This year’s Davos gathering could rival the US version of TV reality show The Apprentice, which helped propel Donald Trump into the White House, for ratings-boosting excitement because it’s risky and because the stakes are much higher.

Manchester United has forecast profit for 2018 below analyst estimates as higher player salaries eroded an increase in revenue following its return to the Champions League.

European regulators are considering making it easier, at least temporarily, for banks to handle some EU-related business in the UK immediately after Brexit, according to industry sources.

Sterling swung between gains and losses yesterday, whipsawed by headlines surrounding the status of the UK’s eventual exit from the EU.

Britain’s Brexit-bound economy is showing little sign that its leaden performance in the first half of 2017 is improving, despite hints of better times for manufacturers.

Britain’s economy is likely to lose momentum in the second half of 2017, according to a closely watched survey that could disappoint some Bank of England officials who want to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade.

Worldpay, the UK payment-processing company that listed in London two years ago, said it has received preliminary takeover approaches from Vantiv and JPMorgan Chase.

US stock indexes edged lower for the second day in a row as a sharp drop for banks and a rare loss for technology companies cancelled out gains for drug makers and consumer-focused companies.

Sterling looks set for a volatile run into British elections next week but an argument can be made for markets reacting positively to a defeat for UK prime minister Theresa May’s Conservatives, according to analysts from US banking giant JPMorgan.

Insurer and asset manager Standard Life is likely to choose Dublin as the base for its EU subsidiary after the UK leaves the bloc, its chairman said.

As a ‘no deal’ looms ever larger in Theresa May’s autocratic utterances, many EU administrations are making pre-emptive moves ahead of the official Brexit negotiations.

Hopes are pinned on luring two more US investment banking giants to Ireland in the coming weeks, as global banks decide on new homes outside London following Brexit.

Current house shortages and house price increases will not prevent Ireland luring regulated UK-based banks and insurers who will need a home inside the EU after Brexit, Central Bank governor Philip Lane has said.

Banks led US stock indexes mostly higher on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq composite index to its fourth record high this week.

Vestia, one of the largest Dutch housing co-operatives, said it had filed a large claim against Deutsche Bank, alleging the bank had improperly sold it interest-rate derivatives.

DISPLAYS of greed by bankers are hardly a surprise to anyone as every taxpayer in Ireland knows to their cost.

European Union regulators have fined banks JPMorgan, HSBC and Credit Agricole a combined €484m for colluding to manipulate the price of financial products linked to interest rates.

The eurozone economy has remained surprising resilient to the shock of Britain’s vote to leave the EU, fresh data showed yesterday, in contrast to the UK where signs of widespread economic pain are already apparent.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, spent $26.6m (€23.66m) to buy shares of his bank on Thursday after they tumbled to the lowest price in more than two years. Yesterday, the stock surged 8%, the most in more than four years.

China has seen nearly $1 trillion (€915 billion) in capital leave the nation since the second quarter of 2014, and according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase, the sky’s the limit for outflows going forward.

Mexico is set to get a record payout of at least $6bn (€5.6bn) from its oil hedges this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The failure of Digicel Group to launch its initial public offering (IPO) has raised questions about the reasons why Denis O’Brien decided not to go ahead.

For many in the ranks of China’s wealthy, the shock devaluation in the yuan is a cause of regret — that they hadn’t moved more money offshore sooner.

Over the last decade we’ve seen bank after bank around the world being fined for undertaking a variety of highly profitable, illegal, and highly questionable activities.

Jubilant Greeks celebrated their democracy last night as they voted overwhelmingly against the austerity of the past five years but insisted that it is a vote for Europe.

Royal Bank of Scotland, the owner of Ulster Bank, has invited investment banks to pitch for the role of corporate broker as the UK state-backed lender gears up for a full return to public hands.

Revenue at the world’s 10 largest investment banks rose 9%, year-on-year, to $44.9 billion in the first quarter, as financial market volatility and central bank stimulus measures boosted profits.

The sale of one of Britain’s longest dated inflation-linked government bonds yesterday drew strong demand — producing the lowest negative real yield on record for a syndicated offering of gilt linkers.

Irish Life and Hibernia REIT are among bidders shortlisted to buy Facebook’s European headquarters buildings in Dublin.

A huge cyber attack against JPMorgan Chase this summer compromised customer information for about 76 million US households and seven million small businesses, the bank said.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has said a data breach has affected 76 million households and seven million small businesses.

The European Central Bank will buy up to €40bn of asset-backed securities as part of a programme to stimulate the region’s economy, according to JPMorgan Chase.

To German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, the European Central Bank is at the end of the road.

The FBI is working with the Secret Service to determine the extent of cyber attacks against several US financial institutions.

Investors are anticipating a 10% drop in the Argentine peso after the nation defaulted for the second time in 13 years last week.

Citigroup will pay $7bn to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis.

The European Union’s top competition regulator has accused JPMorgan, HSBC and Credit Agricole of colluding to manipulate the price of financial products linked to interest rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high as the good narrowly outweighed the bad for the stock market.

Citigroup has agreed to pay 1.13 billion dollars (€822m) to settle claims by investors who want the lender to buy back billions in residential mortgage-backed securities.