European shares finished firmer yesterday, supported by signs of merger and acquisition activity in the region and by weak US economic data backing th(...)

Elan shareholders risk losing $2 billion by listening to the company’s board and rejecting Royalty Pharma’s takeover bid, according to market analysts(...)

“What makes Ireland great, makes Ireland great for business,” according to a new television campaign for inward investment agency IDA Ireland creat(...)

Chancellor Angela Merkel said euro nations must follow Germany’s lead in tightening budgets and reshaping labour markets to return to growth as she se(...)

North and South Korea have agreed to hold a minister-level meeting on Wednesday as the two sides seek limited rapprochement following ratcheted-up (...)

Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power has announced its involvement in the development of $1.4 billion of wind and solar projects in Chile. (...)

German academic publisher Springer Science and Business Media says it plans to raise about €760 million in its initial public offering. Shares of Spr(...)

Italy’s jobless rate reached a 36- year high in April as companies did not hire staff amid pessimism about the outlook of an economy that’s probably i(...)

Dublin-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking $757.2 million in loans to refinance debt, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. Barcl(...)

China is studying the possibility of investing a portion of its $3.4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves in US real estate, said two people w(...)