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The potential banking shake-out is evidence that the economy, long plagued by low growth and high debt, is starting to recover
The new Canadian prime minister needs to pivot rapidly to politics as being the governor of a central bank is not like being the leader of a rather...
The selling wave in the past few weeks represents the results of a rethink – and so far, the wave is not a tsunami, and it is not irreversible
Perhaps there was minor progress on the margins, but the Church is more or less the same today as when he was chosen to lead it 12 years ago
How the Trump administration is acting should be sufficient incentive for Brussels to come to a new arrangement with Beijing
Trump cannot fire Powell, because it would be against the law, but consideration for the law counts for little with the President and his cronies
Journalism, which has already been mugged by the digital revolution, seems especially vulnerable to another disrupter
The president has destroyed his credibility and there is no coming back from that
The president has destroyed his credibility and there is no coming back from that
This year alone, two breakthroughs by Chinese companies sent shock waves through stock markets and called into question US tech and industrial primacy
If we needed another sign of just how little the US president cares about civil liberties, the Signal message storm has given it to us
Large-scale consolidation is inevitable and it would strengthen domestic banking markets across the EU bloc
Autocratic leader has triggered political upheaval before and survived, but his assault on Imamoglu feels different, meaning the political stakes in...
US President’s America is on a different planet, and mumbo jumbo is its official language
Despite its failure, there are other European battery companies that may yet prove more robust and able to challenge China
The incoming chancellor’s economic plan is good news for the Ireland and the eurozone, and the goal of independence from the US is likely to be shared
The Canadian retail group Alimentation Couche-Tard should know soon enough whether its $47 billion offer for the Japanese retailer will fly
Trump’s first month in office has presented a risk for America, a tragedy for Ukraine, a challenge for Europe, an opportunity for China, and a gift...
Political controversies will do nothing for the credibility of the cryptocurrency world
Instead of bowing down, the US financial titans need to stand up to the new administration’s assault on the values of corporate America
It is naive in the extreme to believe that Putin’s concept of peace bears any relation to that of Zelensky – and perhaps even to that of Trump
By the end of next year Honeywell will become three separate companies – aerospace, automation, and advanced materials
EU’s response to Trump must be unified, coherent and consistent, and Ireland must be fully invested in it
Some momentous decisions may have to be taken if the German bank is to have any prospect of thriving
Silicon Valley is on the way to becoming a tool of the right wing oligarchy-party-state over which Trump presides
The UK economy is 4 per cent smaller since Brexit, while exports and imports are forecast to be 15 per cent lower in the long run
The answer is not necessarily to create a bigger Irish state – what is needed instead, and urgently, is a better one
The answer is not necessarily to create a bigger Irish state – what is needed instead, and urgently, is a better one
This underdog may be moving on, but frauds, scams and Ponzi schemes are going nowhere
Obituaries of the departing Canadian prime minister were almost uniformly brutal, yet he leaves an honourable legacy
2025 will be a difficult, but that does not mean it will be dystopic
The final payments to investors of the notorious fraud have been made but the tragedy has claimed victims
Despite its importance to Ireland, Holyhead has always been the poor relation among Britain’s main ports - that needs to change
The auto industry is primed for a shake up after a stinker of a year, the Japanese move should be heralded
Abolishing Dublin Airport passenger cap and securing a stake in Welsh port should be high on the agenda
Perhaps we in Ireland could drop the bogus historical parallels and add a bit more nuance and awareness to our approach to Israel and Palestine
The Fed Funds rate, as the benchmark is known, now stands at a range of 4.25 to 4.5 per cent, which is the level it was at two years ago
Possible silver lining in that the toppling of the dictator was done by Syrians themselves, unlike in Iraq, where Saddam was toppled by the West
An act of defiance and courage by the country’s lawmakers halted the president’s outrageous attempt to introduce martial law
Trump is unpredictable and unfocused, governed by obsessions and whims, and advised by so many competing voices that anything is possible
Company lacked the corporate structure, managerial heft and engineering expertise required to run a manufacturing operation of its increasingly...
Once valued at $6 billion, the firm founded by Anne Wojcicki has had a spectacular fall from grace
Local pension funds investing more in local companies and assets is not as straightforward as politicians think, whether in London or Dublin
Far from the chaos of 2007, Italian banking sector is surprisingly strong and innovative these days