Ahern Saddles Cowen With Slowing Growth, Tumbling Home Prices (Bloomberg.com)

Story date: 2008-04-02 06:13:20
Added on: 2008-04-02 21:00:15

April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Irish Finance Minister Brian Cowen is poised to take over as prime minister after Bertie Ahern set a date for his departure yesterday. The timing for Cowen couldn't be worse.


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