The French economy contracted 0.1% in the first quarter from the fourth quarter last year, statistics office INSEE has said, a downward revision from its previous reading of zero growth.…
Euro zone consumers, already scarred by the Ukraine war, have changed their attitudes more quickly as a result of the upheaval of the Iran war, new European Central Bank research…
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the Claude maker at $965 billion, more than its archrival OpenAI. The latest fundraising round…
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Ikea has announced plans to open what it says will be its largest Irish 'Plan and Order' site in Co Galway. The outlet will be in the Gateway Retail Park…
Aughinish Alumina, the refinery in Co Limerick at the centre of a controversy over its raw material allegedly ending up in Russian weapons, has warned the Government that any attempt…
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