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In this week’s article Kehlan Kirwan predicts that sooner or later the bubble will burst in Silicon Valley and explains why he believes the Irish start-up community needs to take notice of what’s going on in California.

US Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders easily won nominating contests in Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington, chipping away at front-runner Hillary Clinton’s commanding lead in the race to pick the party’s candidate for the White House.

Wall St racked up its biggest one-day gain in four years yesterday as fears about China’s economy gave way to bargain hunters emboldened by expectations the US Federal Reserve might not raise interest rates next month.

One of the jewels of Irish tourism, the Adare Manor and Golf Resort, is being put up for sale tomorrow.

At the Greencore AGM in May 2005, a group of dissident and highly vocal shareholders lashed out at the then CEO David Dilger over the company’s sluggish growth performance.

From China to Canada and London, fast-rising property markets are haunting the global economy again, five years after the US subprime mortgage bubble burst and triggered the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

And so to the web summit and the thrusting new face of Ireland.

Despite being a loose grouping, Anonymous is concerned about its actions, says Winston Ross

Washington’s last-minute scramble to step back from a “fiscal cliff” ran into trouble last night as Republicans in the House of Representatives balked at a deal to avert a budget crisis.

The Taoiseach’s decision to share a Wall Street platform with businessman Denis O’Brien has done Ireland’s reputation “no favours”, an anti-corruption campaign group has said.

Irishman Colm Kelleher is now in pole position to take over as global CEO of the US bank Morgan Stanley following the retirement of his long-time rival Paul Taubman.

ELIZABETH Warren won back for the Democrats the historic Kennedy seat in Massachusetts, and so there’s finally someone in the US Senate who understands family values.

US petrol and heating oil futures gained and US treasuries also rose yesterday, as economic worries over Hurricane Sandy fuelled safe-haven buying in thin trading volume as the powerful storm began to batter the US east coast.

Mitt Romney’s strong outing in the first US presidential debate this week signals that the race for the White House may be tighter than imagined. So what can Ireland expect if the Republican hopeful wins, asks Kyran Fitzgerald

As the word “guilty” filled the silence of a Phoenix courtroom, defendant Michael Marin closed his eyes, put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth.

The controversy surrounding Fine Gael following Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s visible proximity to businessman Denis O’Brien at the embarrassing bell ringing event in Wall St is further deepened by today’s front page report of a meeting between Environment Minister Phil Hogan and disgraced former FG minister Michael Lowry.

There’s a great scene in the Oscar-nominated short film Pentecost by Irish director Peter McDonald where the local parish priest gives the altar boys an impassioned pep talk before the biggest Mass of their lives.

Enda Kenny will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell on Mar 19 to open the day’s trading on Wall St.

Folk music legend Pete Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest on Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City’s Upper West Side past banks and department stores.

The Occupy Wall Street movement faced down city chiefs to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle with a big Times Square demonstration and found legions of activists demonstrating in solidarity across the world.

US President Barack Obama said anti-Wall Street protests in New York and beyond were an expression of public anger over the antics of bankers and frustration over the moribund economy.

Apple shares have fallen sharply in early trading on Wall Street a day after chief executive Steve Jobs announced he was taking another medical leave of absence.

Wall Street stocks ended lower today on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out.

TEEMING with tanned, fit talent, soaked in sunshine and rife with goodwill, there was something for everyone in the audience on the first day of the JP McManus Pro Am where starlets and Ordinary Joes combined forces for the greater good.

Banking giant Santander’s clients had more than £2bn (€2.23bn) in disgraced Wall Street supremo Bernard Madoff’s investment funds, it emerged today.

The FTSE 100 Index slumped by 5% today after last week’s spectacular gains were erased by a post-holiday hangover on Wall Street markets.

The freefall in world markets continued today as Wall Street opened with more heavy losses.

It’s been another extraordinary and traumatic day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points before closing with a loss of about 350.

The US stock market took another nosedive as the American banking system appeared even shakier and investors worried that the financial crisis is spinning so far out of control that even government rescues cannot stop it.

Asian stock markets were down sharply today amid growing alarm over the world’s financial system as investors braced for a seismic shake-up on Wall Street involving the likely collapse of Lehman Brothers and the takeover of Merrill Lynch.

Wall Street closed a dismal first quarter with a moderate gain today, rising after a reading on regional manufacturing came in better than expected.

Asian markets tumbled today as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street on Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news renewed worries the US economy was sliding into a recession.

Wall Street advanced sharply today, with solid preliminary results from IBM encouraging investors to go back into the stock market after last week’s rout.

Stocks finished mixed in another volatile session today after a spike in wholesale prices touched off inflation concerns and partially overshadowed a strong increase in retail sales last month.

Stocks ended higher in volatile trading today as investors weighed fears about mounting tension in Iran against a report that indicated better-than-expected US economic growth.

Wall Street stocks jumped today, pushing up the Dow Jones industrials by more than 100 points as a report that two companies are trying to buy Alcoa Inc. stoked investors’ hopes for a pickup in takeover activity.

Wall Street eked out a modest advance today after investors found little motivation in remarks by Federal Reserve officials and also shrugged off a warning from chip maker National Semiconductor Inc.

US stocks finished moderately higher in an uneven session today as optimism about the economy helped investors overcome some of their uneasiness about the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates.

Wall Street staged a mild retreat today, quietly closing a year that will be remembered for the stock market’s great comeback – a year-end rally that pushed the Dow Jones industrials past 12,000 for the first time.

Wall Street fell for the first time in four sessions today as concerns about the technology and energy sectors overshadowed some 81 billion in takeover activity.

Wall Street ended an erratic session narrowly mixed today, largely shrugging off a lacklustre sales report from Wal-Mart Stores and news of weak consumer spending last month.

Heavy losses on Wall Street weighed on the London market this afternoon as it gave up gains made earlier in the session.