Knight Build, an Irish-owned construction firm based on the outskirts of London that sponsors Dunmore Rugby Club in Co Galway, doubled its turnover to £60m (€71m) for the year to the end of March, according to recently filed accounts. The firm is one of two owned by Irish builders in London that specialises in work […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.L) and Sanofi SA (SASY.PA) are planning to hike U.S. prices on more than 200 drugs in the United States on Wednesday, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. Nearly all of the price increases will be below […]
Drivers are being warned to turn on their engines this week to avoid a back to work crisis on Thursday. As millions prepare to to head back to the office on January 2, experts are advising them to test out their vehicles ahead of what's been dubbed "Flat Battery Thursday". This is the day of […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were set for a lackluster open on Tuesday, as a Wall Street rally fizzled out in the final days of the decade after growing trade optimism and a brightening global outlook put the S&P 500 on track for its best year since 2013. After logging healthy gains for most of […]
With Christmas fast becoming a distant memory, our thoughts are turning to next summer, with travel companies getting ready for a booking blitz over the next four weeks. The first month of the year traditionally marks one of their busiest periods, as people try and offset the New Year blues by putting two weeks in […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on the last trading day of the decade, echoing falls on Wall Street, as investors locked in gains made since the United States and China reached a preliminary trade deal earlier this month. Early in the Asian trading session, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose to three-month highs on Monday, underpinned by optimism over an expected China-U.S. trade deal and upbeat industrial data, while traders kept a close watch on the Middle East following U.S. air strikes in Iraq and Syria. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 63 cents, or nearly 1 percent, at […]
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks clung to recent gains on Monday following healthy advances in Asia on hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal, a more optimistic growth outlook and a softer dollar, while the euro climbed to a 4-1/2 month high. Yet European stock markets failed to follow the lead and took a breather following […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African telecoms firm MTN (MTNJ.J) on Monday said it was reviewing allegations raised in a U.S. complaint which accuses several firms of paying protection money to extremist groups in Afghanistan. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia on Friday. It alleges the firms […]
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Union’s new trade commissioner, Irishman Phil Hogan, was quoted on Monday as saying he would seek a reset of EU/US trade relations on a number of contentious issues when he meets his U.S. counterpart for the first time next month. The Trump administration imposed tariffs on European steel and aluminum […]