‘Santa pause’ as consumer sentiment holds steady in December
Consumers now less fearful about the prospects for their own finances in the year ahead
Local newspaper group Formpress Publishing increases pretax profits to nearly €1.7m
Turnover at Malcolm Denmark-owned company up 15% to €11.7m, accounts show
Hauliers seek €60m a month in aid to cope with Holyhead port closure
Seen and heard: Port damage to hit prices; City library tender; Johnny Ronan’s Bewley’s deal; Mercury Engineering jobs; Oatier eyes Dublin flotation
It’s fishmas time again as aquariums deck the tanks and embrace scuba Santa
Planet Business: Instagram advertising forecast, Chrystia Freeland’s resignation and the highest-paid female sports stars
Nama completes €400m cash transfer to exchequer
State assets agency’s total contribution to date stands at €4.69bn which is expected to rise to €5.2bn by end-2025 wind-up
Thousands of Three Ireland customers due refund of €269 on average after ComReg investigation
About 14,000 customers affected by company’s failure to send appropriate notifications
Vodafone Ireland narrows loss to €4.8m amid 5G network investment
Revenue rises 2.8% to €1bn as chief executive Amanda Nelson hails ‘positive performance’
European markets slip as investors take fright at Federal Reserve signal on rates
Wall Street rebounds slightly from a selloff prompted by the Fed‘s hawkish 2025 outlook on interest rates
Upbeat report on National Digital Research Centre published by Department of Communications
Review by Indecon, submitted in 2023, finds NDRC’s accelerator programme exceeded its targets in 2021 and 2022, but centre is now slated to close
Galway’s arthouse Pálás cinema to close after ‘stark’ financial losses
Closure of seven-year-old venue blamed on rising costs, Covid and ‘oversaturation of commercial cinemas’
People moving jobs earn more than those who stay, says Central Bank research
Labour Force Survey data suggests job switching is ‘important mechanism for wage growth’, especially in tight labour markets
Christmas TV takes the Casablanca approach – rounding up the usual suspects
Ghost of Christmas Past does overtime as broadcasters make viewers nostalgic for a time when nostalgia was a little less creaky
Google boggles minds as it says quantum chip ‘lends credence’ to the existence of a multiverse
Planet Business: Ancient Rome auction update, the Murdoch ‘Succession memo’ and people/muppets who have rung the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
European stocks recoup early losses and finish higher
Investors added to bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this month
Top kids shows on Netflix suffer ‘diminishing returns’, Irish study finds
Industry-first analysis of the streamer’s own data confirms preschool titles originating on YouTube dominate its list of best performers