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Wild Geese: Fionnuala O’Sullivan

Many European bourses shut for holidays, bitcoin regains ground following slump

Surging commodity prices, growing inflationary pressure prompts bets on earlier interest rate hikes

Credit Suisse set for worst week in a year after Archegos crash

Contract caterers to grapple with changed landscape for staff canteens after pandemic

Irish market fails to catch the mood as it slips into red, led by heavyweight CRH and the banks

French CAC 40 boosted by news of country’s lowest daily Covid-19 cases in two months

Concerns over a contested US election may add volatility to markets, says analyst

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

UK company is working on solutions to deliver food on behalf of multinational clients

Iseq all-share index falls 0.22% but Uniphar rises 12.54% while Ryanair advances 2.84%

Teenagers ordered to stay out of West Cork by court as part of bail conditions

Gardaí tell motorists not to leave cars unlocked while parked up during coronavirus pandemic

Three lead US indices hit all-time highs as CRH surges on positive results

The C-HR is our top pick but Peugeot 3008 and Seat Ateca have family appeal when space is a requirement

Biodiversity is more than a concept – it’s a revelation of what the world could look like

Iseq underperforms peers and Paddy Power Betfair down 1% as name change agreed

Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize

Gardaí liaising with UK police after An Post sorting office evacuated on Friday morning

Glasgow bomb is fourth after three sent to Waterloo, Heathrow, London City Airport

Fiat’s Centoventi is its 120th anniversary revival of the Panda, this time as an electric car

Putting realistic boundaries in place around screen time is a simple and effective way to start

Compass Informatic operates State’s National Biodiversity Data Centre

FoodSpace raises the sustainability bar, using only local ingredients in zero-waste kitchens

Dublin closes down over 1 per cent with almost all stocks falling into the red

Irish shares drop 1.2% with C&C leading larger companies in Dublin lower

Show car gets electric powertrain and LED ‘Blitz’ badge

Our choice of the family crossovers on the market right now

From diesel bans to driverless cars the motor industry meets in the Swiss city with existential battles raging on several fronts

Investors say recent weakness in crypto is like going shopping for bargains in the Christmas sales; others warn that investing is an ‘extreme and unnecessary risk’

Diamond solitaire ring with a 3.46ct emerald-cut diamond, mounted in platinum, fetches €23,000 at O’Reilly’s

Richard Cousins was chief executive of Compass Group, world’s largest catering firm

Bank of Ireland also negative while Ryanair, Kerry Group and Total Produce gain

CRH outperforms while Ryanair bounces back after sell-off to close higher

MCG seeks growth in South, has just secured two contracts worth a combined £9.5m

Corfe Castle and the Isle of Purbeck are settings for much of the author’s work

Wonderful views on a trundle down memory lane in Co Kerry

Demand on the rise as new wave of start-ups offer quality staff on a shift-by-shift basis

Firms stick with successful stalwarts amid falling sales, Brexit, Trump and emissions

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa proves strongest performer in Dublin