Mr Murray told the special divisional court - which sits only to deal with major cases of significant constitutional importance - that Mr Ahern had to hire the services of former Bank of Ireland currencies expert Paddy Stronge last April to contradict claims made by the tribunal.

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The businesses making this pledge include name brands like Proctor and Gamble, Tyson Foods, Hewlett-Packard -- but also smaller companies like Prime Team Services, which is planning to hire hundreds of military spouses and veterans next year alone.

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The kind of people that these consulting and advisory services businesses hire are NOT generally investment people.

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However, if you do hire one of the tens of thousands of small-time IT services shops that cater to small businesses, ask them about using open-source alternatives to Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes.

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Their access to capital, made a little easier by the success of LinkedIn, will help them fund their growth, hire more employees and hopefully enable them to purchase more of our software and services to help them grow.

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When we hand out the paychecks to the hole diggers, that makes the production of more goods and services in the private sector profitable, and they hire more workers, too.

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The first is about BusinessUSA, the one-stop shop and online platform where businesses of all sizes can access services and information to help them grow and hire that is launching in early 2012.

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