Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects, write Josh Dawsey, Dana Mattioli, Annie Linskey and Emily Glazer, The Wall Street Journal.
Deferred payments, including a top-up tax to reach the new 15% rate, are not included in the software multinational’s record corporation tax figures.
The taxi app company, owned by Lyft, says the deals will bolster its B2B business in Ireland with access to public contracts with the likes of the HSE and Tusla.
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund backed out of deal to sell $3.5bn of Anthropic shares, write Peter Rudegeair and Berber Jin, The Wall Street Journal.
The Joule Group has been refused a springboard injunction, an unusual legal step aimed at removing any head start, gain, or unfair competitive advantage its rival Neru may have gained from its alleged wrongful use of Joule's confidential information.
After one month under an High Court injunction obtained by its distributor Arrow, the data-centre software provider VMware by Broadcom has undertaken to maintain their business agreement pending an arbitration process.
European countries said they would boycott all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, following a proposal to sell off commercial rights to private investors, write Joshua Robinson and Gina Heeb, The Wall Street Journal.
Provisional liquidators from BDO have been appointed to the Irish business, which is regulated by the Central Bank, to assess its prospects. A sale has not been ruled out.
Paze faces an uphill battle to get people to use its online checkout button over Apple Pay and Google Pay, writes Dalvin Brown, The Wall Street Journal.
AI tools make it easier for founders to get started alone, and many stay that way as they grow, writesTe-Ping Chen, The Wall Street Journal.
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