US private equity considers bid for fashion group Ted Baker
Shares in British retailer jump by a fifth after struggle through pandemic closures
Stuart Staples: ‘The wrench of leaving a small town was very defining’
Tindersticks singer on Nottingham, TV Personalities cover, Eimear McBride and new lp
Second-generation Irish: ‘We were outsiders among the English – and the Irish too’
Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home
Wilder retains WBC title after controversial Fury draw
Spring rematch appears inevitable after Fury is denied dream comeback by judges in LA
Stocks rally after Fed chair’s key speech while oil prices surge
Kingspan was standout performer of the day, rising 9.5 per cent following strong H1 results
Irish whiskey set to benefit from China’s move on import taxes
Tariffs for 187 product categories will drop from an average 17.3 per cent to 7.7 per cent
Amazon.com launches Prime membership service for businesses
Move is designed to replicate in the workplace the quick delivery of online orders
What on earth is experiential shopping and should we care?
Traditional retailers are turning to ‘experiential shopping’ to compete
Björk is violently trippy, Morrissey hides from the news
The Icelandic wonder’s ‘healed chest wound transformed into a gate’, apparently
World stocks hit the heights as Dublin stays in the shadows
US indexes boosted by retailers; Iseq’s big movers are Ryanair, Total Produce and Reits
European stocks tread water as investors review earnings reports
In Dublin, Ryanair falls following bigger-than-expected losses at rival EasyJet
The major business events happening this week
For Your Diary: FBD and AIB results; Mobile World Congress; Irish unemployment rate;
Millennials start new year with old-school paper diaries and pens
Sales of stationery and notebooks are soaring even in this digital age
Office Depot to close 300 more stores in bid to cut costs
Merger with rival office supplies company Staples scrapped over antitrust laws
Mega inversion morphs into mega problem for Wall Street
The doomed Allergan/Pfizer marriage is just one problem facing US dealmakers
Yahoo urged to overhaul its management
Starboard says “significant changes” needed in both the board and management
Wake-up Call: Adopt a tourist’s approach to changing careers
Instead of turning your career upside down, what if you learn one new skill?
A day with Apple Pay: The pros and cons of paying with a wave of your Iphone
Product has seen more adoption than previous offerings but success is not certain
Profitero plans to create jobs after gaining €5.9m in funding
Ecommerce intelligence business closes funding round with US firm Polaris Partners
Retention of ECB interest rates settles markets
Better-than-forecast economic data eases any immediate need to cut interest rates
Staples cuts outlook after weak results abroad
US office supply retailer sees dismal sales in Europe and Australia
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