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Draper Esprit’s recent investments include start-up bank N26, which operates in Ireland.
Draper Esprit ‘on track’ to meet growth expectations for full year

Dublin and London-listed venture capital company Draper Esprit said on Monday that it was “on track” to meet its net asset value growth expectations f(...)

Nivea skin-cream maker Beiersdorf plunged to two-year lows after it issued a shock warning about its 2019 operating margins. Photograph: Fabian Bimmer
Investors get cautious again as European shares rally ends

European shares ended a rally as a warning from Nivea skin-cream maker Beiersdorf took the glow off consumer stocks, prompting an outbreak of caution (...)

Up to 98 per cent of Kraft’s sales before the merger with Heinz were in North America.
Warren Buffett was too American to see through Kraft

Warren Buffett never bets against the US, the country where he built his fortune. “The record of American business has been extraordinary. . .We are l(...)

Having surveyed 235 products on the market, Ibec found that sugar intake fell 8 per cent between 2005 and 2017. Photograph: iStock
Children eating 1.2kg less sugar every year

About 1.2kg of sugar was removed annually from children’s diets between 2005 and 2017, a study into the food and drink sector has found. Research fro(...)

Mattel shares dropped 3.3% – company said demand for its iconic Barbie doll was slowing.
Optimism about potential US-China trade deal peters out

European shares dipped on Tuesday as a disappointing update from HSBC hit the heavyweight banking sector and a rally fuelled by optimism about a possi(...)

Britain’s economy grew by a smaller-than-forecast 0.2% in the fourth quarter, compared with 0.6% in the third quarter. December alone saw the economy shrink 0.4%. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
UK economy slumps in December on Brexit uncertainty

The UK economy buckled under the strain of Brexit uncertainty in the fourth quarter of last year. Gross domestic product increased a smaller-than-for(...)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 overcame morning weakness to push higher, while Nvidia, Adobe, Microsoft and Apple led the Nasdaq indexes to solid advances.
Aryzta and Ryanair drop in flat Irish market as banks retreat

Baked goods group Aryzta and Ryanair stood out as a weak spots on an otherwise flat performance by Irish shares on Monday, as the wider European marke(...)

Food group Kerry closed at €89.25, down almost 2.5 per cent, while insulation-maker Kingspan was another faller, down 3.1 per cent at €35.70
European shares flat after day of ups and downs

European shares ended a choppy trading session flat as disappointing economic data, including a technical recession in Italy, gradually sapped an earl(...)

Unilever produces Magnum ice creams in in Italy and Germany. Photograph: iStock
Unilever stockpiles Magnums ahead of possible no-deal Brexit

Unilever is stockpiling ice creams in Britain and deodorants in continental Europe to guard against potential supply disruptions in the event of a no-(...)

Photograph: Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters
New Unilever chief inherits disappointing sales performance

Unilever reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter sales on Thursday, hurt by troubles in Latin America and weak growth in developed markets as new (...)

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