U.S. Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland welcomes investment by First Derivatives

Welcome though these jobs are, and all the other jobs announced by U.S. companies, they remain a drop in the bucket. Northern Ireland is about to lose many thousands of mainly public sector jobs as a result of the unavoidable austerity measures newly imposed by the British Government – measures similar to those now making themselves felt in the Republic. The 500 or so jobs announced by American companies in recent months should fill about 5 per cent of the void. It is an irony that a majority (I think) of the new jobs (not just those announced this week) are directly related to the finance industry, aimed at increasing Wall Street's UK and European "reach". It was Wall Street's excesses and extravagance that got us into this mess in the first place. So let's not get too excited, or too grateful.

A two Bit krap company....Was it not the trade in Derivatives that led the world of finance to where we are at ??.