A divided US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point today and announced it will restart limited purchases of Treasury securities after money markets showed…
Liv McMahon and Imran Rahman-Jones,technology reportersChatbot site Character.ai is cutting off teenagers from having conversations with virtual characters, after facing intense criticism over the kinds of interactions young people were…
Former Permanent TSB chief executive David Guinane has lodged an appeal against a decision by a Central Bank inquiry which found he participated in regulatory breaches by the bank relating…
Archie FarmerChannel IslandsBBCThe report said the increase was due to the rising costs of food, driving and leisureThe rate at which prices are rising in Jersey increased in the months…
Revenue has said technical issues with the Local Property Tax portal have been resolved. A number of problems were identified in recent days, and a system fix to resolve the…
The government has launched a scheme to compensate former sub-postmasters and their families who were made to repay shortfalls caused by the Capture branch IT system.That system was in place…
Telecoms giant Verizon was entitled to dock the bonus of a senior Irish employee for his involvement in his department's use of an account with an outside company to buy…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterThe co-founder of ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's says that its parent company Unilever blocked it from launching an ice cream flavour that expressed "solidarity with Palestine".Ben…
Joe Duffy was RTÉ's highest-paid presenter, earning €351,000 in both 2024 and 2023, according to figures from RTÉ's Annual Report. It comes in the same year Duffy brought the curtain…
Brian WheelerPolitical reporterHousebuilders have warned the government's budget watchdog that ministers' target of building 1.5 million homes in England by the end of the decade is too optimistic.The Home Builders…
Canada's central bank cut its key lending rate to 2.25% today, saying that while the global economy has shown resilience in response to President Donald Trump's trade war, "the impact…
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