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Elon Musk and Prince Andrew among names listed in latest Epstein documents release
Trump ally Steve Bannon and billionaire Peter Thiel had meetings scheduled with Epstein, calendar shows
Trump’s €100,000 visa fee plan opens the door for Ireland
Ireland has chance to benefit from workers who otherwise may have transferred to the US
Trump’s $100,000 visa fee is a serious blow to Ireland
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Share slump overshadows BYD’s European breakthrough over Tesla
Chinese car maker’s overseas sales more than doubled in the first half of 2025, overtaking Tesla in Europe for the first time
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Sceptics note Tesla boss bought company shares after he had been briefly supplanted by Oracle’s Larry Ellison as world’s richest man
RTÉ host Colm Ó Mongáin goes nuclear on rudderless Liveline
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Tech titan Larry Ellison: ‘No one else has prospered in Silicon Valley for 50 years’
At 81, Oracle’s co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world
I was not surprised to see the Irish Tricolour at the Tommy Robinson march
White Irish in the UK understand they are not the type of immigrants targeted by the far-right figure
US car safety regulators launch Tesla Model Y door handle investigation
NHTSA evaluation follows complaints from parents whose children were trapped inside locked car
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Tesla’s trillion-dollar pay package shows Elon Musk desires control, not just wealth
Despite bizarre behaviour that has tarnished car maker’s brand, investors still believe in him
Cryptocurrency analyst gets temporary court order requiring X to reinstate his account
Analyst claims he is losing up to $20,000 dollars monthly due to suspension
Larry Ellison overtakes Elon Musk to become world’s richest person
Oracle market value jumps more than $290bn on AI surge after ‘astonishing quarter’
Donald Trump’s plan to make America beautiful again
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Tesla and Musk sell utopia while European sales slump
Shares are still up by half over the past year, despite multiple major earnings misses and shrinking EV sales
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Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $1tn pay packet
Billionaire would need to hit a series of market value and profit goals to earn payout
Oops! What branding flops tell us about the companies involved
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Tesla blames 19% drop in Irish turnover on falling demand for Model Y cars
Brand has failed to benefit from bounce in electric vehicle sales this year, losing ground to rival BYD
US aid cuts to have deep impact on vulnerable people, Irish Ministers hear
Trump to withhold funding for 15 programs, including several overseen by State Department and USAid
Why you should be glad if your next boss is a young striver
Today’s newest workers have overcome hurdles that would have seemed preposterous to their older colleagues
SpaceX’s Starship rocket for Mars mission completes nearly flawless test flight
Tenth time lucky for Elon Musk’s firm as largely successful mission was likely a relief to both SpaceX and Nasa
How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history
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Irish company plays game to beat Elon Musk to Mars
At Gamescom in Cologne, the world’s largest computer game fair, Outlier Games drew the crowds
For years this neighbourhood was the dream. Then Mark Zuckerberg moved next door
‘Billionaires everywhere are used to just making their own rules – Zuckerberg and Chan are not unique, except that they’re our neighbours’
JD Vance hasn’t mastered the art of the political holiday
August has given me time to think about how politicians holiday. Most of them do it badly
Tesla’s $30bn message to Musk: never mind performance, just don’t leave
Will an extra wad persuade the world’s richest and arguably most distracted man to become, well, less distracted?
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
European shares recover although Swiss stocks take a hit on US tariff news
Investors adopt wait-and-see approach on Trump tariffs
Tesla approves share award worth $29bn to Elon Musk
Move aims to keep billionaire chief executive at the company’s helm
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