The number of recruitment advertisements in the national newspapers was a little less than 210,000 in 2005, up 2% on the previous year, said Bank of Ireland Business Banking.
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TUESDAY: Buy4Now, the Irish online shopping firm, raised its revenue forecast to €5m and its profits forecast to €615,000 for the year to March, with the launch of its third online grocery site in America.
WEDNESDAY: Second-hand houses in Dublin rose in value by between 11.3% and 13.5%, according to the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute.
THURSDAY: Joe Meade, the financial services ombudsman, received 2,604 complaints in 2005, up 23% on 2004.
FRIDAY: ThirdForce, the Dublin e-learning firm, says it expects revenues for 2005 to total €12.6m, up 5% on 2004, although operating profits will be down.
Jens Alder, the chief executive of Swisscom, stepped down after clashing with the Swiss government over foreign acquisitions.
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The volume of retail sales rose 3.9% in November 2005 compared with the same month in 2004, said the Central Statistics Office.