A financial adviser who played a major role in uncovering the €1bn tracker mortgage scandal has called for “all payments, bills and direct debits” to be stopped for two months.

Democratic primary withdrawals have left Joe Biden rejuvenated.

Wall Street analysts were smitten by a rebound in sales of Apple’s iPhones after a year of decline. So much, in fact, that they looked past a weaker-than-expected rise in services revenue, the company’s growth driver.

McDonald’s missed Wall Street estimates for profit for the first time in two years as more investment to spruce up US restaurants and speed up delivery weighed on the world’s biggest fast-food chain, sending its shares down sharply.

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US stocks rose yesterday , led by a rebound in the technology sector, as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would act as appropriate”to trade war risks, leaving the door open for a possible rate cut.

Uber shares fell as much as 10%, doubling losses since its poorly received Wall Street debut last week, and raising more questions about investors’ faith in its ability to make profits.

The risk that a potential trade deal between the US and China will unexpectedly unravel into acrimony hit German, Irish, and other shares exposed to world trade.

Apple shares rose again to extend its rally to a gain of 34% since the start of the year following its upbeat earnings report earlier this week.

US stock indexes edged further into record territory today following more signs that the economy is growing in the way that investors love.

Boeing estimates that it will spend $1bn to fix the 737 Max and has pulled its forecast of 2019 earnings because of uncertainty surrounding the jetliner, which remains grounded after two deadly crashes.

Strong demand for Coca-Cola’s low-sugar Coke Zero, new orange-vanilla cola, and flavoured waters pushed the beverage maker’s quarterly sales and profit well above Wall Street estimates, sending its shares up almost 2%.

Twitter posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue and a surprise increase in monthly users, sending shares up almost 16% to a nine-month high as its campaign to clean up fake and abusive accounts continued to attract advertisers.

After an ugly 2018, Apple is back in vogue with investors who are looking past underwhelming iPhone sales and embracing the company’s vision of a digital services future.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has taken the first major step towards launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency.

We will soon mark the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers — the event that more than any other sparked what has now become known as the Great Recession.

US stocks have slumped as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies overshadowed positive earnings for Apple and the yield on 10-year Treasuries touched 3% for the first time since June.

ON July 1, Elon Musk went home to sleep. The chief executive of the electric carmaker, Tesla, had been camping out at his electric car factory in Fremont, California, for much of the week.

Netflix shares pared their worst drop in two years, regaining a key support level for the stock.

It’s been a while since the Victorian historian, Thomas Carlyle, described economics as the dismal science, but, even so, the discipline and its practitioners’ predictions have more influence than they did in Carlyle’s time.

Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years on Monday and led a rout in technology companies.

The best way to insulate Ireland from any fallout from the potential of more global market turmoil, following this week’s Wall Street sell-off, will be to balance the books and invest in public services, according to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.

The major US stock indexes closed mostly lower today after a midday gain faded by late afternoon.

Apple will halve its iPhone X production target for the first three months of the year to around 20 million units, the Asian Nikkei publishing company has reported, sending its shares down around 2.6% at one stage in the latest session.

Stocks on Wall Street pushed further into record territory today, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index's immaculate start to the year extended to a sixth day.

Wall Street took investors on a turbulent ride as stock indexes veered into a steep slide that knocked 350 points off the Dow Jones industrial average before the market eventually clawed back most of its losses.

Wall Street has finished November with a broad rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest gain since March and pushed it past the 24,000 mark for the first time.

Rising energy stocks helped nudge the Standard & Poor's 500 close to its record high, but drops for smaller stocks left Wall Street indexes mixed yesterday.

Some of the biggest companies in the world had their best day in years on Friday as Microsoft, Google and Amazon soared following strong third-quarter results.

Rising bond yields and a string of weak company reports and forecasts pushed US stocks lower on Wednesday as major indexes retreated from their recent record highs.

As of September, it was clearer than ever that production problems meant Apple wouldn’t have enough iPhone Xs in time for the US holidays. The challenge was how to make the sophisticated phone — with advanced features such as facial recognition — in large enough numbers.

With shares and confidence surging, Nike was on top of the world in 2015. The company was at an “all-time high,” chief executive officer Mark Parker said at an investor day that October.

After more than five years of declining sales, IBM says it will finally show investors it can grow again. Wall Street cheered, sending the shares up the most in more than eight years.

After more than five years of declining sales, IBM says it will finally show investors it can grow again. Wall Street cheered, sending the shares up the most in more than eight years.

US stocks edged higher today as technology companies and banks rose with the Standard & Poor's 500 index closing above 2,500 for the first time as stocks had one of their best weeks this year.

Energy companies led US stocks to modest gains on Wednesday as the market recouped some of its hefty losses from the day before.

Stocks and the dollar fell while the Japanese yen, gold and sovereign bonds rose after North Korea’s most powerful nuclear test to date dampened investor appetite for risk.

Global pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences — which has a major presence in Cork — agreed to buy Kite Pharma in a nearly $12bn (€10bn) deal, writes Natalie Grover and Michael Erman.

US President Donald Trump’s warning to North Korea and Pyongyang’s threat of possible armed retaliation drove investors out of stocks and other risky assets and into textbook safe havens like gold and US debt paper.

Amazon is quickly ramping up the billions of dollars a year it spends on creating and licensing TV shows and films, indicating the retailer plans to be in show business for the long haul.

Losses for energy and technology companies left most US stocks lower today.

Apple made its biggest jump in six months on Wednesday, helping send the Dow Jones industrial average above 22,000 points for the first time.

US stock indexes returned to records on Tuesday as corporate profits continue to come in better than analysts expected.