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Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Adele, and Drake helped generate €5.5bn between January and June — up 8.8% year-on-year

Chief executive of the company Luca de Meo is betting on 10 new products this year including the battery-powered Renault 5 to re-energize sales

The Government must address “persistent deficits” in the country’s infrastructure, particularly in areas of energy, water, and waste-water, as it may ...

Trade union has accused the IT firm of ignoring existing agreement and "unilaterally changing" working conditions

Investors tackled a rush of earnings, with stocks including Deutsche Bank AG and LVMH sliding after disappointing results

S&P Global’s composite PMI fell to 50.1 in July, attributed to the lack of growth of business activity in Germany and France

Dornan Engineering Group is largely focused on large-scale projects for blue-chip companies predominantly in the advanced technology sector, including data centres and biopharma facilities

CrowdStrike also outlined measures it would take to prevent the problem from recurring

Chocolate makers are expected to pass these higher costs on to shoppers and retailers in the fourth quarter — known as the all-important 'holiday quarter' — when most of the industry's sales are made around Halloween and Christmas

Ireland's pharma and medical industry has bounced back in recent months with exports increasing by 21% in May compared with the same period last year

Airline's profits for second quarter increased by 16% compared to last year, with the company saying it was on track for a record summer

Report comes as Government strategy group rejects calls for a reduced VAT rate for the hospitality sector

The company’s 'Food to Go' category saw revenue increase by 2.4%

Alphabet beat second-quarter revenue estimates due to digital ad sales and demand for its cloud computing services

LVMH shares have been volatile since the luxury slowdown emerged, and are down about 20% over the past year.

Elsewhere, Porsche shares fell the most on record after the luxury-car maker cut its outlook for the year, saying a shortage of aluminium parts could force it to stop production of some models.

Reducing the Vat rate to 9% for the hospitality industry "would constitute an enormous fiscal transfer of taxpayer’s money to the sector which the evidence available at present does not support”, the Tax Strategy Group stated.

Staff costs increased from €1.63m to €1.7m as numbers employed increased by two to 38

Revenue was $12.3bn (€11.3bn) in the period, above the average analyst estimate, while earnings per share of 84 cents surpassed expectations for 81 cents

The performance pushed Logitech into a second consecutive quarter of higher group sales, ending a period of lower demand that followed the pandemic-driven sales boom