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China's central bank has unveiled its biggest stimulus since the pandemic to pull the economy out of its deflationary funk and back towards the government's growth target, but analysts warned more fiscal help was vital to hit these goals.

Australia's central bank has today held interest rates steady as expected and reiterated that policy needed to stay tight to bring inflation to heel, sticking to its guns a week after the Federal Reserve started its easing campaign with a bang.

Building materials giant CRH said its chief executive Albert Manifold has decided to retire and will be replaced by the company's chief financial officer Jim Mintern.

Boeing has made a "best and final" pay offer to thousands of striking workers, but its largest union declined to put it to a vote, saying the planemaker had refused to bargain over the proposal that fell short of members' demands.

Just 30% of female professionals believe their employer provides workplace supports for women's health issues such as menopause, perimenopause and fertility issues, according to a new survey.

The sun shining down on Newbridge Station in Co Kildare makes it feel more like summer than September.

42% of women who are small firm owners say they struggle to balance family and caregiving responsibilities with business, a new study has found.

The rising share of apartments in new housing developments could impact the speed of housing delivery this year, the Banking and Payments Federation (BPFI) has warned.

More than a third of adults here have received a substantial gift or inheritance, new research has found.

SIPTU members employed in the Citizens Information Service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.

The EU has today launched a WTO challenge against a Chinese anti-subsidy investigation into imports of European dairy produce, in an escalating trade row between Beijing and Brussels.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has begun a two-week quarry safety inspection campaign focussing on safe machinery operation, machinery guarding and maintenance activities.

Google's advertising business has been accused of financing and earning money from articles promoting climate change denial published on a far-right website.

Two in every five adults here who do not have a pension are unaware of plans for an auto-enrolment scheme.

IBM has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model for a variety of weather and climate use cases.

Plans for a crackdown on motorists who have held provisional licences for years and sometimes decades have been delayed over fears of a knock-on effect on waiting lists for driving tests.

Audiovisual Ireland has called on the Government in Budget 2025 to strengthen the indigenous independent production sector by enhancing the Section 481 tax credit incentive and to invest more in promoting regional production.

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, chief executive Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

US-based asset management company Apollo Global Management has offered to make an investment of as much as $5 billion in Intel, Bloomberg News has reported.

Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland are starting a Trade and Investment Mission to the West Coast of the US today, led by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke.