RTE Business

British sportswear and apparel retailer Frasers said today it would buy about 4 million shares in Mulberry at 100 pence each, days after its takeover proposal was rejected by the luxury brand.

PTSB has become the first financial institution in Ireland to be accredited with Autism-Friendly branches in four locations across the country.

AkzoNobel will review its business portfolio in South Asia, with the initial focus on decorative paints, the Dulux paint maker said last night, as it continues its efforts to cut costs and boost its core coatings business.

Microsoft gives its Edge web browser an unfair advantage and EU antitrust regulators should subject it to tough EU tech rules, three rival browsers and a group of web developers said in a letter to the European Commission.

British pub group J D Wetherspoon has restored its dividend after suspending it for four years, it said today, when it reported a nearly 74% jump in annual profit, citing resilient customer demand and pub disposals.

Bank of Ireland is warning customers to be very vigilant to a wave of new fraud attempts following the announcement of a range of new energy credits this week.

Oil prices were little changed this morning, but remained on track for strong weekly gains, as investors weighed the prospect of a wider Middle East conflict disrupting crude flows against an amply supplied global market.

Shein is set to hold informal investor meetings in the coming weeks for its planned London initial public offering (IPO), three sources with knowledge of the matter said, pushing ahead with preparations as it awaits UK regulatory approval.

Would-be concertgoers have described feeling "embarrassed and ashamed" and being "gullible victims" after they tried to purchase Oasis tickets earlier this year, according to records from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

The number of personal injury claims made to the Injuries Resolution Board last year rose 10%.

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch drowned and the causes of the deaths of three other British nationals remain under investigation following the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht off the coast of Sicily, a series of inquest openings in the UK heard.

US dock workers and port operators have reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast.

The average household will make small gains from the Budget, but it will not reduce overall poverty levels, according to an analysis by the Economic and Social and Research Institute.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a way of converting loose soil and rocks found on the surface of Mars and the moon into construction blocks that could be used to build future settlements.

Eason Retail has announced the appointment of Brendan Corbett as Head of Dubray Books.

A delivery driver dismissed from his job after he admitted stopping a 15-year-old girl on the street and offering her chocolate out the window of a company van has lost his claim for unfair dismissal.

Tax take between January and the end of September was up 11% on the same time last year, driven by corporation tax, income tax, VAT and excise duty.

Even the biggest flop tends to make some of its money back - but Sony's blockbuster multiplayer game won't have made the studio a single cent following its short livespan, writes Adam Maguire.

An Bord Pleanála has granted the green light to the ESB to convert the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station in west Clare to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO).

Private bus operator, Aircoach this year recorded a pre-tax loss of €7.23m primarily due to onerous contract provisions concerning a loss-making contract.