Yaneer Bar-Yam: “Black swans are not predictable, this event was predictable”
May 19, 2020 3:06 amOn January 26, American physicist Yaneer Bar-Yam wrote a short paper with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, best known as the author... View Article
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Uber fires 140 in Limerick as tech giant lets go 3,000 people worldwide
May 18, 2020 9:59 pmUber has let go 140 staff in Limerick as the ride-sharing giant cuts its global headcount by 3,000 people. The... View Article
A takeover with no shares: endgame in Petrel shareholder dispute
May 18, 2020 4:12 pmPetrel Resources plc, the Dublin-based oil exploration at the centre of a High Court dispute between shareholders, this Monday morning... View Article
“We’re chefs, we are in the hospitality industry and that’s in our blood, it’s in our soul”
May 18, 2020 5:09 amSince it opened seven years ago, Dublin’s Forest Avenue has developed a reputation as one of the country’s finest restaurants.... View Article
Dublin, Texas: Blockbuster row against global cinema chains lands in Ireland
May 18, 2020 4:19 amThey rank among the largest – and most powerful – businesses in the entertainment industry, controlling tens of thousands of... View Article
Debt, a click-farm scandal and Covid-19: The rise and fall of Maximum Media
May 18, 2020 3:43 amWhat a difference a year can make. Just 14 months ago, Niall McGarry, the Co Mayo born entrepreneur, was happily... View Article
Interim Examiner appointed to insolvent Maximum Media in Ireland following court move by Beach Point Capital
May 15, 2020 11:10 amBeach Point Capital, a debt financier to Niall McGarry’s Maximum Media Network Ltd (MMNL), has successfully applied to the High... View Article
Fights, provocation and high fashion: The bitter dispute that almost tore the Kavanagh property empire apart
May 15, 2020 5:22 amOn March 7, 2020, Wales suffered its third successive defeat in the Six Nations, losing 33-30 to England at Twickenham.... View Article
Project Jailbreak: The inside story of how Dermot Smurfit Jnr floated $400m GAN on the Nasdaq amid a global crisis
May 15, 2020 5:15 amThe ringing of the Nasdaq bell is a sound heard less often these days as Covid-19 has caused business to... View Article
More legal drama for FBD as country’s oldest pub launches case over disputed Covid-19 insurance cover
May 14, 2020 2:51 pmIt is in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the oldest pubs in Europe, has been hailed by... View Article
