Eir’s owner Xavier Niel looks to take his business private

French telecoms billionaire launches offer to buy out his €11bn Iliad telecoms empire

Fashion house Zegna to list in US via Spac

Luxury retailer’s move will access investors but allow founding family retain control

Rising Covid cases rattle European markets

Dalata and ICG among the main decliners in Dublin

JPMorgan’s profit more than doubles despite trading slump

Bank released another $3bn from funds it had set aside in anticipation of wave of loan defaults

Biggest US bank urges staff to get vaccine before office return

JPMorgan encourages those who choose not to share their jab status to be tested weekly

Goldman Sachs expands transaction bank to Britain

Bank to offer companies in UK cash management services such as payment processing and payroll

EU freezes 10 banks out of bond sales over antitrust breaches

Big names involved in past market-rigging scandals barred from lucrative recovery plan

Deutsche Bank’s US investment bankers set to return to offices by September

Bank still working through how much flexibility it will offer employees over long term

European and US stocks rise as investors see light at end of pandemic tunnel

Iseq up by 0.4% as some of its heaviest weighted stocks tread water

Cash-rich US banks move to reduce corporate deposits

Banks talk to large clients about putting cash into money market funds rather than deposits

European stocks notch new highs as Daimler earnings lift car makers

In Dublin, Bank of Ireland jumps as it enter talks to buy KBC’s Irish unit

European shares hit record high after commodities rally

S&P 500 and Dow Jones also reach new heights on Wall Street after upbeat data

ConsenSys to create more jobs in Dublin after $65m fundraise

Blockchain tech company secures backing from JP Morgan, UBS and Mastercard

European stocks mark longest weekly winning streak since November 2019

Dublin market subdued with Ryanair, Flutter and Smurfit Kappa all lower

Stocktake: More agony than ecstasy for stock-pickers

You can make a fortune if you pick the right stock, but it’s a low-probability bet

Stocktake: Are calmer times ahead for investors?

The Vix, Wall Street’s so-called fear index, fell below 20 last week, the lowest level since before the pandemic began

Stocktake: Is a big sell-off in store?

S&P 500 gained 2.4 per cent at start of March before tumbling in following days

Morgan Stanley posts record profit as trading booms

US bank’s earnings jumped 51 per cent in final three months of the year

European stocks slip as lockdown worries resurface

Retailers and miners among big decliners as investors fret about extent of current lockdowns

Ireland should be wary as tech giants cancel Trump

Activist US corporations have become too big for Ireland to handle

Stocktake: Even bulls concerned by US valuations

Valuations and the recent market melt-up will limit any 2021 advance

Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan to close joint health care venture Haven

Launch three years ago shocked traditional providers

Markets retreat on fears of new coronavirus strain

European shares have worst session in two months

Wish owner ContextLogic looks to raise more than $1bn in IPO

Group aims to follow in footsteps of DoorDash, Airbnb

Stocktake: US stock market faces a difficult decade

Estimates that US annual returns will be as much as 8% lower over next decade

Warren Buffett pulls back on banks and bets on drug makers

Billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway sinks $5.7bn into four US pharma stocks

Corporate America is breaking with Donald Trump

Markets have been relatively stable as Joe Biden has risen in the polls

European markets steady with US bank earnings in sight

This follows losses connected with vaccine trails and US stimulus

Bank stocks fall amid Covid-19, Brexit and ECB stimulus fears

Johnson & Johnson down as vaccine trials paused due to illness in one participant

European shares hit five-week high on rebound optimism

FTSE 100 ends lower as UK prime minister sets out more restrictions

HSBC and Standard Chartered shares slump on illicit funds claims

22-year trading low as Barclays and Deutsche Banks also named in media reports

Hut Group confirms plans for Britain’s biggest IPO of year

UK ecommerce business specialises in health and beauty products

Stocktake: Tesla surges as craziness pays in the bubble

The carmaker, valued at ‘just’ $256 billion a few weeks ago, has topped $400 billion

Fromer UK chancellor Sajid Javid returns to JPMorgan

He has joined the US lender’s European advisory council, which will offer counsel on its operations in the region after Brexit

Joe Brennan: ‘Uncertainty’ line will not wash with investors

Dublin-listed companies to start reporting Covid-hit interim earnings next week

Goldman Sachs moves to send London staff back to the office

Other city of London financial institutions have started to increase staff numbers in offices

Nigeria seeks more time to fight $9.6bn award to Irish businessmen

West African nation alleges gas supply deal signed with P&ID in 2010 was a ‘sham’

European shares rally as attention turns to EU recovery fund

Investors brace themselves for this week’s EU summit and start of US earnings season

Upbeat economic data helps European markets snap three-day losing run

Dublin closes higher as banks bounce back and CRH, Ryanair and Dalata all gain

Juneteenth celebrations spread to corporate America

A holiday commemorating the end of slavery has found new resonance amid antiracism protests

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