Waterford Rosenthal bid fails

Waterford Wedgwood's attempt to buy out the remaining 15.83 per cent of its German porcelain subsidiary Rosenthal AG has failed.

Acceptances for the offer from Rosenthal shareholders only covered one-third of the 15.38 per cent of Rosenthal Waterford did not already own.

In June Waterford Wedgwood offered €100 (£78.76) per share, a premium of 40.8 per cent on the then share price, for the Rosenthal shares it did not already own.

Tech firm Fineos

A report in Friday's Business This Week referred to a company called "Fineous". In fact, the company's name should be spelt Fineos.

The enterprise software company employs 270 people in Dublin, 60 of whom were taken on this year.