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Big Tech performance raises questions over whether stock markets are overheating

Sun, 03/10/2024 - 16:12
Yet, there are signs that the strength has not turned into a speculative frenzy

Michael Dowling: What 70,000 Irish mortgage holders should do with their fixed-rates this year

Sun, 03/10/2024 - 15:33
Following the unprecedented hikes in the European Central Bank interest rates since the summer of 2022, mortgage holders can at last look forward to ...

Jim Power: We have a two-and-a-bit banking market that is harming customers

Sun, 03/10/2024 - 11:24
The transfer of customers out of KBC and Ulster Bank expanded the balance sheets of the three existing banks without the trio having to try very hard. It wouldn’t exactly take a genius to generate profits in such an environment

Executive-level gender parity must be fast-tracked, says IMI manager

Sat, 03/09/2024 - 08:15
While gender parity at entry level is relatively common, balance at leadership level remains a work in progress, says Cyrilla Costello of IMI

Momentum builds for ECB to start cutting interest rates in June

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 19:24
Momentum is building for the June interest-rate cut that European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde flagged on Thursday.Speaking a day after ...

Gaza puts Ireland's public investments in the occupied territories under scrutiny  

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 19:05
The State is investing millions in companies engaged across illegal Israeli settlements and profiting from their operations through a key public investment fund, writes Emer Walsh

BP completes claw back of €2m from former CEO Looney's pay

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 18:43
BP completed a claw back of £1.8m (€2.1m) from former CEO Bernard Looney's 2023 pay package following his dismissal in December for failing to ...

Sterling rises against euro on signs British rate cut will be delayed

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 18:38
Sterling on track for its biggest weekly rise against the euro since early January, up 0.5%

Business costs could hit pension scheme set to benefit women

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 18:30
The private pension auto-enrolment is a new retirement savings system for employees that is set to be introduced in the second half of 2024, but some wait with bated breath

US delays approval of Eli Lilly Alzheimer's treatment

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 17:43
Lilly said no date has been set yet for the advisory committee meeting to discuss the medicine, but it could be several months before it is held

Biden's pledge to hike US corporation tax to 21% threatens to re-open controversy for Ireland

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 16:43
The Irish Government had only reluctantly agreed as recently as late 2021 to give way to international pressure and hike from 12.5% to 15% the tax rate levied on  large companies and multinationals

Women make up 40% representation on boards of Ireland's largest public companies

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 10:47
Despite recent progress, almost a quarter of all listed companies in Ireland had all-male leadership teams

FPD posts surge in profit as group pays out another €36m to shareholders

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 08:32
Insurer's pre-tax profit grew by 24% in 2023 to more than €81m

Gender equity progress in Ireland, but more to do, says tech leader 

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 08:15
Cultural change in schools and across society are needed to support future progress with gender balance in the Irish workplace, says emagine Consulting leader

Judge criticises Supermac's boss and firms in dispute with former franchisee

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 19:35
Application for costs adjourned in case brought by John and Mary Lyons against Pat McDonagh, Supermac's Ireland Ltd, and Funworld 

Trial of latest weight-loss drug propels Novo Nordisk stock market value to €517bn

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 18:30
Phase I trial of the pill version of experimental drug amycretin showed participants lost over 13% of their weight. That compares to a weight loss of about 6% in trials for Wegovy, its blockbuster obesity drug

New Cork to Rotterdam shipping route to commence

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 17:38
Shipping firm said the move was in response to high levels of customer demand to move freight between Ireland and mainland Europe

Profits triple at regional newspaper group to €1.09m

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 17:37
Company operates more than 20 local news titles here including The Limerick Leader, The Dundalk Democrat and The Leinster Leader

Tinder to provide EU users with more clarity on prices to end probe

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 17:27
Dating app uses automated means to identify users who showed little or no interest in their standard price premium services in order to offer them personalised discounts

ECB kills hopes for early rate cut but puts focus on June meeting

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 16:57
Irish brokers warns that any ECB rate cuts won't come early enough this year to prevent 70,000 fixed-rate mortgaged households from facing significant increases in their monthly mortgage bills

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