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Lidl Wooden Christmas Train
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Done Deal
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Sparring partners
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kurdistan
Irish oil and gas firm evacuates Iraq staff
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Building Momentum
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Sponsored
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BOD takes a punt on whiskey company
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Pay Up
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Broke
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Done Deal
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Save it to make it
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Different fortunes
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price pressure
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Switching Jersey
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Back in business
Open for business: new company start-ups beat pre-recession levels
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Done Deal
Boots has been taken over by US retailer for €3.9 billion
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Go West
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Building Momentum
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Like a plant
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Tax Take
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fail better
Irish 'stigma' around failure is hurting entrepreneurship - SFA
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payback time
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Steady as She Grows
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SMEs
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Culture War
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Banker
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Credit Crunch
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Sub-prime numbers
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On Demand
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Cash down
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Loans
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Perking up
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job lot
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Regulation Stations
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