Standard Chartered has today announced a new $1.5 billion share buyback after reporting its annual profit rose 18% on the back of record growth in its wealth business and a…
Shares in insulation and building materials manufacturer Kingspan soared over 14% today after it reported record profits and revenues for 2024 despite "tough" end markets. Co Cavan-based Kingspan said its…
Britain's competition regulator has fined Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada a combined £104.5m for exchanging sensitive information about UK government bonds. The Competition and Markets Authority…
Updated / Friday, 21 Feb 2025 09:52 British retail sales rose by 1.7% in January, new ONS figures show today British retail sales rose in January for the first time…
The Irish State is to take part in a major international property conference in France next month in an effort to attract investment into residential construction. Senior officials from the…
American manufacturing has been in the doldrums for years, battered by high borrowing costs and a strong dollar, which makes exports less competitive. But there has been a bright spot:…
Last August, a hotel room in Europe priced at 200 euros was about $224. Today, travelers spending American dollars would pay only $208.On the rise since last autumn, the dollar…
Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday that it was offering $30,000 to each passenger who was aboard the flight from Minneapolis that crashed and flipped upside down this week while…
The Federal Reserve pressed pause on interest rate cuts last month. The minutes from its January meeting suggest the hiatus is likely to be a long one.A record of the…
Lucy HookerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsLloyds Banking Group has nearly tripled the amount it is setting aside to cover the car finance mis-selling scandal to £1.2bn, knocking its profits for the…
After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to Chinese rivals that have shifted the definition of a high-end car to…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterApple has announced a new iPhone which brings artificial intelligence (AI) features at a lower cost than its flagship handsets.The iPhone 16e has the same processor as the…