Stock markets were torn between the continuing fallout of Brexit and the countdown to the probable announcement of a US rate hike tomorrow evening.

Jean Pisani-Ferry looks at the options open to the EU as it considers what it can do to help the continent emerge from the economic doldrums

US firms with an Irish presence have reportedly been paying less than the recommended 12.5% rate of corporation tax for overseas firms.

The massive US stimulus package aimed at blunting the worst recession there in 70 years, created up to 2.1 million jobs in the final three months of 2009.