Dermot Desmond
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The options trader who emerged as a surprise front-runner to succeed Jamie Dimon

Troy Rohrbaugh is seen as the leading contender in a race with Doug Petno to run JPMorgan, writes Alexander Saeedy, The Wall Street Journal.

“There are businesses in this room that have lots of jobs they cannot fill; I have waiting lists”

Ireland has the lowest rate of disabled employment in the EU – businesses in the country are missing a trick if they ignore inclusive hiring.

The Irish architecture firm behind the Grand Egyptian Museum and the two decades it took to finish

Egypt’s newest cultural landmark was the project that launched Heneghan Peng on the world stage, its co-founder Róisín Heneghan explains.

The inflation tax: Quilter Cheviot’s Paul Callan on why cash is riskier than you might think

For Paul Callan of Quilter Cheviot, the biggest risk facing many savers isn't market volatility. It's the continuous erosion of purchasing power by stealth that occurs when inflation outpaces the return on cash savings.

Meta tried to silence her. Now she’s suing

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook policy executive, is suing Meta over its attempts to stop her from talking about her book, ‘Careless People’, write Keach Hagey and Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal.

Shake-up at Keywords Studios: 128 San Francisco jobs to go, CFO departing

The EQT-owned video games services giant is cutting 128 jobs at the California base and the company’s London-based CFO is leaving the firm in August.

Wellman International is suing its former owner Indorama Ventures for €82.6m

Cavan-based Wellman made the ex parte application earlier this month, alleging the “unlawful transfer and/or divestment of valuable assets”. Indorama said it has yet to be served with proceedings, and has appointed Dentons to advise it.

Canadian investors have acquired the Tynagh mining site in a reverse takeover

A deal to acquire the company behind the site in Co Galway fell apart last year. A new deal by Canadian backers will see it listed in Toronto and fresh capital pumped into reviving operations.

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Full throttle: From Aer Lingus to Ryanair, airlines’ busy season spreads to the boardroom

Questions over Aer Lingus’s profitability and a hostile takeover bid for EasyJet are signs of a hot summer for an aviation industry exposed to successive geopolitical shocks.

Peter Kinsella: Goodbye Keir, hello Andy, but the UK’s challenges remain the same

As he prepares to replace Keir Starmer as British prime minister, Andy Burnham has many of the right ideas – and a very narrow economic and political path to implement them.

Intel’s stock has soared, but it needs an engineering comeback

The chip maker can get its mojo back, but it must overcome technical challenges that have dogged it in the past, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.

The greatest show on Earth: AI is now an asset class of its own

The series of IPOs inaugurated by SpaceX sits at the top of a mountain of capital expenditure. What happens when the laws of economics catch up with the rhetoric?

Candidate sentiment survey: Part two – roles and the job market

More than 1,300 candidates, from junior management to C-suite level, completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part two of the findings, we delve into what candidates feel about their roles and the job market today.

Is the Irish food industry “eating its seed potatoes”? – Rewinding the week that was

The industry that spawned Kerrygold and Kerry Group projects a cutting-edge image, from R&D to marketing. Yet it has fallen one-third short of a modest innovation spending target.

Paul Flynn: Nobody knows what’s coming next – and that’s the beauty of it

For years we complained about predictability. We knew who the contenders were and by the semi-finals onwards we were usually left with the same names. Nobody can say that now.

Inside Intercom: 10 lessons from a front-row seat to an Irish tech success story

As a journalist, colleague and long-time observer, I saw how Eoghan McCabe and his co-founders built one of Ireland's most influential technology companies, culminating in its recent $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce.