What are the corporate cut-outs used by rogue businesses to launder green diesel? Drawing from official documents and real-life cases, we describe the operation and the finances of the diesel laundering industry.
The rise in gold prices is set to continue, unless we see higher real interest rates combined with a large improvement in global risk appetite and international trade around the world. Neither scenario looks plausible at the moment.
Adrian Acosta is the CEO of Journal Media group. Although he feels like the company is still a start-up, it is about to celebrate it's 10th birthday in business. He spoke about carving out a place for the online publisher in a traditionally conservative market and gave his views on the future of news.
Driven by institutional investors and facilitated by new technologies, property has become a new financial asset for the post-crisis era. But this has imposed a human and societal cost – one that Dermot Desmond is now railing against as he seeks to propose remedies to Ireland’s housing crisis.
The fall out from the sudden closure of high-end retailer Fallon & Byrne’s Rathmines continues, with former landlords issuing High Court proceedings seeking summary judgement.
Billionaire financier Dermot Desmond claims the publication of the Panama Papers wrongly linked him to rogue transactions and breached his privacy. A looming High Court battle will test Ireland’s embryonic privacy laws, as well as journalistic privilege.
Last Wednesday was the funeral of a great Irish-American whose story is little known. An investment banker who was near the top of the legendary Allen & Co, Walter O'Hara Jr was a champion of American investment in Ireland who had many links to here.
Irish banks are wasting away, along with the rest of the European banking industry. ECB regulation is a big part of the problem. When banks can't make money from lending, that's bad for shareholders, the economy, and eventually the taxpayer.
Mapping Multinationals: Exit the double Irish, enter the green jersey. Following into the footsteps of Apple, US-based tech multinationals incentivised by shifting tax rules have been accelerating onshorings of intangible assets here.
Investment into Local Enterprise Office clients increased from €18.2 million in 2018 to €20 million in 2019.
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