Global shares fluctuate ahead of release of minutes for federal reserve’s policy meeting

Two lipsticks, one moisturiser – and no, foundation stick is not a paste

Businesses spent $20 billion on R&D in 2016 – but success can prove elusive

Swedish museum has taken the most abject commercial failures and put them on show – we can all learn a lesson from Zune, Apple Pippin, TwitterPeek and Nokia N-Gage

For Your Diary: McDonald’s results; Irish Times tax summit; retail sales; AbbVie results; marketing conference

One Direction the highest paid European celebrities, taking in $110m despite hiatus

Innovators know success is not just about solving problems – context matters

Loss of conscription referendum in late 1916 led to panic over ‘rebel Irish and syndicalists’

A round-up of business events happening this week

GDP increased at a 1.4% annual rate instead of the previously reported 1% pace

A round up of business events happening this week

A round up of business events happening this week

Defensive consumer franchise stocks can provide consistent, reliable growth

It might be time to break for the Border again: as our comparisons show, shoppers in the Republic pay much more for groceries than those in the UK

They went from X Factor also-rans to the world’s biggest boyband in the space of three years, but how did they do it? We chart the rise of Liam, Louis, Harry, Zayn and Niall from giddy teenagers to chart-topping superstars ahead of their Croke Park gigs

Long-term usage may have negative effects, says FDA