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Country has had 9 sovereign defaults since independence in 1816

‘We are the doctors of the economy,’ says one bank boss

Strong occupier appetite for Lumen Building saw three pre-lettings prior to its completion

Weak US data combines with Brexit and other concerns to knock markets

Business joins growing list of offline retailers struggling to compete with digital rivals

Belgian company bought newspaper group for little more than price of a long-range private jet

Seen & Heard: Arytza eyes sale, Punchestown boost, ECB view sought on Sinn Féin Bill

Danish outsourcer ISS also announces plans to cut 20% of workforce and quit 13 markets

Conglomerate has paid more than $6 billion to Wall Street banks as market value collapses by 80%

Smyths will initially pay just €64 million for 93 central European stores, documents show

Total Produce climbs 6.4% on foot of its €242 million deal to buy a stake in Dole Food Company

Owner of Times New Roman branches into emojis and not everybody is smiling

Tropical fruits distributor was acquired by Japan’s Sumitomo this year for €751m

The story behind the failure of Kraft Heinz to win over the Anglo-Dutch giant

Patrick Long of Lazard says auction succeeded as Cerberus paid best price available

Garda intensifies investigation into the agency following Enda Farrell case

C&AG report contains calls between former Nama official Hanna and Pimco

Nama says Comptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy used wrong calculations

State watchdog has no expertise in valuing loans and does not live in a commercial world

‘USA Today’ publisher aims to gain bigger regional newspapers such as ‘LA Times’

We are now achingly close to achieving a renewable-energy revolution

Emergence of electricity storage at viable cost could see it become back-up to renewables