Ireland's Two Bewley's Cafes to Close
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The owners of Bewley's Oriental Cafes, Ireland's famous tea and coffee shops, announced Friday that their two flagship cafes in central Dublin &#151; among the capital's most revered cultural landmarks for decades &#151; will shut next month because they can no longer run profitably.
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The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut said it had temporarily closed several New York City restaurants owned by the franchisee that operated a Manhattan eatery overrun last week by rats.
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The Intensive Care Unit at Belfast City Hospital closes  after two patients are found to have a bacterial infection.
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A brewery in west Belfast which produces Bass beer is to close in January with the loss of up to 85 jobs. It will bring to an end 107 years of brewing at Ulster Brewery on Glen Road.
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One of London's best-known hotels is to close for 16 months while a Â£100m refurbishment takes place.
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The Irish outpost of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab is shutting down, as MIT officials and the Irish government failed to reach agreement on a plan to fund the operation.
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The Taoiseach and British Prime Minister will travel to Belfast this afternoon resigned to the collapse of their efforts to strike a political deal in the North because of a deadlock over visual proof of IRA ...
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Health insurer Bupa is to close its operations in Ireland to avoid making payments to state-owned rival VHI.
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Newcastle University is to close its pure physics courses - the latest announcement of science course cuts in UK universities.
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Media Lab Europe, a high-tech research center founded by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced Friday it is closing because it's run out of money.
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China has closed almost 13,000 net cafes in a bid to clean up net use in the country.
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Retail stores owned by Apple will be closed from 2PM to 6PM on Friday, prior to the iPhone's release.
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The UK's largest brewer announces it is closing its operation in Berkshire putting 362 jobs there at risk.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.
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A controversial landfill site near Lisburn is closed by the Environment and Heritage Service.
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Police in Tehran have closed two dozen barber shops and hairdressers in a fortnight.
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The Belfast-based newspaper Daily Ireland is cease publication, managing director Mairtin O Muilleoir has said.