North Dakota’s oil boom rumbles on

Thanks largely to the shale revolution, the US now regularly produces more oil month-to-month than Russia or Saudi Arabia

Oil price plunge sends European airline stocks soaring

Irish banks rise as cautious optimism creeps into sector

Gary Hart: ‘I bear a very heavy burden of responsibility’

Former presidential candidate wonders whether 1987 controversy led US down road to Trump

Italian election fears give investors the blues

Banking stocks worst affected on Iseq

Investors phlegmatic in the face of US government shutdown

Paddy Power Betfair fell more than 2 per cent in London, as fears of a UK government clampdown weighed on gambling sector

Halliburton warns of slower growth as US rig count drops

Oil-well giant’s current-quarter might not be as strong as its latest quarter

European shares dip on Ryanair and German car concerns

Iseq down in third straight session of decline

The major business events coming up in the week ahead

For your Diary: Ryanair, McDonald’s and the banks to reveal trading figures

Medtech summit in Dublin draws big and small players

For your Diary: More challenging times ahead for Twitter; Tullow Oil’s annual meeting in London; results from McDonald’s and Coca-Cola

Markets down across Europe on Trump’s words

US president’s protectionist stance lines up shares for their worst performance of the year

GE to merge oil unit with Baker Hughes to create service giant

Companies argue deal predicated on return of oil to $60 a barrel combines two complementary businesses

Stocks bounce back on earnings reports

British equities reverse losses as retailers put in strong performance

‘Deepwater Horizon’ film ‘not an accurate portrayal’, claims BP

Movie about oil rig disaster intended to honour those killed, says actor Mark Wahlberg

Markets in reverse as US consumer stocks lead the fall

Irish heavyweights CRH, Smurfit Kappa and Glanbia help to drag down Iseq

Halliburton bid for Baker Hughes scuppered by regulators

US attorney-general calls abandonment of deal ‘a victory for the US economy’

European markets edge up on thin trading volumes

Dublin and London markets closed for a public holiday

For your diary

A round-up of business events happening this week

Deals worth $370bn torpedoed by Obama administration

More mergers and acquisitions torpedoed than during Clinton and Bush eras together

Mega inversion morphs into mega problem for Wall Street

The doomed Allergan/Pfizer marriage is just one problem facing US dealmakers

US fourth-quarter GDP growth revised up; profits dive

GDP increased at a 1.4% annual rate instead of the previously reported 1% pace

US job numbers increased by 242,000 last month

Employment data reinforces economy’s strength, easing fears of recession

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