Investors are becoming increasingly worried about the effect of a new Trump presidency. Gold prices have already reached record levels and a Trump administration will have profound implications for savings and investment decisions.
Laura Colgan moved to New York last year to grow the US presence of the Star and Mirror titles, with a focus on an evolving Irish American readership.
Brenda Breathnach has turned a Brooklyn brewery into the popular venue 3 Dollar Bill. She tells Hannah McCarthy about growing the business over 15 years.
Irish author Megan Nolan is building a new life in New York and reflecting a lot on her family and their stories. But between books she still finds time for socialising. “You can't really exhaust the number of fun things to do here”, she says.
The Dead Rabbit group has the potential to become “one of the biggest Irish pub companies in America,” says its managing director Jack McGarry after launching its first bar outside of New York.
Started as a one-man-band in a Manhattan shared office, the Dubliner's VC firm is betting on AI and emerging tech start-ups. This opens a series by Hannah McCarthy among Irish voices in American business and culture ahead of the US election.
Legal action taken in New York against the Kerrygold maker alleged its butter was exposed to harmful chemicals but, after a year and a half, the case has been dismissed.
Batteries play an ever-increasing role in all aspects of our lives but finding an efficient and profitable way of recycling them is elusive. Now a new start-up with strong Irish links believes it has found the answer.
Southwest was the airline that inspired Ryanair under Herb Kelleher. Now activist investor Elliott Management wants to nominate 10 new directors to its board to turn it around, including Ryanair's former deputy CEO.
Changes in tax law on both sides of the Atlantic have seen the Irish subsidiaries of multinationals pay more to access American intellectual property. But from the US side, a lot of this revenue is unaccounted for.
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