In this mini-series, I’m exploring the key themes of six books with their authors to better understand our emerging economy, particularly innovation and the intersection of business and geopolitics. Think of it as a podcast meets book club. This is how it works.
Aaron Stark says that it’s a book about watches, but it’s really a book about innovation, long-term thinking, and industrial policy. This is the book that you never knew you needed to read.
Bogged down by high fees and intra-group loans, an ambitious divestment scheme will see troubled Solar 21 trying to stave off a fire sale of its assets. But first it needs thousands of ordinary Irish investors to accept steep losses on their loan notes.
Thrust into a managing director role as a teenager, Jacqueline O'Donovan has bucked every trend in the waste sector. After selling her family's multi-million pound company to a Swedish giant, she's got an open road and many plans.
Data shows how the Iref regime has evolved over time. It shows how big the Iref system has become, what it’s being used for and where, how much income is being made from Irefs, and what the government is making from the schemes.
In court filings, the building supply giant sets down September 25 as its target date to debut its primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange and explains its agenda in going all in on America.
The Court of Appeal has determined that the former Irish Nationwide boss has not “established that there is either a real or serious risk of an unfair trial”. The judgment sheds light on the dispute, and what the liquidators of IBRC are alleging,
Having spent 36 years with NCB and Investec, Liam Booth is now joining Interpath Advisory, a recent arrival to the Irish finance scene. He talks about his plan to develop its corporate finance arm and where he sees the market.
Those who have power define the narrative. That is a key message of Power and Progress, a new book co-authored by the former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson. He talks to Stephen Kinsella about his theory, the global economic outlook and the potential of the digital economy.
Investors in the €180 million Cork-based asset manager Blackbee learned Tuesday that the Central Bank had stepped in to appoint liquidators. How did it come to this?
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