French telecoms billionaire launches offer to buy out his €11bn Iliad telecoms empire

Luxury retailer’s move will access investors but allow founding family retain control

Dalata and ICG among the main decliners in Dublin

Bank released another $3bn from funds it had set aside in anticipation of wave of loan defaults

JPMorgan encourages those who choose not to share their jab status to be tested weekly

Bank to offer companies in UK cash management services such as payment processing and payroll

Big names involved in past market-rigging scandals barred from lucrative recovery plan

Bank still working through how much flexibility it will offer employees over long term

Iseq up by 0.4% as some of its heaviest weighted stocks tread water

Banks talk to large clients about putting cash into money market funds rather than deposits

In Dublin, Bank of Ireland jumps as it enter talks to buy KBC’s Irish unit

S&P 500 and Dow Jones also reach new heights on Wall Street after upbeat data

Blockchain tech company secures backing from JP Morgan, UBS and Mastercard

Dublin market subdued with Ryanair, Flutter and Smurfit Kappa all lower

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The Vix, Wall Street’s so-called fear index, fell below 20 last week, the lowest level since before the pandemic began

S&P 500 gained 2.4 per cent at start of March before tumbling in following days

US bank’s earnings jumped 51 per cent in final three months of the year

Retailers and miners among big decliners as investors fret about extent of current lockdowns

Activist US corporations have become too big for Ireland to handle

Valuations and the recent market melt-up will limit any 2021 advance

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European shares have worst session in two months

Group aims to follow in footsteps of DoorDash, Airbnb

Estimates that US annual returns will be as much as 8% lower over next decade

Billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway sinks $5.7bn into four US pharma stocks

Markets have been relatively stable as Joe Biden has risen in the polls

This follows losses connected with vaccine trails and US stimulus

Johnson & Johnson down as vaccine trials paused due to illness in one participant

FTSE 100 ends lower as UK prime minister sets out more restrictions

22-year trading low as Barclays and Deutsche Banks also named in media reports

UK ecommerce business specialises in health and beauty products

The carmaker, valued at ‘just’ $256 billion a few weeks ago, has topped $400 billion

He has joined the US lender’s European advisory council, which will offer counsel on its operations in the region after Brexit

Dublin-listed companies to start reporting Covid-hit interim earnings next week

Other city of London financial institutions have started to increase staff numbers in offices

West African nation alleges gas supply deal signed with P&ID in 2010 was a ‘sham’

Investors brace themselves for this week’s EU summit and start of US earnings season

Dublin closes higher as banks bounce back and CRH, Ryanair and Dalata all gain

A holiday commemorating the end of slavery has found new resonance amid antiracism protests