RTE Business

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of data centre builder and operator, Equinix more than halved last year to €7.86 million.

Netflix said today that its ad-supported tier now has 70 million monthly active users globally, nearly doubling the number reported earlier this year.

An autistic cinema manager who quit when his employer was unable to guarantee him two days off in a row following a months-long dispute over rostering arrangements has secured €12,000 in compensation for disability discrimination.

Some ads on Facebook and Instagram will be "unskippable for a few seconds" under new changes announced today by the platforms' parent company Meta.

16 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses during the month of October for breaches of food safety legislation.

Ireland is facing greater competition than ever before as a location for global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Germany's Lufthansa Group said it had submitted a package of remedies to the European Commission needed to secure EU antitrust approval to take a minority stake in Italy's ITA Airways, bringing it a step closer to closing the deal.

German investor morale clouded over this month, an economic research institute said today, as Donald Trump's US election win and the collapse of the government in Berlin unleashed added uncertainty on Germany's already ailing economy.

Bitcoin rallied to the verge of $90,000 today, riding a wave of euphoria since the election of Donald Trump as US president on expectations his administration will be crypto friendly.

Apple was told by the EU today to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

The Irish Hotels Federation has called on all political parties and candidates in the General Election to commit to policy measures aimed at staving off the commercial crisis facing the wider tourism and hospitality industry - particularly food service businesses.

Dutch challenger bank bunq said today it is expanding its investment product, Stocks, to Ireland.

More European Central Bank interest rate cuts are coming and the deposit rate could hit the so-called neutral level in the first half of next year, Finnish central bank chief Olli Rehn said today.

Four out of every five people in Ireland do not have money set aside for their funeral, nor have they arrangements made for it, new research has found.

Mobile operator Vodafone has today reported a sharp downturn in Germany, it biggest market, in the second quarter after it was hit by a change in the law on TV sales, sending its shares 4% lower.

Oil and gas company Shell has won its appeal against a landmark climate ruling in the Netherlands, which in 2021 ordered the company to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Metro Bank £16m, for failings in its anti-money laundering controls between June 2016 and December 2020.

Shares in business support services company DCC soared in London trade today after it said it will focus on the energy sector and has begun preparations for the sale of its healthcare unit, which is expected to complete in 2025.

The Board of Kerry Co-operative Creameries has reached a deal with Kerry Group to buy its Consumer Foods Products and Dairy Ingredients business - Kerry Dairy Ireland - in two stages for up to €500m.

The Board of Kerry Co-operative Creameries has reached a deal with Kerry Group to buy its Consumer Foods Products and Dairy Ingredients business - Kerry Dairy Ireland - in two stages for up to €500m.