From bone spurs to ‘God’s work’: no contrition from former Goldman Sachs boss
In his new memoir, Streetwise, Lloyd Blankfein can’t resist a dig at a certain US president
AIB chief Colin Hunt’s €2.7m pay reflects return to international norms
A more than fourfold increase in one’s pay packet is attention-grabbing in any context, and especially so in Ireland
Market seatbelts on: Iran war jitters meet the buy-the-cannons rule
S&P 500 selling has been relatively contained, prompting the boss of America’s biggest bank, JPMorgan to warn of a ‘lot of complacency’
Wall Street’s latest AI jitters reveal a nervous market
Software stocks, already bloodied, were given another thump by Citrini Research’s ‘thought experiment’ blog post positing an AI apocalypse
Should Diageo sell everything else and change its name to Guinness plc?
It’s the fastest-growing beer brand in North America
Canada or Sweden? Simon Harris considers Ireland’s savings future
Swedish scheme has no cap on contributions and may be considered politically safer
Moderna’s vaccine ambitions run into a wall of ‘anti-science’ scepticism
Regulatory inconsistency and the views of US health secretary hampering medical innovation
After tariff study, Trump loyalist wants Fed authors ‘disciplined’
Economics of New York Fed’s study uncontroversial, but the politics is another matter
New savings scheme: Before incentives, fix what is already broken
This State in effect penalises ordinary people for investing
Walmart joins $1tn club, trading like a tech stock
Discount retailer trades on multiples that are higher than Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta
The papal portfolio: more S&P 500 than sermon
Two new stock indices launched in conjunction with Morningstar – one for the US, one for the euro zone – are calibrated to Catholic principles
Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘colonisation’ comments on immigrants land awkwardly at Manchester United
Clumsy wording based on wrong figures raises fresh questions on judgment of club’s billionaire co-owner
Bitcoin’s claim to be digital gold looks increasingly thin
Economist says investors generally treat cryptocurrency as something that thrives when US economy does well, not a refuge in global turmoil
SpaceX IPO faces new questions after Musk’s AI merger
Familiar territory as a cash-generating Musk company props up a riskier venture, with investors left to take it on faith
AI hype meets software reality in bloody week for stocks
What we have seen is a massive market rotation, not a selloff, as evidenced by investors piling into defensive names