Irish Economy 2012: Home mortgage approvals in first quarter 2012 sink to levels not seen since 1960s

By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Business

Irish Economy 2012: The IBF/PwC Mortgage Market Profile report published Friday, shows that 2,630 new mortgages to the value of €450m were issued during the first quarter of 2012. The current series of official statistics are from 1970 and the annual

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Facebook IPO closes at US$38.23 after first day’s trading

By Silicon Republic - News | Business, Technology

One of the most eagerly awaited IPOs in tech industry history ended not far from where it started – Facebook opened at US$38 and while share soared to US$45 at one point by the end of the first day of share trading closed at US$

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Facebook shares leap to US$43, then drop in IPO’s first day

By Silicon Republic - News | Business, Technology

Social networking giant Facebook’s IPO got off to a rocketing start, with shares leaping an initial 13pc to US$43 as the stock opened for trading for the first time today

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Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg)

By Silicon Republic - News | Business, Technology

He’s a Harvard dropout, Facebook co-founder and he’s the world’s youngest billionaire by just eight days. Meet Dustin Moskovitz

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How much is Zuckerberg worth? (infographic)

By Silicon Republic - News | Business, Technology

The team at Visual.ly has come up with a live infographic to keep us all up-to-date with the answer to the question on everyone’s minds today

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Facebook’s IPO broadcasting live from NASDAQ

By Silicon Republic - News | Business, Technology

Watch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ring the bell from the company’s HQ in Menlo Park, California, to start the day’s trading on Wall Street

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