RTE Business

The Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists has said he is disappointed with the new funding model for RTÉ. Séamus Dooley said the can has just been "kicked down the road" and that there was an inevitability the TV licence system will have to be abolished.

Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari said today that its European dealers will start accepting cryptocurrency, following a similar move in the US.

Pressure was coming to bear on the banks this time last year to offer better returns to depositors against the backdrop of rising interest rates.

Spain's antitrust regulator said today it had opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour by Apple's App Store, an allegation the tech giant denied.

The Rotunda Hospital continued to employ a porter after a finding that he sexually harassed a 19-year-old female care assistant, leaving her in "reasonable fear" of further harassment in what is "meant to be arguably the safest place in Dublin for a woman to be or work", a tribunal has heard.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that non-household entities bought a total of 12,201 homes at market prices last year, a decrease of 9.8% on the 13,522 purchases made by this group in 2022.

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Financial modelling technology solutions company Miagen has announced an investment of €1.8m in the launch of its new product GreenGen.

NFP, an Aon company and an international insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced a deal to buy independent specialist insurance broker Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurances, which trades as Barrett Private Insurances.

Growth in euro zone business activity stalled this month as a tepid expansion in the bloc's dominant services industry failed to offset a deeper downturn among manufacturers, a survey showed today.

Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has today upgraded its full year outlook on the back of its "continued robust financial and opererational performance".

A campaigner has said she is hopeful that a new law allowing women who are diagnosed with mental or physical illness during pregnancy to defer maternity leave can "get across the line" as quickly as possible.

Heathrow Airport said a record 39.8 million passengers travelled through its terminals in the first half of the year, an increase of 7.3% from the 37.1 million passengers during the same period last year.

LVMH sales growth slowed in the second quarter as Chinese shoppers reined in spending on high-end fashion at home, even as demand in Western markets slightly picked up.

France's BNP Paribas has today posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings after investment banking revenue jumped due to a surge in equities trading, offsetting a sharp drop in net interest income at its French retail business.

Nestle may flag more price hikes on its chocolate products when the world's biggest food maker reports first-half earnings tomorrow, making Kit Kat bars and Smarties more expensive by Christmas.

Deutsche Bank has today posted its first loss in four years in the second quarter after setting aside €1.3 billion as a provision for a protracted investor lawsuit over its Postbank acquisition.

New funding proposals for RTÉ and other public service media will be signed of by Cabinet today.

Alphabet has beaten second-quarter revenue and profit estimates, driven by a rise in digital advertising sales and healthy demand for its cloud computing services, but flagged that capital expenses would remain high for the year.

Tesla has reported its lowest profit margin in more than five years and missed Wall Street earnings targets in the second quarter, as the electric vehicle maker cut prices to revive demand while it increased spending on AI projects.