to see if they have the modesty, frugality, economic knowledge and common sense to become . . . the [...]

‘Generation Text’ and the skills gap

By ⋅ May 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The Irish Times Business This Week, May 4th 2007 Businesses have identified a significant deficit among employees and are struggling to remedy it, writes Margaret E.Ward Bertie is trying to tell me something. Every time I walk along a street or drive my car, his gaze follows me from those election posters. At home, Bertie [...]

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

This column was originally published in the Irish Times business section on April 13, 2007. 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 [...]

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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