The doyen of US tech multinationals owns dozens of international subsidiaries and provides billions of dollars in customer finance through its Dublin office. Its new Irish-Dutch structure looks very much like the old one – except tens of billions have left these shores in the past year.
Having raised another €1.6m for his second start-up Kinzen, Mark Little talks about combining machine and human brainpower to tackle online misinformation, becoming a leader at Twitter and his thoughts on public service journalism.
McDonald's is the latest food business to announce a plant-based alternative for next year. We don’t know yet if shifts in consumer demand away from meat and dairy are a temporary fad or deep-seated trends. Either way, a public stake in this emerging industry would help manage what the future holds for Irish farmers.
Wayflyer is growing quickly by financing small to mid-sized e-commerce companies. Last month, QED Investors, which has backed 13 unicorns to date, invested in the Irish company. Is Wayflyer a $1 billion business of the future?
A pre-trial judgement reveals how companies controlled by deceased lawyer Mortimer Walters and developer JP Flannery clashed over the transfer of a multi-million software invention across low-tax jurisdictions – for just €100.
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX is working on ambitious plans to bring fast and cheap broadband to the world – and he has just got an Irish licence. As the country prepares to invest billions in building broadband infrastructure, could there be another way?
Twitter is the latest multinational to reveal a multi-billion intellectual property onshoring in Ireland, suppressing its tax liability here in the process. The company and its rival Facebook are also bracing for the first significant data protection fines under GDPR.
The social media giant is shutting down its Cayman-resident, Irish-registered holding structure after routing over $40 billion through the low-tax scheme over the past decade. It is not yet clear what role Ireland will play in the group's new corporate arrangements.
The global online recruitment firm has been beefing up its corporate structures in Ireland. While US multinationals have rushed intangible assets here to minimise tax exposure at home, Indeed’s Tokyo-listed parent has been operating differently.
From home delivery to temperature checks, Superquinn heir Eamonn Quinn has backed many food and retail companies. The chairman of Buymie and Kelsius talks about the future of the supermarket – and grants a peep into the Quinn family office.
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