Verizon

Deal is ecommerce giant’s biggest acquisition in media sector

Planet Business: A psychodrama we could have all done without

Move concludes a steady drip of deals that also saw Verizon sell Tumblr and HuffPost

Helen Dixon’s European counterparts argue proposed fine of up to €50m is too small

Low-carbon pledge taken by groups including An Post and Irish Water

Analysts regard Fanduel as Flutter’s prize asset because of subsidiary’s growth potential

Fresh volatility in Treasury market knocks futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon ‘excited’ about pipeline of tech rulings

Privacy regulator says data breach notifications rose 10 per cent to 6,628 last year

Three-day event at RDS capped at 600 people

Amazon’s ads business is growing faster than its retail, cloud computing and Prime subscription divisions

Yield of 6% and scope for further development at Block G East Point Business Park

Verizon sells news site in return for minority stake in buyer after slide in digital ad revenue

Consumer spending on tech rises during pandemic, quarterly results show

Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Facebook to report quarterly earnings this evening

Mobility and ‘internet of things’ solutions provider employs more than 130 people

Third floor at Hanover Court available by way of subletting from Verizon until 2028

Conference organisers to hold Asia-Pac event in March with in-person event following year

Communications giant moved intellectual property back to US in 2019 in €448m deal

Trusting people to work well from home is one skill managers now have to learn

Irish technology forum organisers to go virtual as Covid-19 crisis curtails physical events

Family open to selling some media group assets after death of Sumner Redstone

Remote workers must not be micromanaged as a hands-off leadership style may be best

Enterprises deemed Edgy and free-spirited are facing an existentialist moment

HSBC hit by report Trump aides want to undermine USD/HKD peg

Executives at ad agencies said that more of their clients were weighing boycott

DSS allows two communications standards to operate on one frequency band

Society as a whole must begin to face up to the wider issue of who, in a democracy, should define the limits of the “unacceptable” and of free speech

Study reveals extent of revolt against Facebook and Twitter over hate speech

Research already suggests that women are being disproportionately hurt by the pandemic’s economic fallout

Decades of advances under threat as women juggle work and childcare

Company in talks for at least 120,000sq ft at the Exo Building in city’s north docklands

The Rolling Stones become the latest act to sign up for One World: Together at Home

Debates over whether innovation could thrive under Bernie Sanders presidency are a distraction

Data Protection Commission has undertaken 23 inquiries into tech multinationals

Europe’s largest mobile operator expects earnings to reach €25.5bn this year

Creaking services and fears about China led to suggestion to nationalise European firms

Proposed merger with T-Mobile could be derailed as US customers fear higher prices

Sale of EastPoint and Richview business park properties offer buyer 6.55% net initial yield

Web Summit: Trade talks will be a ‘major challenge’, EU Brexit negotiator says