Declines in the retail and mining sectors added to fears over US investment banking giant Lehman Brothers today.

Two of Australia’s biggest banks are understood to be circling one of Halifax Bank of Scotland’s Australian businesses, it was reported today.

WE may have been painted as a nation of spenders but recent studies show that the Irish are a nation of savers.

The FTSE 100 Index clung to positive territory today in the wake of results from a large number of blue-chip companies.

British banks and housebuilders remained in the spotlight on the London market today after sustaining heavy falls in a late session sell-off yesterday.

Almost £2bn (€2.87bn) was wiped from the value of Sainsbury's today after the retailer said takeover talks with a Qatar-backed investment fund had ended.

Farepak victims today hit out at the absence of compensation payouts on the first anniversary of the Christmas hamper firm’s collapse.

RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas complained to advertising standards watchdogs after being slighted in an ad for broadband.

Three leading house-building companies were today reported to be lining up offers as part of a £2bn (€2.95) auction of a rival UK operator.

The average UK house now costs more than £150,000 (€225,210) and has seen an 18.5% year-on-year rise as another survey found little evidence of a slowdown in the housing market, despite higher borrowing costs.