Planet Business: The grammar checker that raised $110m and the billionaires who play bridge

In Dublin, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB buck euro-wide weakness in financials

HMV probably the highest profile casualty in Ireland of the switch to digital

Department stores suffer as shoppers buy online and spend less on clothes

Sterling slides to lowest level in more than three decades over fears of ‘hard Brexit’

Planet Business: Retailers in retreat, Deliveroo founder praises ‘life blood’ couriers

Questions raised over how Mossack Fonseca worked to prevent money laundering

Vijay Govindarajan’s business solutions come from more than 30 years consulting with Fortune 500 corporations

Think of digital technologies as powerful tools that deserve prominent placement

John Lunn believes in a world where lightbulbs will re-order themselves before they blow

Bad day on Iseq for companies with Chinese focus as FTSE drops 1.2%

Shootings at Charleston church blows up storm about flying the Confederate flag

Democrat seeking to be US president says flag a ‘symbol of our nation’s racist past’

Gunman who killed nine people at an historic church posed with the flag in photographs

Iconic US retailer is closing a quarter of its 675 US stores after it fails to compete with fast fashion retailers like Zara and Penneys

European equity markets climb, ending six-day losing streak

Dublin market dragged down by more poor performances from Smurfit Kappa and Aryzta

Irishman brings background experience in customer support to senior executive role at Dell

Last-minute notice about whether staff should report to work may violate state law

Planned sale comes as downtown areas of many large US cities experiencing a renaissance