The Irish Times

Stakeholder investors are blind to the realities of monopoly power

Those who care about more equitable markets tend to focus on ESG when they should be looking at market power

Wed May 04 2022 - 05:34

Markets move higher despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty

Iseq boosted by banks and building stocks

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 19:24

European shares drop amid concerns about economic impact of sanctions

Oil majors, banks, retail and travel companies among fallers in broad-based decline

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 18:17

European markets retreat in the face of Omicron variant

Transport shares outperform, especially in bullish early New York trade

Thu Dec 02 2021 - 21:10

Companies now woo investors by showing sustainability across products and practices

Large asset-management firms are seeing a huge growth of interest in environmentally and socially responsible investment

Fri Oct 15 2021 - 00:00

Federal employees in US will have to show proof of vaccination

US Wrap: New rules announced as Biden urges unvaccinated to get jab to curb virus

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00

Biden dubs June ‘month of action’ as he seeks to raise US vaccination rates

Goal of 70% of US having at least one jab by July 4th helped by offers of beer and free trips

Wed Jun 02 2021 - 20:00

‘It’s unfair that by answering honestly I was excluded from work. This can’t be legal’

Personality tests are a huge industry. A new documentary suggests they conceal a dark truth

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 06:00

Irish companies are good at setting climate targets, poor at cutting emissions, report finds

Study by Legal & General rated 1,000 companies on their climate policies

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 06:31

Why supermarkets are struggling to profit from the online grocery boom

Sharp demand since the pandemic is forcing retailers to re-examine costly business

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 15:22

US shops now in the front line of war over masks

Question is whether store employees should bear brunt of enforcing public health measures

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 17:01

Amazon to hire 100,000 as online orders surge on coronavirus worries

Many consumers have turned to web to meet their needs during the coronavirus outbreak

Tue Mar 17 2020 - 00:10

Stocks slide as Apple highlights coronavirus threat

Iseq flat on Tuesday but Kerry Group shares reach record high on full year trading results

Tue Feb 18 2020 - 19:45

European shares dip, Glencore slides to three-year low

Markets report: Smurfit down after rival DS Smith disappoints, PTSB up on S&P upgrade

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 19:29

Ocado Group breaks into Japanese market with Aeon deal

Shares up 11% as UK ecommerce firm licenses online grocery system to Japanese retailer

Fri Nov 29 2019 - 18:02

KKR makes bid for Walgreens Boots Alliance

Move could be biggest-ever leveraged buyout

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 15:50

London Briefing: Ocado’s goes from joke to blazing success

William Hill gambles on its landlords being scared into agreeing cuts for shop rentals

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 05:20

Stocks weaken as ECB defers rate hike amid Brexit uncertainty

ECB announces funding handouts, pushes back rate hike

Thu Mar 07 2019 - 17:52

The top six trends in artificial intelligence for 2019

Voice search and ‘Minority Report’-style ads among the tech to become the norm this year

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 04:00

Innovating to reach new markets

Support from Enterprise Ireland has given gluten-free bread manufacturer BFree Foods a healthy slice of the global ‘free-from’ market

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 00:00

Ocado plays Ftse while Marks & Spencer flirts with danger

Ocado shares have more than tripled since November, as M&S is in flux

Thu May 31 2018 - 06:30

Oil stocks and online supermarket Ocado buoy European equities

In Dublin, Paddypower still goes up despite UK’s restrictions on betting terminals

Thu May 17 2018 - 19:00

Share of online supermarket Ocado skyrocket on US deal

US retailer Kroger agrees deal to use British online supermarket’s tech as it takes on Amazon

Thu May 17 2018 - 11:23

US gunmaker Remington files for bankruptcy

America’s oldest gunmaker announced in February it will transfer control of the company to creditors

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 12:20

Kerry Group falls as Green Reit advances after issuing results

Walmart decline in the US put brakes on S&P and Dow’s winning streak

Tue Feb 20 2018 - 19:04

Amazon debuts the store without a checkout

Ecommerce pioneer aims to write another chapter of its retail revolution

Mon Jan 22 2018 - 09:15

Dublin Theatre Festival: Bewildering Synge, futuristic Ibsen

Three reviews from the opening weekend of the Dublin Theatre Festival

Sun Oct 01 2017 - 13:37

Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices as much as 43% on first day

Cuts add another front to price war already raging across supermarket sector

Mon Aug 28 2017 - 17:08

Why is Amazon buying a supermarket chain?

Either Jeff Bezos has lost his bearings or many people think about Amazon in the wrong way

Wed Jun 21 2017 - 11:30

European markets plateau after stocks surge to 14-month high

Rising bets for Federal Reserve interest rate rise stoke optimism about global growth

Thu Mar 02 2017 - 19:50

Weak euro boost exporters while US stocks wobble

UK stocks advance as Bank of England governor says recession risk has receded

Wed Sept 07 2016 - 20:15

The future of food shopping: holograms and cloud control?

A concept shop at Milan Expo explores how technology could transform the way we shop for food. Some of these changes might be upon us sooner than you think

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00

Advertising group WPP has bid for majority stake in Dunnhumby

Customer data business Dunnhumby has been put up for sale by Tesco

Mon Mar 16 2015 - 18:47

Nearly a million jars of peanut butter to be dumped in landfill

US firm refuses requests to donate $2.6m worth of product to food banks

Fri Mar 28 2014 - 17:09