Business » 2 weeks ago
US President Donald Trump smashed a more than 75-year-old global trading system with a new baseline 10% US tariff on goods from all countries and higher reciprocal tariff rates for countries that his administration says have high barriers to US imports....
Business » 2 weeks ago
In recent weeks opposition leaders have ramped up pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris, and current ministers Jack Chambers and Darragh O'Brien, over housing figures trumpeted in the run-up to, and during, the last election...
Business » 2 weeks ago
China has urged the United States to immediately cancel its latest tariffs and vowed countermeasures to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump declared sweeping levies on all US trading partners around the world....
Business » 2 weeks ago
With the weighted average EU tariff on US goods around 3%, Donald Trump's 20% is neither kind, nor reciprocal, writes Edmund Heaphy....
Business » 2 weeks ago
High costs, a shortage of skilled workers, the exclusion of renters and muddled messaging reveal cracks in the system...
Business » 2 weeks ago
Shares in European luxury companies dropped today after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, including on goods from the European Union and Switzerland....
Business » 2 weeks ago
As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up....
Business » 2 weeks ago
Shares in Nike, Adidas and Puma dropped sharply today after US President Donald Trump imposed a raft of new tariffs, including on Vietnam, Indonesia, and China, key sourcing markets for the sportswear companies....
Business » 2 weeks ago
Electricals retailer Currys has today raised its full-year profit forecast, saying trading since early January had been robust....
Business » 2 weeks ago
Oil prices tumbled today, with the main US crude contract WTI shedding 5.2%, as investors eyed weaker demand following President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs....