Google beats Apple to become ‘most valuable brand’ globally, as KFC, McDonald’s slump

A round-up of business events happening this week

World’s biggest maker of mobile network equipment plans to axe thousands of jobs

Second-quarter earnings drop 49 per cent as telecoms operator seeks savings of €1.2bn

The second night of the festival features sets from Saint Sister, Neon Indian and Floating Points among others

Band of Ireland follows other banks higher while Kerry, CRH and Ryanair also close up

Ciara O’Brien: Hard to move without tripping over a stand promising a breakthrough

Tom Kelly has even found a Norwegian waterproof weekender

Stock markets fall globally and bond yields rise as all eyes stay on Federal Reserve

The keynote speaker at the Broadband World Forum will keep fighting for equal access

Bell Labs president heralds the fifth revolution of the modern era

Proponents argue it attracts foreign direct investment and makes graduates more employable

Increased goods traffic in Dublin Port seen as driving demand for warehousing space

Taxi service is said to be competing against a consortium of carmakers, including BMW

Telecom equipment maker defends Nokia deal as it reports Q1 net loss

Operating profit slumps 61% despite rise in sales on need to cut prices to compete for China sales

Finnish firm has pledged not to cut jobs for two years after Alcatel-Lucent takeover

Microsoft’s takeover felt like your parents had sold a sibling to pay the bills

Mario Draghi’s plans to continue quantitative easing boosts markets

Finnish network equipment maker to buy French rival for €15.6 million

Ddeal could create a European telecoms equipment group worth over €40 billion

Iseq index of shares fall 1.6% to 5,994 points in line with other European bourses

Research centre working with European partners on handling data demands

Douglas Coupland shines sociological light on corporate giant that cables the internet

Telecom equipment maker plans cost cuts and listing of underseas cabling arm

My smartphone broke recently and I didn’t have the means to replace it. The experience was liberating

The annual list of the world’s top innovators shows the value of spending on R&D

Gavin Sheridan says Vizlegal is initially targeting market for legal information in EU

Alain de Botton explains the thinking that prompted him to marshal leading writers into closed organisations

College dorm room where PC giant Dell was started to be recreated at event

A round-up of business events happening this week

Governance of Irish Water

Dublin-based firm receives investment from two different VC funds

Firm plans to open office in Silicon Valley

Apple’s rivals use Berlin conference to show off a host of new devices ahead of iPhone launch

Trinity College Dublin is hosting a three-day meeting to discuss the possibilities for the latest in flat technology and its applications in medicine, electronics and many other areas

New industry-academia partnerships formed to conduct research into a number of key sectors

New industry-academia partnerships formed to conduct research into a number of key sectors