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A highly skilled workforce and research carried out by top-calibre Irish universities were key factors in the decicion by US multinational Fidelity Investments to expand its operations here with the view of creating some 75 new jobs at its Galway base.

Too much food and wine aren’t the only things causing post Christmas hangovers in 2011. January can be one of the most financially stressful times of the year as Christmas bills start arriving into households around the country during the month. This year in particular, many families will struggle to keep their heads above water as they deal not only with Christmas overspending but reduced incomes, cuts in social welfare and job losses.

A plan to draw further students from Saudi Arabia to add to those attending third level colleges in Ireland, including the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, is likely to boost local economies and lead to investment in Irish business in the long-term, according to a government minister.

Credit Unions in Kilkenny will next week mark International Credit Union Day, sharing the occasion with over 183 million members of 49,330 credit unions around the world.

Two of the best known property groups in Galway have this week made a bold move, in defiance of the current challenging economic conditions, by announcing details of their merger. RE/MAX Property West and Property Partners Maxwell & Heaslip, have merged to form Property Partners Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard, and are looking forward to a brighter future as one bigger, stronger, and extremely enthusiastic entity.

Banks are abusing consumers through excessive interest rates in order to restore their depleted balance sheets, according to the Financial Regulator.

This summer An Post launched postfone, Ireland’s new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on the Vodafone network. With excellent pre-pay any network, any time rates, this simple to use service is now available through a network of post offices inWestmeath, and a further 150 post offices nationwide. Postfone offers a very competitive flat rate of 20c per minute and 9c texts, a range of easy-to-use mobile phones and accessible mobile services.

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Financial services State Street been appointed to provide investment services to hedge fund group Marshall Wace for its new equity-neutral exchange traded fund (ETF), MW TOPS Global Alpha, which is listed on the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges.

Members of Kilkenny’s business community were given plenty to chew on at a breakfast briefing with economist Jim Power, Friends First in Hotel Kilkenny last week.