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

General Electric (GE) chief executive John Flannery is taking the biggest step yet in his plan to revitalise the beleaguered manufacturer, agreeing to merge its century-old train engine business with Wabtec in a deal valued at $11.1bn (€9.4bn).

Sunshine without light brightens Ceramicx business West Cork manufacturer Ceramicx has got 2018 off to a good start by opening an extension which has doubled the size of its facility to 44,000sq ft, and by picking up a Project Exemplar award from Inter TradeIreland,

General Electric’s new boss is dramatically reshaping the company and slashing the dividend as he looks to pull the manufacturing company out of one of the deepest slumps in its 125-year history. The moves failed to win over investors.

A high-flying executive in one of the world’s largest companies touched down in his home town yesterday to donate €50,000 to a school, putting it on track to become the fittest school in Ireland.

American firms dominate a list of companies which workers would recommend to a friend, with Facebook rated the best, new research shows.

A Cork automation technology company is aiming for further growth after one of the world’s biggest pharmaceuticals bought a stake in it.

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Rolls-Royce is eliminating more than 200 positions from its management team as chief executive Warren East extends a wide-reaching restructuring of the embattled engine maker.

Some 675 jobs are to be created following massive investment in the biopharmaceutical and software sectors in Cork, Dublin, and Galway.

Kya deLongchamps talks to her appliance repair man and gets some great tips on how to treat your washing machine.

Dublin ‘Internet of Things’ company Asavie has partnered with tech giant EMC and network operator Vodafone to provide connectivity for the duo’s state-of-the-art testbed facility in Cork.

Jobs at GE Healthcare in Cork are safe despite its parent firm slashing 6,500 positions across Europe.

Electrolux shares slumped more than 10% yesterday after a $3.3bn (€2.93bn) deal to buy General Electric’s appliance business fell through.

As Electrolux prepares to fight in court to buy General Electric’s assets, the Swedish home appliance maker may prefer to sell brands than factories if it tries to reach a settlement to salvage the $3.3bn(€3.07bn) deal before the judge’s verdict.

A €6 million extension to a Shannon facility is part of a planned €21m first phase of new builds and upgrades of Shannon Commercial Properties’ portfolio, under the recently-created Shannon Group entity.

An Irish subsidiary of the world’s largest aircraft leasing firm recorded a 34% fall in pre-tax profits last year to $571m (€505.57m).

General Electric plans to sell the bulk of its $30bn (€28.2bn) property portfolio over the next two years as it returns to its industrial roots, and has set a share buyback plan of up to $50bn — the second-largest ever.

The Germanwings airline said it is stunned and “utterly baffled” as to why one of its pilots deliberately crashed a plane into the Alps killing himself and 149 other people.

US president Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40%, as he seeks to spur other nations to get serious about climate change.

Investment firms Värde Partners and KKR & Co, along with Deutsche Bank, have agreed to buy General Electric’s Australia and New Zealand financial services unit in what they described as one of the region’s largest private equity deals.

Google’s glory is it has increased access to information with the ingenuity of its search algorithm, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Dublin-based helicopter-leasing firm Milestone Aviation Group is to be acquired by the sector’s biggest player, GE Capital Aviation Services, for nearly $1.8bn (€1.4bn).

France will be making a sound investment by taking a stake in Alstom, its chief executive said yesterday, adding, however, that the government would be buying in too late to have a say in the use of proceeds from its tie-up with General Electric.

Are GM foods the answer to world hunger or a danger to our health? Rita de Brun asks the experts on both sides.

Subprime lenders only account for 3% of mortgage lending but they have been responsible for up to a quarter of all home repossessions, according to figures released by the Central Bank.

Only a quarter of subprime mortgages have been restructured and the lenders cannot be forced by the Government to speed up the process as they are not bound by the mortgage resolution targets.

Pre-tax profits at a Shannon-based aircraft engine leasing firm last year increased by 49% to $47.68m (€35.3m).

The OECD is working to overhaul structures which big multinationals, including many US tech giants, use to shield tens of billions of dollars of income from taxes, writes Tom Bergin.

Two weekends ago, 435 cities around the world held rallies against GE seed company Monsanto.

Two Irish test cases for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) were settled in Dublin’s district court yesterday with the plaintiffs receiving compensation.

Over 80% of companies would rather partner with other firms in areas such as entering new markets and improving products rather than going it alone, a new survey has revealed.

Dublin IT networking company Agile Networks has won a three-year contract to provide a wireless network for all Department of Justice offices around the country.

Riding the wave of gadget goodness from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung released a pretty impressive set of fourth quarter earnings estimates, including a record high profit.

A Shannon-based aircraft engine-leasing firm employing only 22 people made a pre-tax profit of $39.4m (€30.1m) last year.

A consortium of American financial firms has invested €190m in a 201MW Kansas windfarm owned by NTR.

A Shannon-based manufacturing firm last year more than doubled its operating profit to €1.7m.

€10m is to be invested in the GE healthcare facility in Co Cork.

Olympic organisers have launched an investigation after claims that tickets for sponsors have been sold to the public at hiked up prices.

Boeing Co opened the Farnborough air show with a $7.2bn (€5.7m) order from Air Lease Corp for 75 of its new, fuel-efficient 737 MAX aircraft.