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  1. HMV curbs losses thanks to collapse of Zavvi and Borders - plus all those xmas copies of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince presumably.
  2. #budget10 Impact on public sector worker earning 33,505 euro is net 1,020 euro a year. Impact on private sector worker on 35,000 euro is 0.
  3. #budget10. Cuts of up to 10 euro a week on maternity benefit... Don't get pregnant!
  4. #budget10 Lenihan takes time out to honour Ted Kennedy. Represents possibility and self-belief, apparently. I'm guessing the surname helped.
  5. #budget10 Lenihan promises to penalise drinks industry if they don't pass on excise cuts. Public health arguments dead in cross-border era.
  6. #budget10 Hectoring in the Dail crescendos as Lenihan announces cuts to jobseeker's payments for young people.
  7. Brian Dobson to Dermot Ahern: "What you're saying to people is 'forget about fairness'." #budget10
  8. In the Oct 08 Budget, Lenihan was aiming for a deficit of 6.5 per cent of GDP this year. Turned out to be double figures. #budget10
  9. Darling introduces "super-tax" on bankers' bonuses. Suddenly shaving the price of a pint seems like the easy crowd pleaser. #budget10
  10. The BBC says we're all calling today Black Wednesday because of #budget10
  11. Simon Cowell, Kate Moss and Topshop boss Philip Green plan to form new "entertainment" conglomerate. I fear Kate will be pole dancing again.
  12. Libraries have self-service checkouts now, like Tesco etc. Who knew?
  13. New blog post on credit ratings agencies, past and present, on the Current Account blog at irishtimes.com/blogs/business
  14. The new branded goods being introduced to M&S seem wisely selected: most people will avoid own-brand supermarket cereal if they can help it.
  15. New figures from Retail Excellence Ireland show menswear continues to be the hardest hit category, down 24 per cent in Q309 versus Q310
  16. Joined Ireland's Twitter directory http://twitireland.com #journalist #IrishTimes #filmstudent
  17. Carbon tax seems set to dominate Budget but Government is yet to indicate how its impact will be mitigated to avoid fuel poverty. #budget10
  18. Wondering what tempted Matthew Elderfield to leave the Bermuda Monetary Authority to be head of financial supervision at Irish Central Bank
  19. Seems like product placement on TV is inevitable: but should it be resisted on the basis of artistic integrity or just the cheese factor?
  20. is at the Kenmare economic policy conference. Only one speaker has even touched on Nama so far.