Irish-based drug development company Amryt Pharma is seeking a share listing on New York’s Nasdaq stock market.

Major US stock indexes ended nearly flat after an abbreviated trading session ahead of Christmas Day.

The World’s Big Sleep Out, at Trinity College on December 7, will be held in solidarity with people who live on the streets and to raise awareness, Dame Louise Casey tells Helen O’Callaghan

We live in a world where investors often operate with incredibly short time horizons.

Global markets appear to have called time on the dangerous game of hardball US president Donald Trump is playing with China, as a plunge in shares, government bond yields, and the price of oil signalled his trade wars could lead to world recession.

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB) is seeking to raise up to $9.8bn (€8.6bn) by listing its Asia-Pacific business in Hong Kong, marking what would be the world’s largest initial public offering this year.

US stocks rose yesterday , led by a rebound in the technology sector, as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would act as appropriate”to trade war risks, leaving the door open for a possible rate cut.

In his twilight years, leading Irish businessman Michael Smurfit has found a new vocation as a commentator and author.

US officials are targeting a $300 bn (€266 billion) list of additional Chinese imports, including laptop computers, for tariff hikes.

Impossible Foods, which makes a meatless plant-based burger and is backed by celebrities like Serena Williams and Katy Perry, said it has raised $300m (€267m) in the latest round of funding ahead of a possible initial public offering.

US stock indexes edged further into record territory today following more signs that the economy is growing in the way that investors love.

Uber Technologies has decided it will seek to sell around $10bn (€8.8bn) worth of shares in its initial public offering, according to sources.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq index in the US saw sharp declines as internet stocks faltered for a second day on concerns about increased regulation, while chipmaker stocks slid on signs of flagging demand.

As asset prices have surged, putting property ownership out of the reach of many, our leaders seem unwilling to tackle key vested interests, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

US stocks have slumped as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies overshadowed positive earnings for Apple and the yield on 10-year Treasuries touched 3% for the first time since June.

Global stock markets have suffered more turbulence as investors reacted to mixed signals on global trade tensions.

US stocks bobbed higher today as technology and consumer-focused companies regained a sliver of their losses from the day before.

US stocks ended higher today after the Federal Reserve indicated it is not in a hurry to raise interest rates too quickly.

The $23bn (€18.6bn) debut trading day for Spotify, the music streaming service, helped lighten the gloom for embattled technology shares and gave European stock markets their first lift in over a week.

Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years on Monday and led a rout in technology companies.

US stocks finished mostly lower in another choppy day of trading after a midday rally faded.

A seven-day surge in technology stocks has ended after President Donald Trump blocked Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom's effort to buy Qualcomm.

US stocks went on another dizzying ride as they worked their way back from an early-morning plunge to send the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its first gain in four days.

US stocks dived in another dizzying day of trading after President Donald Trump promised stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminium.

Stocks on Wall Street rose for the third day in a row today, led by banks, retailers and technology companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,175 points, or 4.6%, erasing its gains for the year.

US stocks slumped on Friday, dragging down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years.

The major US stock indexes closed mostly lower today after a midday gain faded by late afternoon.

US stocks powered to their biggest gain in almost nine months as drugmakers and technology companies surged.

Losses among Boeing, General Electric and other big industrial companies weighed on US stocks on Thursday, pulling the market below the record highs it set the day before.

Rising retailers pushed US stock indexes further into record territory today, as the market's fabulous start to 2018 carried through its second week.

Stocks on Wall Street pushed further into record territory today, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index's immaculate start to the year extended to a sixth day.

US stocks have set more records as investors grow more certain Republicans will pass their tax plan this week.

Technology companies led US stocks modestly higher today, driving the market to another set of milestones.

US stocks have taken another small step backwards after a plunge in the price of oil dragged down shares of energy producers.

A modest move for the Standard & Poor's 500 on Monday masked some dramatic changes roiling underneath the surface.

A modest move for the Standard & Poor's 500 today masked some dramatic changes roiling underneath the surface.

Wall Street took investors on a turbulent ride as stock indexes veered into a steep slide that knocked 350 points off the Dow Jones industrial average before the market eventually clawed back most of its losses.

Wall Street has finished November with a broad rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest gain since March and pushed it past the 24,000 mark for the first time.

It’s fair to suggest 2017 will be remembered as a year of very strong share price performances in technology companies and significant technology-led disruption to other industries, writes David Holohan

US stocks have set more records in quiet post-holiday trading as technology companies again did much of the heavy lifting.

US stocks slipped today after Senate Republicans surprised Wall Street by proposing a delay in cutting corporate taxes.

US stocks slipped today as smaller companies and banks took their worst losses in a few months.

Rising energy stocks helped nudge the Standard & Poor's 500 close to its record high, but drops for smaller stocks left Wall Street indexes mixed yesterday.