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Simon Barry: Look to the labour market to better understand the health of the Irish economy 

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:26
Analysis of the first three quarters of 2023 confirms the decline in GDP last year was indeed about the multinationals, but the labour market offers much better news

IDA plans €900k public relations campaign on America's west coast

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 14:26
The target audience for the communication work will be leading decision makers at big tech and life sciences firms on the west coast

Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar gets boost from Biden's $1trn infrastructure spend 

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 13:29
Company's profit margins have been helped by a $28.1bn order backlog for construction equipment and demand from customers in oil and gas, power generation, rail and defence in the past year

McDonald's sales fall short of expectations amid Middle East fallout

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 13:04
McDonald's is among several Western brands that have seen protests and boycott campaigns against them over their perceived pro-Israeli stance

Novo spends €10bn to make more Wegovy weight loss drugs

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:50
The deal for Catalent has the backing of Elliott Investment Management, the activist investor, which has a stake in the US company

David McNamara: Central banks push back against rate cuts

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:32
While it was widely expected monetary policy would remain on pause, central bank watchers were parsing the press conferences for subtle signs central banks would move soon

Facebook turns 20: Highs and lows from two decades of the social media giant

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 08:31
Here is a look back at some of the key moments from the last 20 years of the social network.

EU Parliament should prioritise SMEs after 'difficult series of years', says Chambers Ireland

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 00:05
Chambers Ireland said small- and medium-sized enterprises have become entangled in regulations following increased delivery of EU legislation in the last five years which has put further pressure on firms amid a volatile economic environment.

Eoghan O'Mara Walsh: Government must tread very carefully with short term letting legislation

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 18:00
Government is trying to increase the supply of long-term rental properties to ease the housing crisis, and this is something nobody can argue with

Jim Power: Interest rate cuts this year seem inevitable despite cautious central bankers 

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 15:26
The only question really is how long it will take the ECB to admit that it tightened too much since July 2022 and that the time has come to reverse course.

Peter Brown: Investing in the ‘Magnificent 7’ is just too risky

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 15:00
Many Irish pensions and other passive general investment schemes have the largest equity exposure to the Magnificent 7 stocks for no good reason

New data may suggest Germany is veering towards a new post-covid low

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 14:53
The combined picture may confirm that output from Europe’s biggest economy is now running at its lowest ebb since the years after the global financial crisis, apart from the shock of the pandemic

Central Bank head Makhlouf rejects claim that Irish banking market is 'dysfunctional'

Sat, 02/03/2024 - 00:30
Speaking to the 'Irish Examiner', Gabriel Makhlouf discusses the timing of rate rises and cuts, competition in Irish banking, the danger of stoking up inflation, and factors behind Ireland's housing shortage

Tesla recalls 2.2 million cars over warning light font size

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 17:17
Recalls of this sort have drawn the ire of Tesla chief executive Elon Musk

High Court clears Comreg to search data it seized from Eircom

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 16:38
Comreg had made an unannounced search of Eircom's premises last summer, when it seized some of the company's digital data

Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package inspired others. Now the strategy is in doubt

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 14:52
Numerous other compensation deals were similarly structured in the wake of Musk’s 2018 award

Ryanair sees emptier planes following spat with online travel agents

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 14:44
Agents stopped selling flights with the airline following court cases

People more likely to become self-employed when laid off in recession, study finds

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 14:38
Analysis also found the trend helped to avoid ‘scarring’ effects on the labour force during economic troughs

Top aircraft lessors sow doubts over green fuel silver bullet

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 14:14
Dublin conference told sustainable aviation fuel would cost 'extraordinary sums of taxpayers' money' to make happen

'Vat reduction not the answer': Michael McGrath doubles down on hospitality rate

Fri, 02/02/2024 - 13:50
It follows comments from the Taoiseach who recently said that a rate split was 'technically possible and warranted consideration'

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