London's financial giants have entered a new phase in their approach to European markets as Britain starts to diverge from Brussels. Ireland must be ready to cement its position as the bloc's leading financial centre.
With little evidence of distillers passing on price hikes to American consumers yet, whiskey makers are starting to weigh up new markets as tariffs wreak havoc on an already embattled industry.
The officials who documented a meeting between Peter Burke and the tech multinational last year believed some existing jobs were at risk. One participant has since had the record re-written.
Jamie Walker, the global CEO of payments giant Elavon, speaks to The Currency about his years spent building the business from Arklow, America's changing relationship with Europe, and the need for cryptocurrencies to develop consumer protections.
How should a pharma multinational respond to the uncertainty unleashed by the Trump administration? Invest more in Ireland, the contact-lens and eye-drop giant appears to have decided.
US firms show no sign of retreating from Ireland as Washington makes the temporary tax advantages introduced by Trump in 2017 permanent. Corporation tax is now set for another record year.
The US-UK trade deal, finalised at the G7 in Canada this week, now includes the removal of tariffs on aerospace exports to the US. It is a big win for the North's booming industry.
The packaging multinational assembled by Paul Coulson has one year left before it hits a wall of debt. The full story of its $12.5bn bond pile gives clues about the options left on the table.
Rather than a decoupling from the fortunes of US multinationals, the volatility reported by the Exchequer last month shows Ireland is more exposed to them than ever.
Even under Trump, US multinationals show little sign of retreating from global markets — thanks to incentives, political clout, and economic reality.
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