Success in an Unfriendly Neighbourhood

Few people realize that Israel, despite all its political problems, is one of the world’s most successful economies. Since 2004 its GDP has grown about 5 per cent a year in real terms every year except 2009, when the global economy crashed. And Israel has proved to be...

2014 Doodle 4 Google Champion Crowned

Dublin student Kelly McCabe from Scoil Carmel Junior National School was named the overall winner of the sixth annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Beating off tough competition from 74 regional finalists, Kelly’s winning doodle will now be seen by millions of...

WhatsApp Acquisition Means to Marketers

As the hype of the Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition for a $ 19 billion is beginning to die down, the questions remain – what impact will this have on your business marketing strategies? Firstly, for those who aren’t familiar with WhatsApp?  Their website...

Swedish Firm Takes On WRC Timing System

Stage One Technology – the WRC’s decade-long dedicated, reliable and accurate timing supplier – has concluded an agreement with Swedish firm Racetiming Sweden for the acquisition of its cutting-edge timing system. From 2002 until 2012, British-based...

Carl Icahn invests in Apple

Activist investor Carl Icahn picked up another $ 500 million of Apple Inc shares on Thursday to take his investment in the iPhone maker to $ 3.6 billion, while ratcheting up his months-long campaign to pry open the company’s cash hoard. Icahn, who repeatedly has...