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world

Tesla shares soar as Trump win sets stage for Musk’s electric vehicle company

Shares in Tesla have soared after an election win for Donald Trump that had been strongly backed by chief executive Elon Musk in the closing months of the presidential race.

<p>Finance Minister Jack Chambers welcomed the upgrade, saying it "reflects the resilience" of Ireland's economy. Picture: Clive Wasson</p>

economy

Moody's upgrades Ireland's economic outlook from 'stable' to 'positive'

John Whelan: Sanctions against Russia are not working

Everton v Liverpool - Barclays Women's Super League - Goodison Park

soccer

Everton drop plans to appeal against two-point deduction

France's debt pile under scrutiny amid reviews by rating firms

economy

France's debt pile under scrutiny amid reviews by rating firms

New State Street offices in Kilkenny

news

McGrath welcomes ‘industrial peace’ after public pay agreement

Intel Shares Fall Most Since July After Predicting Surprise Loss

Intel seeks $2bn to help fund chip manufacturing in Ireland

Giant employs almost 5,000 people in Ireland

Wed, 14 Feb, 2024

Musk's SpaceX considers Irish office, report suggests

Musk's SpaceX considers Irish office, report suggests

SpaceX is set to open an office in Dublin in what would mark the first physical presence of the Elon Musk-founded space company in Europe, the Sunday Times reported.

Sun, 10 Sep, 2023

Internal emails reveal fiscal watchdog had concerns about Government's 'windfall' plans

Internal emails reveal fiscal watchdog had concerns about Government's 'windfall' plans

Records released under FOI show that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believed the Government planned to break its own spending rules for 2024, 2025, and 2026

Mon, 04 Sep, 2023

Bank of Ireland technical issue

Gardaí received 40 calls in four hours over queues gathering at Bank of Ireland ATMs

It’s understood Justice Minister Helen McEntee was not informed in advance that gardaí would be deployed to some of the banks

Wed, 16 Aug, 2023

Revolut to sell AIG car insurance, may be closer to launching mortgage loans

The company is initially offering the AIG insurance products to a selection of its customers.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2023

Finance minister says Government has no plans to tax cars by weight in the short-term

Finance minister says Government has no plans to tax cars by weight in the short-term

Michael McGrath said TSG strategy papers published this week were advisory and did not have any “political input”.

Fri, 21 Jul, 2023

Construction industry

Tax group recommends no drop in construction Vat, warns about falling motor tax take

Ireland’s past experience with tax incentives in the residential property sector strongly suggests the need for a 'cautionary stance', and any reduction in the vat rate could be used by contractors to 'improve their cash flow'

Wed, 19 Jul, 2023

Sovereign wealth funds back on agenda, but many questions remain

Sovereign wealth funds back on agenda, but many questions remain

Experience says that even a separate sovereign wealth fund doesn’t protect public finances from disaster

Thu, 13 Jul, 2023

Joe Biden,Kevin McCarthy

Irish Examiner view: Archaic debt ceiling must be scrapped

Deal provides hope for now but the US debt limit should be replaced by something closer to a normal fiscal strategy

Tue, 30 May, 2023

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis

Budget tension is ‘fake fight orchestrated by Fine Gael’, says Pearse Doherty

Mr Doherty also said that the government parties could not be differentiated and the budget discussions were designed to distract attention from issues such as housing

Sun, 28 May, 2023

Ibec: No need to reinvent the wheel with sovereign debt fund

Ibec: No need to reinvent the wheel with sovereign debt fund

The Department estimates that windfall corporation tax receipts will be in the region of €12bn this year

Wed, 10 May, 2023

Lobbying Register to be expanded to cover the Central Bank and other bodies

Lobbying Register to be expanded to cover the Central Bank and other bodies

Work has commenced to expand the Lobbying Register to include senior officials in bodies such as the Central Bank, ComReg, the NTA and the HSE, the Minister for Finance has confirmed.

Mon, 08 May, 2023

Ryanair schedule for summer 2023

Ryanair likely to trim some flights in July and August

Group chief executive Michael O'Leary said that Ryanair would 'absolutely' still hit its annual target of 185m passengers

Tue, 25 Apr, 2023

Group of credit cards on computer keyboard

Irish Examiner view: Campaign for cash

We have previously hit back at those organisations and narrow interests seeking to ditch the use of cash in our society and only last month commented favourably on the sterling work of the Rural Independent Group in opposing this creeping madness.

Sat, 08 Apr, 2023

UBS to Buy Credit Suisse in $3.3 Billion Deal to End Crisis

Credit Suisse chairman: 'I am truly sorry' for fate of failed bank

Axel Lehmann issued an apology, saying he had run out of time to turn the bank around, despite his belief 'until the beginning of the fateful week' that it could survive

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023

Everton v Liverpool - Barclays Women's Super League - Goodison Park

Everton report financial loss for fifth successive year

The £44.7million deficit reported for the 2020-21 season takes the Blues cumulative losses to more than £430million over the period.

Fri, 31 Mar, 2023

US-BANKING-MARKET-SVB

Eamon Quinn: Parallels between SVB collapse and 2008 banking crisis are very real

In other echoes of 2008, regulators and politicians in the US and Europe rallied to reassure that the emergency measures had worked.

Tue, 14 Mar, 2023

Liverpool v Manchester City - FA Community Shield - King Power Stadium

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp baffled by scale of Chelsea spending

The London club took their outlay since the summer past £500million with their British record £106.8m signing of Enzo Fernandez from Benfica on deadline day.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2023

Manchester City v Chelsea - Carabao Cup - Third Round - Etihad Stadium

Premier League clubs spend record £815m in January transfer window

Premier League clubs spent a record £815m in the January transfer window to complete a season of unprecedented investment

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

50,000 KBC and Ulster bank customers still to find new bank, committee to hear

50,000 KBC and Ulster bank customers still to find new bank, committee to hear

In statements to the Oireachtas Finance Committee, the Bank CEOs will say thousands of the still active accounts are run by people described as 'vulnerable'

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

Signing Last Will & Testament

Inherited wealth in Ireland increases to €97bn

Central Bank analysis finds that inheritances may have reduced overall wealth inequality over time

Thu, 19 Jan, 2023

Contactless payment with smartphone

Christmas shoppers warned about 'buy now, pay later' schemes

Irish consumers will spend an average of €1,200 on Christmas shopping this year, a 20% jump on last year as rising results in widespread price increases.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2022

Save money for home cost

Department of Finance accused of 'undermining the parliamentary process'

The Department of Finance has been accused of “undermining the parliamentary process” and leaving TDs without “clear information on the consequences of their decisions during the tax policy process” by an independent Oireachtas body.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Rangers v Brondby IF - UEFA Europa League - Group A - Ibrox Stadium

Rangers accounts show £4.25m compensation received from Villa for Steven Gerrard

Rangers received £4.25million from Aston Villa in compensation for former manager Steven Gerrard, the Ibrox club’s annual accounts revealed on Wednesday

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Outdoor dining

Job markets are defying central bankers’ efforts to cool demand

The strong job market is good for workers but bad for inflation, signalling to the world’s central banks that they cannot ease up

Sun, 30 Oct, 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Next warns of second cost-of-living crisis in Britain

Growing number of retailers issue warning on profits

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Patricia Callan appointed chair of Ireland Women in Finance Charter

Patricia Callan appointed chair of Ireland Women in Finance Charter

Ms Callan, who is also the director of Financial Services Ireland, will stay in the role of chair of the Charter for two years

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022

FILE PHOTO AIB has confirmed it is seeking to acquire €4 billion worth of loans from Ulster Bank, and has entered into a non-bin

AIB’s cashless plan U-turn ‘a victory for consumers’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin welcomed AIB's climbdown, and denied the Government had been asleep at the wheel on the issue

Fri, 22 Jul, 2022

Fans’ return and new broadcast deals driving high levels of summer spending

Fans’ return and new broadcast deals driving high levels of summer spending

Zal Udwadia, assistant director in Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, expects more to follow as new broadcast deals and the lessening financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic boost teams’ financial confidence.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2022

LIFESTYLE Modern Man 3

Fiscal Council warns that Ireland has 'little margin of error' in dealing with cost-of-living crisis

The Government must contend with €2bn of hidden inflation costs ahead of Budget 2023 in October, according to fiscal watchdog

Tue, 31 May, 2022

Everton v Chelsea - Premier League - Goodison Park

Leeds and Burnley demand Premier League acts over Everton’s financial losses

Leeds and Burnley have written to the Premier League claiming that Everton have seriously breached financial rules

Fri, 20 May, 2022

UK mobile phone networks stock

Vodafone shares boost as UAE telecoms firm buys 9.8% stake

Shares in Vodafone edged higher on Monday as a surprise $4. 4bn investment from the UAE-based telecoms company, e&, provided a much-needed but possibly short-term boost to Vodafone's CEO Nick Read.

Mon, 16 May, 2022

AIB seeks to secure €6bn in tracker mortgages in Ulster Bank closure

AIB chief executive Colin Hunt said the approval by the CCPC over the commercial loans was a further “important milestone” in the bank’s development

Fri, 29 Apr, 2022

Chelsea FC - Stamford Bridge - Roman Abramovich Sanctioned

Three pulls out as sponsors of Chelsea, which is now a ‘distressed asset’, says finance expert

The club could face administration unless the transfer embargo placed on them is lifted at the end of May, a football finance expert has said.

Thu, 10 Mar, 2022

330 new jobs and increase in student numbers by 4,000 as part of ambitious new UL Strategic Plan

Cianan Brennan: Delays spur PAC on to get to the bottom of University of Limerick's dealings

The withheld KPMG report and the difficulty finding a date that suits both the UL president and chancellor will only whet the PAC's appetite to learn more about the university's finances

Mon, 07 Mar, 2022

FILE PHOTO Bank of Ireland has announced the creation of 130 new IT jobs over the next 12 months END

Bank of Ireland to pay out €104m in dividends and share buybacks on back of strong underlying growth

Total new lending amounted to €14.2m

Mon, 28 Feb, 2022

Switzerland Credit Suisse

MEPs call for review of Swiss banking laws after Credit Suisse leak

Credit Suisse said it strongly rejects any allegations of wrongdoing.

Mon, 21 Feb, 2022

Key Speakers at the Milken Summit Asia

Central Bank of Ireland won’t let retail funds hold cryptocurrency

'There are too many unanswered questions around things like custody, and money laundering, and even just volatility and liquidity'

Tue, 08 Feb, 2022

Premier League clubs spend almost £300m in January transfer window

Premier League clubs spend almost £300m in January transfer window

A flurry of big-money moves before the transfer deadline took Premier League spending to the second-highest ever for a winter window.

Tue, 01 Feb, 2022

Austin Hughes: Why €8bn in savings won't wreck the economy

Austin Hughes: Why €8bn in savings won't wreck the economy

Recent economic news is really encouraging but talk of a consumer boom could be misleading and even potentially damaging.

Sun, 30 Jan, 2022

Close up of a company seal on old stock certificate

Remaining Custom House Capital investors to be compensated in 2022

The vast majority of investors impacted by the collapse of the Custom House Capital (CHC) investment firm more than a decade ago are expected to be compensated by the end of next year.

Fri, 17 Dec, 2021

Immigrant Investor Programme

Irish Examiner view: Cash is still king for many people

A significant number prefer to make purchases in the old way because they don’t trust the new.

Mon, 13 Dec, 2021

Christmas overspending will leave thousands with 'crippling debt'

Christmas overspending will leave thousands with 'crippling debt'

State's debt advisory service warns that things are tougher than they were a year ago when savings were made on childcare, school runs, and commuting costs

Sun, 12 Dec, 2021

Technology stock

Plans by Irish banks for payments app put to full probe by regulator

The full investigation into the banks' plans for the app will not be taken lightly.

Wed, 08 Dec, 2021