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Germany's Allianz has today posted a better-than-expected 7.5% rise in second-quarter net profit and said it was on track to meet its full-year target.

A strategic review by Irish Residential Properties REIT has concluded that the sale of the company was highly unlikely to deliver value and it instead should pursue growth opportunities while selling some less efficient units.

Zurich Insurance has today posted a bigger than expected 7% rise in first-half operating profit to a record $4 billion due to a strong performance across the board and said it was on track to exceed its 2025 targets.

Meal delivery company Deliveroo said today it had achieved the twin milestones of profit and free cash flow in the six months to end-June as demand from customers stabilised.

Building materials company CRH has reported flat second quarter and half year revenues but raised its guidance for the full year.

Australia's Qantas said it was cutting its former CEO's exit bonuses by A$9.3m after an external review found him responsible for measures alienating travellers, employees and shareholders in the COVID era and beyond.

The number of private registered landlords renting homes to tenants in Ireland rose by almost 7% to 103,035 between the middle of last year and March of this year.

A total of 43 properties within the discretionary rate of the Housing Assistance Payment were available to rent in June this year, according to the latest quarterly Simon Communities' Locked out of the Market report.

Maersk expects global container shipping growth to slow from a strong start to the year, when customers soaked up goods to prevent them from being held up by Red Sea attacks and other disruptions, it said today.

Online, ecommerce and digital representative body Digital Business Ireland said today that online sales are forecast to reach almost €16 billion this year.

Building consultancy ORS has acquired Kildare-based fire consultants ProFire & Design.

A briefing from Eirgrid, which operates the electricity network in Ireland, warned of a possible "mass exodus" of data centres from the country if new connection agreements could not be signed off on.

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Walt Disney has today reported quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, buoyed by the success of animated Pixar film "Inside Out 2", which helped overcome a profit decline at theme parks.

A development company linked to the co-owners of the Press Up Hospitality Group is making a fresh bid to secure planning permission for almost 500 apartments in the south Dublin suburb of Blackrock.

Energy company Energia Group has started the commercial operation for its 16th wind farm - Drumlins Park in Co Monaghan - and the first of its power purchase agreement with Microsoft.

Aer Lingus has announced three new routes for its winter schedule - to Marrakesh, Malta and Seville. The new services will start towards the end of October.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops here was estimated at 1.03 billion litres in June.

Water and wastewater engineering company Glanua has bought UK-based industrial operations and maintenance firm Aqua Operations for an undisclosed sum.

The average UK house price was more than £2,200 higher in July than it was in June, following three relatively flat months, the latest figures from Halifax show today.