Weekend essay: What Maradona gave us, and what we took from him
November 28, 2020 5:24 am“To hell with what might have been. No one can reach personal perfection in a complex world filled with distraction…what... View Article
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Bonuses, Covid supports, and price: the intimate details of AIB’s buyout of Goodbody Stockbrokers
November 27, 2020 4:15 amWhen senior executives at AIB began scrutinising the financial data at Goodbody Stockbrokers, the first thing that jumped off the... View Article
Can Santa save retail from Covid-19 and Brexit?
November 26, 2020 5:19 amChristmas is coming. We are all buying gifts for our loved ones and even for our loathed ones. We are... View Article
Outdoing the activist investors: Elliott’s weak offer is just the start of the battle for Aryzta
November 25, 2020 4:13 amOn September 16, Aryzta’s dissident shareholders Cobas and Veraison installed former company executive Urs Jordi as chairman in a dramatic... View Article
What will Elon Musk’s Starlink mean for the world (and Ireland’s costly and long-awaited National Broadband Plan)?
November 24, 2020 5:27 amIt is starting. Nearly three years ago, in February 2018, the Elon Musk-founded rocket company SpaceX put two experimental satellites... View Article
A Beginners Guide to Financial Markets: Part 2 – Diversification & Portfolio Theory
November 23, 2020 5:31 amThe benefit of diversification is often called the only free lunch in investing. The promise of generating the same ‘return’... View Article
A different sort of patriot: How Jack Charlton transformed Ireland’s relationship with its many selves
November 21, 2020 5:01 am‘With Ireland, you see, they don’t give up their fucking heroes easily, so you’ve really got to show them.” –... View Article
Accenture’s Alastair Blair: Snatching opportunity from the jaws of adversity
November 20, 2020 5:27 amCovid-19 has plunged Ireland into a return to harsh, but necessary restrictions. The pill is very difficult to swallow as... View Article
Mind the credibility gap: NPHET, lockdown and Level 5
November 19, 2020 4:56 amThe Spring lockdown of 2020 was all about emergency. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, bruised from a disastrous election and... View Article
The Dáil discount: why every €1 worth of Hibernia REIT offices trades for 72¢
November 18, 2020 5:35 amIrish people care about property in a way they’ll never care about the stock or bond markets. It’s in the... View Article
