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David McNamara: British economy is stuck in stagnation
David McNamara: Federal Reserve rate decision hinges on US payrolls
Amazon job losses
European stocks’ quest to outshine US markets is fading amid slowdown
Where Europe stood to gain from a shift away from big tech stocks, investors are instead turning to undervalued sectors of the US market

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Uber Supreme Court case
Uber slapped with €290m fine over data transfers to US
The fine is the highest penalty ever issued by the Dutch Data Protection Authority against any company, a spokesperson said by email. It’s also the biggest fine Uber received globally.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2024

A US court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same
A US court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same
The recent US ruling, alongside the EU rulings, may be the first steps towards opening the tech market up to other competitors

Tue, 06 Aug, 2024

Terry Prone: Biden’s agony won’t be eased by any messages of admiration
S Terry Prone: Biden’s agony won’t be eased by any messages of admiration
Throughout his entire career, Biden's emphasis has been on the fight. But this time, there was no winning

Sun, 21 Jul, 2024

US diagnostics firm to invest €10m in east Clare site
US diagnostics firm to invest €10m in east Clare site
US biomedical firm Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has announced a €10m investment in its site in Co Clare, which will go towards upgrading the facility’s infrastructure, boosting both efficiency and capacity.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Nato has little to do with peace
Letters to the Editor: Nato has little to do with peace
'Nato was founded in 1949 to counter the perceived threat posed by the then Soviet Union. It has no raison d’etre since the Warsaw Pact was dissolved in 1991'

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

Scott Lucas: Call to fight not a reaction, but a refrain
Scott Lucas: Call to fight not a reaction, but a refrain
Can Americans resist the politics of violence and consider how to co-operate with each other

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

'A co-worker pulled me to the ground': CBS reporter caught in crossfire during Trump assassination attempt
'A co-worker pulled me to the ground': CBS reporter caught in crossfire during Trump assassination attempt
CBS News campaign reporter Jacob Rosen was in the press pen at the Republican rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening when the assassination attempt was carried out

Sun, 14 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
S Fergus Finlay: Relief at Starmer’s success, but Biden’s time is up in the US
I’ve seldom felt such a surge of quiet confidence as I did in the small hours of Friday morning, watching Keir Starmer rack up a thoroughly deserved majority

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

Biden’s agonising debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this election
Biden’s agonising debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this election
If the president is not politically viable, the stakes of this election not only remain, but are even higher than ever

Sun, 30 Jun, 2024

Colin Sheridan: The truth about cats and demagogues
S Colin Sheridan: The truth about cats and demagogues
alley cats should be left out of presidential insults — they have more honour and emotional intelligence in their left paw than the candidates have in their entire campaign teams

Sat, 29 Jun, 2024

US probes Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia over artificial intelligence plans
US probes Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia over artificial intelligence plans
The US Justice Department and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached a deal that allows them to proceed with investigations into the dominant roles Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry (AI), ...

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

Fergus Finlay: It's vital for our democracy that people cast their vote on Friday
S Fergus Finlay: It's vital for our democracy that people cast their vote on Friday
We need to celebrate our democracy and strengthen it. So whatever way you vote, vote!

Tue, 04 Jun, 2024

DENMARK-PHARMACEUTICAL-OBESITY-EARNINGS-RESULTS
Risk of low blood sugar from Novo Nordisk's weekly insulin treatment, regulator says
The US Food and Drug Administration's staff report has said the use of Novo Nordisk's long-acting weekly insulin had an increased risk of low blood sugar in patients with type 1 diabetes, who are more insulin-dependent.

Wed, 22 May, 2024

Trump and the risk of a US debt default
Trump and the risk of a US debt default
The former US president, if he is re-elected in November, could default on government debt, as he proudly has with some of his businesses. It’s unlikely, but not impossible

Tue, 23 Apr, 2024

US ‘man of books’ helps in Cork Prison library while awaiting sentencing for passport offences
US ‘man of books’ helps in Cork Prison library while awaiting sentencing for passport offences
Randolph Kirk Parker is believed to have entered Ireland in 1988 and will be sentenced on April 22

Fri, 12 Apr, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F Kennedy Jr's presidency dream more likely to turn into an American nightmare
No one seriously believes Kennedy can win the presidency. But there is good reason to believe he could tilt the balance toward Trump by luring Democrats away from Joe Biden, writes Richard K Sherwin

Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

US probes whether Boeing blowout breaches $2.5bn settlement in 2021
US probes whether Boeing blowout breaches $2.5bn settlement in 2021
Victims' representatives meeting later this month with US Justice Department officials are expected to say that Boeing violated a 2021 deal with prosecutors to overhaul its compliance programme following crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people

Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

Donald Trump Joe Biden
America’s year of living dangerously as politics trump policy
If the US is distracted over the presidential election, its rivals could be tempted to take advantage and press to achieve long-sought objectives

Mon, 25 Mar, 2024

Intel Shares Fall Most Since July After Predicting Surprise Loss
Intel shares fall on report China will limit US-made semiconductors  
The US chipmaker employs almost 5,000 people in Ireland

Mon, 25 Mar, 2024

Gavel and Stethoscope on Gradated Background with Selective Focus.
Letters to the Editor: Pre-action protocols will cut medical claims costs
Regarding Niamh Griffin’s article — ‘Our adversarial system pits medics and their patients against each other’ (Irish Examiner, March 19) — this rightly highlights the distressing and lengthy process to resolve clinical negligence claims for all ...

Fri, 22 Mar, 2024

Mike Lynch court case
Mike Lynch 'spun a fabulous tale' to defraud HP over $11bn purchase, US trial told
Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch and former finance executive Stephen Chamberlain are accused of scheming to inflate the company's revenue, starting in 2009 and ending with HP's disastrous acquisition of the company in 2011

Mon, 18 Mar, 2024

Kerry craftsman creates crystal bowl to be presented to Joe Biden on St Patrick's Day
Kerry craftsman creates crystal bowl to be presented to Joe Biden on St Patrick's Day
This is the third consecutive year Dingle Crystal has been selected to create the bowl for the traditional shamrock ceremony between the Taoiseach and the US president

Sat, 16 Mar, 2024

In the city of Chicago, where an Irish link to the old country holds strong
S In the city of Chicago, where an Irish link to the old country holds strong
Though Irish immigration to the US is declining in recent decades, on his visit to the Windy City, Sean Murray encounters a still vibrant and pro-active Irish-American community that continues to evolve and re-invent itself

Sat, 16 Mar, 2024

Crude oil prices jump to $85.25 as IEA forecasts more global demand this year
Crude oil prices jump to $85.25 as IEA forecasts more global demand this year
Crude oil prices rose as the International Energy Agency's predicted a tighter market in 2024 and raised its view on oil demand growth this year. Brent crude oil rose $1. 21, or 1. 4%, to $85. 25 a barrel after touching its highest since early November.

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

Taoiseach visit to the US
Varadkar won't use St Patrick's Day visit to 'tick' Biden off over Gaza
Leo Varadkar is due to speak with the President in the White House later this week as part of the annual St Patrick's Day trip to Washington

Wed, 13 Mar, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Government gets message loud and clear
Letters to the Editor: Government gets message loud and clear
In relation to the huge no votes in the referendum, do the Government parties and opposition parties, all whom advocated yes votes, recognise at all how out of touch they are from the electorate?My wife and I conceived in late 2019, then covid and ...

Wed, 13 Mar, 2024

Major airline warns of severe cutbacks after Boeing delays
Major airline warns of severe cutbacks after Boeing delays
Southwest Airlines, a major Boeing customer in the US, has warned it will cut flights due to new plane delays from the US plane maker.

Tue, 12 Mar, 2024

TikTok job cuts
US piles pressure on TikTok ahead of vote on Chinese media firm
TikTok told the Irish Examiner last month that Ireland remains 'a hugely important base' for the social media company

Tue, 12 Mar, 2024

Super Tuesday’s unsurprising elections should worry you
Super Tuesday’s unsurprising elections should worry you
Biden and Trump are winning primaries and collecting delegates as the Republican Party continues its descent into White nationalism

Wed, 06 Mar, 2024

Aluminium prices rise as Biden weighs new Russian sanctions 
Aluminium prices rise as Biden weighs new Russian sanctions 
Prices of aluminium and nickel advanced on speculation that a fresh wave of US sanctions against Russia may target metals and disrupt supplies.

Wed, 21 Feb, 2024

Cork's Mother Jones to be honoured in Chicago with new statue 
Cork's Mother Jones to be honoured in Chicago with new statue 
Mother Jones is still venerated for her impact in Cork, with the 13th Spirit of Mother Jones Festival to be held in Shandon this July

Sat, 10 Feb, 2024

IDA plans €900k public relations campaign on America's west coast
IDA plans €900k public relations campaign on America's west coast
The target audience for the communication work will be leading decision makers at big tech and life sciences firms on the west coast

Mon, 05 Feb, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Adams says Palestinians ‘won’t mind’ SF’s US visit 
Letters to the Editor: Adams says Palestinians ‘won’t mind’ SF’s US visit 
While the Irish politicians’ annual trot to the White House on St Patrick’s Day is, at the best of times, a cringeworthy display of Shamroguery, it has never seemed as obscene as the prospect of this year’s visits.

Fri, 02 Feb, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Trump faces his biggest legal battles
Irish Examiner view: Trump faces his biggest legal battles
Last week, Donald Trump fell into an $83. 3m (€77m) hole. That was the amount a New York jury awarded journalist E Jean Carroll in her defamation action against the former US president and presumptive Republican nominee for this November’s election.

Tue, 30 Jan, 2024

Inside New Carrefour Planet Store
French supermarket Carrefour to stop selling Pepsi goods due to price hikes
France's finance minister has previously threatened to claw back what he described as 'undue' profits from food companies with special taxes if they did not pass on their own lower costs to consumers

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

DPP has file on man accused of applying for passports in Cork in names of deceased babies
DPP has file on man accused of applying for passports in Cork in names of deceased babies
Cork District Court heard there is a strong likelihood of further charges against the man

Tue, 02 Jan, 2024

Artificial intelligence touch screen
Countries are racing to regulate AI with mixed results
The EU aims to join the US and China in introducing legislation that will aim to ban AI systems using biometric categorisations and facial recognition databases. But will the ban be too widespread, endangering useful progess?

Mon, 01 Jan, 2024

Castro's Shannon stopover created headache for Irish diplomats
Castro's Shannon stopover created headache for Irish diplomats
A stopover by Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Shannon Airport more than 40 years ago created a potential headache for Irish diplomats who were fearful the prospect of improved trade between Ireland and Cuba could hamper Irish-American relations.

Fri, 29 Dec, 2023

"To let" sign on building
Irish Examiner view: Creating divisions in communities
It’s been a trying few days for landlords, or at least the public perception of landlords.

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

child victim of maltreatment family
UL study explores link between adverse childhood experiences and shorter life span
Adverse childhood experiences such as emotional and physical abuse, household instability, socioeconomic climate and ill health can lead to people having a shorter life, but it was not clear how

Tue, 19 Dec, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Hope will require leadership change
Irish Examiner view: Hope will require leadership change
In an evocative article in this newspaper, Mary Lawlor, human rights expert, UN representative, and former director of Amnesty International in Ireland, asked a question which has resonated through the week.

Sat, 16 Dec, 2023

US government to spend $700m building new embassy in Dublin
US government to spend $700m building new embassy in Dublin
The US department of State notified Congress of their intent to purchase land in Dublin for a 'New Embassy Compound' according to a source

Thu, 14 Dec, 2023

CC COVID-19 SCENES
Deliveroo and Just Eat face deadlines to deliver profits 
Down more than 25% this year, Delivery Hero and Just Eat’s share performance contrasts with strong gains for US peers

Fri, 08 Dec, 2023

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