A large element of the mainland European arm of family holiday resort company Center Parcs - which is set to open in Ireland at the end of this month - looks set to be sold.

While I have only been loosely following financial markets over the last three weeks — after all, in the short-term it is all just noise — my three weeks in Colombia have provided me with new perspectives and insights that I look forward to sharing in the coming weeks.

EARNINGS at General Electric climbed 11% in the third quarter as the finance unit’s gains blunted tighter profit margins in the energy business.

Less than two months before the start of a fraud and racketeering trial, US prosecutors have brought new insider trading claims against former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black.