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Business 100 - 1992

Business 100 | Creating Irish – U.S. Business Links

By Turlough McConnell

October 1992

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ICCUSA (Ireland Chamber of Commerce in the United States) is one extraordinary, international commerce machine with a mission. Turlough McConnell reports. Patrick J. Keogh is searching for the right words. "We don't like to be pigeonholed. We're not exactly a traditional chamber of com-merce." He pauses. "Nor strictly an organization for social good, really, " Keogh muses. … [Read more...] about Business 100 | Creating Irish – U.S. Business Links

Business 100 | The Heavy Metal Kid

By Irish America Staff

October 1992

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Bill Connell of Connell Limited Partnership A seminal moment in Paul Tierney's life occurred one evening in 1964 when he saw a light burning in the living quarters of Father Ted Hesburgh, then president of Notre Dame and a priest noted for accessibility to his students. Tierney called up Hesburgh, was invited over, and poured out his heart. Though a philosophy major, he had … [Read more...] about Business 100 | The Heavy Metal Kid

Business 100 | Telecom Ireland

By Martin Crowley

October 1992

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The invisible thicket of telecommunication innovation has grown denser in the last decade with all the major European countries vying to attract American manufacturing and service companies doing business in Europe. Few succeed without the lure of a proven state-of-the-art telephone network and not many have been as committed as Telecom Ireland to the task of improving … [Read more...] about Business 100 | Telecom Ireland

Business 100 | Back Home in Derry

By Martin Crowley

October 1992

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Derry was the launch-pad for the upheaval which first gripped Northern Ireland in 1968. But not only has it survived the turbulence of two decades ago, it has erased the physical scars and taken on a new self-confidence. A confidence that is being harnessed to tackle Derry's major long-term problem, unemployment. Martin Cowley reports. Combating a jobless rate of 23 percent, … [Read more...] about Business 100 | Back Home in Derry

Business 100 | Mutual of America

By Irish America Staff

October 1992

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Dedicated to Making a Difference Just 45 years ago the vast majority of health and welfare workers had no insurance coverage.  They had been excluded under the Social Security Act of 1935. They were desperate as they looked forward to a crushing and bleak retirement. Out of this pressing need a new company was born with a small S10,000 grant. Today it is known as Mutual of … [Read more...] about Business 100 | Mutual of America