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Quinlan</a> <br /><br /> </p> <p style="color:#ea0000; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:11px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;">30/09/2011</p> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=834&source=979">Google invest ¬ 75m in Dublin</a> <br /><br /> </p> <p style="color:#ea0000; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:11px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;">28/09/2011</p> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=833&source=979">Major Report "Built to Last" launched</a> <br /><br /> </p> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/press/default.aspx">Read More &gt;&gt;</a> </p> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/images/headingNews.gif" alt="New Members" width="205" height="31" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><ul style="color: #707070;"> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Amgen Technology (Ireland)</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">AmTrust International Underwriters Ltd</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Aon Centre for Innovation & Analytics</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Brightwater Recruitment</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Memjet</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Novell Ireland Software Ltd</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Reed Specialist Recruitment Ireland Ltd</li> <li style="color: #707070; padding: 1px 0; ">Sogeti Ireland</li> </ul> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=713&source=979"> Read More&gt;&gt; </a> </p> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/images/headingPresentations.gif" alt="US Companies Continue to Invest" width="205" height="52" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><ul style="color:#707070;"> <li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979">Alere</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Analog Devices</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Boston Scientific</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> CareFusion</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Citrix</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> D&B</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Delcath</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Glass Lewis & Co.</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Google</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> PayPal</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Pfizer</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> VMware</a></li><li style="color:#707070;"><a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979"> Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <a style="color:#707070; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=710&source=979">Read more &gt;&gt;</a> </p> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.amcham.ie/tradereport/default.aspx"> <img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/images/investmentTradeReport.jpg" alt="Investment Trade Report" width="205" height="152" border="0" /> </a> <p style="color:#444; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:12px; margin-left:11px; margin-right:6px;"> <br /> <br /> </p></td> </tr> </table></td> <td style="border-right:2px solid #bebebe;" width="554" valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="553"><tbody><tr><td><h1 style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: -7px 6px -5px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 23px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">Chamber Launch Major FDI Report&nbsp;</h1><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 10px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px"><p align="justify"><img src="http://www.amcham.ie/img/builtcover.jpg" border="0" alt="Joanne Richardson, Ambassador Rooney &amp; Gerard P. Kilcommins celebrate Independence day" title="Independence Day Celebrations" width="224" height="166" align="right" /></p><div style="text-align: left">A new report commissioned by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland has revealed that US investment in Ireland is now worth $190 billion and has grown five fold over the past decade. Ireland's share of total U.S. investment in Europe has risen from 5.2% to 8.7% over the same period and now accounts for one quarter of Irish GDP.</div><div style="text-align: left">Authored by Wall Street economist and strategist Joseph P Quinlan &lsquo;Built To Last - The Irish US Economic Relationship' is a comprehensive report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the US/Ireland Economic Relationship.</div><div style="text-align: left">To read the report in full&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amcham.ie/download/fdi.pdf">click here</a>. Hard copies are also available, please contact the Chamber if you wish to obtain copies.</div></div><div><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" /></div></td></tr><tr><td><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#625e5e">Taoiseach Inaugurates </font><em><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#625e5e">Chamber Conversations Series<br /></font></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal">&nbsp;</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px">An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD was the inaugural participant in a new series launched by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland. The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=837">Chamber Conversations Series</a>&nbsp;will place key stakeholders of the US business community in Ireland in direct conversation with the membership of the American Chamber, in the form of webcasted interviews.</div><div style="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px">To view the interview with An Taoiseach please&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amcham.ie/article.aspx?id=831">click here</a><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px"><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; border-left-width: 0px" /></div></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid"><td><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">Chamber to make Pre-Budget Submission</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px"><font color="#000000">The American Chamber is acutely conscious of the challenges and constraints which have been placed on the Government in framing the 2012 Budget. Higher marginal tax and pension burdens are weighing on experienced, skilled and highly mobile talent and their location choices. Short term measures might be digestible but only if there is a line of sight for their amelioration in the medium term. <p>Therefore we call for the publication of a comprehensive statement on taxation policy to accompany the Government's intended multi-year fiscal plan. We continue to advocate for policies that promote Ireland as a global location of choice within Europe for foreign direct investment (FDI).&nbsp; </p><p>On this basis, the American Chamber believes that Budget 2012 must demonstrate more certainty on the future direction of overall taxation policy, devise appropriate programs to attract business and technical leadership into Ireland and enhance incentives for RD&amp;I to preserve and draw-in new manufacturing and internationally traded service mandates into Ireland.</p></font><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" /></div></td></tr><tr><td><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">AmCham Jobs Board Continuing Success</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px"><p style="text-align: justify">Launched in the last Newsletter the AmCham Jobs Board has quickly become one of the busiest pages on amcham.ie. The initiative allows members to supply a URL Link to current vacancies they are advertising and a company logo for display on our Jobs Board. Candidates will access the link from the AmCham Home Page and submit CV s directly to the relevant company.</p><p style="text-align: justify">To participate simply email Zara (z.conaty@amcham.ie) with the logo and link you wish to have uploaded.</p><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" /></div></td></tr><tr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid"><td><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">Anniversary Celebrated in Cork</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px 16px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 0px"><p align="justify">250 Members of the American Chamber celebrated the AmCham Anniversary at a special lunch in the Maryborough Hotel, Cork. &nbsp;Attendees enjoyed the key note speech from former Munster Rugby star Frankie Sheehan.&nbsp;</p></div><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" /></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="middle"><td><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px">Sponsorship Opportunities 2012</h2><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px"><font color="#000000">&nbsp; <p><font color="#333333">Sponsoring an American Chamber of Commerce Ireland event in 2012 is both an outstanding business development and marketing opportunity, focused on Ireland's most dynamic and vibrant business community. It is the most direct and cost-effective way to promote new products or services, celebrate a business or corporate milestone/anniversary, or to elevate the communication of your business value proposition to Ireland's direct foreign investment community. Furthermore, it supports and endorses the ongoing work of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. </font></p><p><font color="#333333"></font></p><p><font color="#333333">Thank you to our member organisations who sponsored events in 2011 including: Accenture, Aramark Ireland, Aviva, Byrne Wallace, KPMG, Microsoft, Mason Hayes &amp; Curran, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, MSD, PwC, United Airlines.</font></p><p><font color="#333333"></font></p><p><font color="#333333">If you would like to be included on the circulation list for proposed sponsorship packages please send an e-mail to my colleague; Dermot Lee at </font><a href="mailto:D.lee@amcham.ie"><font color="#000080">D.lee@amcham.ie</font></a><font color="#333333"> for inclusion before November 4th 2011. </font><a href="http://www.amcham.ie/download/American%20Chamber%20Sponsorship%20Opportunities%202012.pdf"><font color="#993300">Click Here</font></a><font color="#333333"> for a list of sponsorship events in 2012.</font></p></font><font color="#000000"><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 9px 6px 0px 11px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #625e5e; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px"><hr style="border-bottom: #d4d4d4 2px solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" /></h2></font></h2></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="9" valign="top" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"><img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/images/trany.gif" border="0" alt="AmCham" width="7" height="10" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" valign="top" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"><img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/images/footer.gif" alt="footer" border="0" usemap="#Map" /></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table bgcolor="#DBDBDB" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" cols="1"> <tr> <td width="704" valign="top"><!-- 5,1:footer --> <img src="http://www.amcham.ie/newsletter/track_email.aspx?email=979" height="10" width="10" /></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <map name="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="712,19,762,37" href="http://www.kco.ie" target="_blank" alt="Kco.ie"> <area shape="rect" coords="539,40,761,60" href="http://www.amcham.ie/unsubscribe.aspx"> <area shape="rect" coords="543,16,641,38" href="mailto:info@amcham.ie" alt="Email"> </map> </body> </html>