The UK government thinks directing more personal savings to British assets will lift the British stock market. This is the kind of idea you come up with when you don't realise investments are new things in the real world.
Just because Ireland missed the opportunity to lock in record low rates before last year doesn't mean it cannot do it at still low rates today. No matter what bond market disciplinarians say, extending the maturity of currently cheap debt for decades remains a desirable insurance policy against uncertainty.
Most companies have a protocol for dealing with departing employees. The exit interview is established procedure for all HR professionals. Way fewer use a formal entry interview.
The chair of the State-owned broadcaster and energy company is moving from the challenge of justifying enormous profits to that of plugging large losses.
This week, siblings Susan Spence and Jim Coffey sold Softco to European private equity firm Keensight. But who was behind them?
The new chair of RTÉ Terence O’Rourke, the former managing partner of KPMG, faces many challenges. His biggest one will be to take on a political system that has neglected the State broadcaster for too long.
Twickenham stadium is showing its age. And English rugby appears caught in a bygone era, surpassed by the progress of other nations in both strategy and execution on and off the field.
Sam Smyth tells of a crusading feminist Ulsterman turned New Zealand politician who delivered the first female voting rights in the world. He was also his great-granduncle.
A generational shift in gender balance and associated challenges around childcare and working from home are just one of the changes unfolding in Irish accountancy, three Chartered Accountants Ireland members told a Sligo industry event.
The Irish economy contracted in 2023. Did you feel it? Very likely you didn’t. Why is that? More importantly, what should we do about it? We should innovate.
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