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• Fexco Stockbrokers asks Bank to lift restriction on new business

  Fexco Stockbrokers is understood to have asked the Central Bank to lift the order restricting it from taking on new clients. p
  

• Burrows scotches rumour of BWG split-up

  BWG, the franchise holder for Spar convenience shops in the Republic, is unlikely to be split up when it is sold later this year, according to the joint managing director of Pernod Ricard. p
  

• Pre-Easter gains pared back as uncertainty stalks Wall Street

  The New York stock markets trod water yesterday in light trading, as investors and analysts tried to anticipate whether the pre-Easter recovery would continue in the face of renewed uncertainty about corporate earnings. p
  

• Quiet man who took Tesco to the top

  According to Tesco legend, Terry Leahy was identified as chief executive years before he eventually got the top job at Britain's biggest supermarket group. p
  

• Poll names Aer Lingus best European carrier

  Aer Lingus has been voted the best western European carrier in a poll conducted by UK research company Skytrax. Virgin Atlantic was the only British carrier to take an award in the largest global survey of air passengers. p
  

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