RTE Business

Britain's economy stagnated for a second month running in July as manufacturing output dropped sharply, an inauspicious start for the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer who wants to vastly improve the country's growth rate.

Zara owner Inditex has today reported a rebound in recent sales of its first autumn-winter collections, offsetting a slowdown in sales in the first half of the year that was in line with analysts' expectations.

Australian property listing firm REA Group said today that Britain's largest real estate portal Rightmove had rejected its £5.6 billion cash-and-stock takeover offer.

Ireland's tech sector expects a resurgence in hiring confidence following consecutive quarters of stagnant recruitment, according to the latest Manpower Group Employment Outlook Survey.

Data management company NetApp has announced that it will create more than 60 new software development jobs at its international headquarters in Cork.

University of Limerick graduate Olivia Humphreys has been named as the Irish national winner of the James Dyson Award 2024.

High end yoga apparel retailer and favourite of celebrities, Alo Yoga is entering the Irish retail market and is planning to set up its first store on Dublin's Grafton Street.

Campbell Soup CPB.O is dropping "soup" from its name to become "The Campbell's Company," CEO Mark Clouse has said, a pivot symbolising the company's shift to other packaged food such as jarred sauces like Rao's and Goldfish snacks.

A retired ornament dealer has been named in the latest tax defaulters list from Revenue after he received a court-determined penalty of €764,630.

MTM Engineering has announced the creation of 200 jobs as it moves into its new headquarters in Slane, Co Meath.

A Swedish court has today sentenced the former chief executive of Swedish bank Swedbank to 15 months in prison for deceiving investors about the bank's links to a money laundering scandal.

British hedge fund founder Paul Marshall has bought The Spectator political magazine for £100m, seller RedBird IMI said today.

There's a rush to incorporate AI-based tools into smartphones and Apple is no different, as the new iPhone shows

There is no doubt that today's surprise ruling forcing Apple to pay Ireland an eye-watering €13bn plus interest is a significant blow to the State's reputation.

EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager has hailed the judgment by the European Court of Justice as "a big win for EU citizens and tax justice".

Hundreds of plumbers, pipefitters, welders and apprentices, who are members of the Unite trade union, will take further strike action on Friday in a dispute over travel allowances.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal a 25% slow down in the number of electric cars licensed for the first time in the first eight months of 2024 when compared with the same time last year.

Shane Lowry will no longer be sponsored by Irish building materials company Kingspan, confirming in a statement that the two had "mutually agreed to discontinue our sponsorship relationship".

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that the €14 billion in tax due to Ireland following this morning's ruling against Apple cannot be used for day-to-day spending, adding that the Government will give careful consideration on how best to use the funds.

The ECJ has today ruled in favour of the European Commission in the Apple tax case and determined that Ireland was in breach of State Aid rules.