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The Finance Bill, which is the piece of legislation which gives legal effect to the Budget, has been published this afternoon.

Oil prices rose more than 1% today, underpinned by a spike in fuel demand as a major storm barrelled into Florida, with Middle East supply risks also in focus.

European Central Bank policymakers appeared content with the drop in inflation when they met last month but argued for a gradual policy easing given stubborn price pressures, the accounts of their September 12 policy meeting showed today.

US consumer prices rose slightly more than expected in September, but the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than three and a half years, potentially keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next month.

IKEA annual sales fell 5% after the Swedish budget homeware retailer cut prices in a bid to attract more shoppers and maintain its share of a shrinking home furniture market, but it expects a recovery next year.

Email and finding information about goods and services were the most popular internet activities in the first six months of 2024, according to new research from the Central Statistics Office.

A drop in energy prices has resulted in a significant fall in inflation which declined from 1.7% in the 12 months to August to 0.7% in September - the lowest level since March 2021.

UK consumer goods giant Unilever has today completed the sale of Unilever Russia, finally joining other multinationals in exiting the country following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

TSB Bank has been fined £10.9m by the UK's financial watchdog for failing to treat customers in financial difficulty fairly over a six-year period.

€18m has been spent to date by daa on buying out homes and insulating schools and homes located around Dublin Airport which are impacted by aircraft noise.

Ryanair said today it would cut 12% of its traffic through German airports, making good on threats to reduce its presence in the country due to some of the highest location charges in Europe.

Sluggish demand and stiff competition in China hit third quarter sales at BMW and Mercedes, the German luxury automakers said today.

Japan's Seven & i Holdings will set up a holding company for its non-core assets to bring in outside investment and is planning to change its name, the retailer said today.

Hundreds of people, including corporate leaders, politicians and celebrities, gathered in Mumbai today to pay their last respects to one of India's most respected business tycoons, Ratan Tata, who died aged 86.

Shares of GSK rose as much as 6.5% this morning after the British drugmaker agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion to settle lawsuits in the US that claimed its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.

Dalata Hotel Group, which owns the Clayton Hotel and Maldron Hotel brands, has announced a €600m refinancing deal to fund its future growth.

There are growing risks to the EU budget due to a record amount of debt, Russia's war against Ukraine and high inflation, according to the annual report of the EU's financial watchdog.

More than three in five business leaders believe Budget 2025 will help them achieve their strategic priorities amid pressing business challenges, a new survey from the Irish Management Institute reveals.

Tesco Ireland has expanded its €200m multi-year partnerships with Irish suppliers around the country.

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