The Irish Times

Scandal-hit Credit Suisse has reasons to be glad this year’s AGM is again virtual

Bank faces a monumental struggle to restore its reputation as the pressure mounts

Sat Apr 16 2022 - 05:39

Denis O’Brien to pull plug on Digicel Panama after rivals merge

Consolidation ‘spells end of competition in the telecoms market for smaller players’

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 08:31

Elon Musk claims consent decree used to ‘trample’ right to free speech

‘I would never lie to shareholders. I entered into the consent decree for survival of Tesla’

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 15:45

Elon Musk and his brother under SEC investigation over share sales

Tesla founder says brother had ‘no idea’ about Twitter poll before selling shares

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 13:38

Elon Musk takes to Twitter to blast traditional media ‘hatestream’

Tesla chief ’s tweets come as carmaker gets another subpoena from SEC over Musk’s 2018 posts

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 08:06

Allen Stanford - the American crook who bought cricket’s soul in the Caribbean

Ireland’s Ed Joyce and Tim Murtagh were on the 2008 tour organised by Texan fraudster

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 12:00

Moderna faces shareholder pressure over vaccine costs

Shareholder proposal demands pharma group open up Covid-19 vaccine tech to poorer countries

Sun Dec 26 2021 - 16:21

Reddit confidentially files to go public

San Francisco-based company was valued at $10bn earlier this year

Thu Dec 16 2021 - 08:37

Carney-led finance coalition has up to $130tn funding committed to hitting net zero

Ex-BoE governor rallies capital to tackle climate change but fossil fuels remain a problem

Wed Nov 03 2021 - 06:56

Facebook whistleblower reignites support for curbing Big Tech

Social media giant accused of being cavalier about user safety

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 07:04

Facebook chose to maximise engagement at users’ expense, whistleblower says

US senators call for probes as ex-employee Frances Haugen testifies before Congress

Tue Oct 05 2021 - 20:26

Elon Musk: ‘He takes chances that could lead to demise. But if they work, they change the world’

A new book looks at the rise, near-fall and spectacular comeback of the Tesla boss

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 05:53

Ryanair boss O’Leary takes pay cut but options could pay off

Annual report shows charge of more than €2m to account for stock option plan

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 18:51

Is US trading app Robinhood too much of a gamble for investors?

App luring newbies into stocks and cryptos valued at up to $40bn ahead of flotation

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 05:01

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a flying car

Several Silicon Valley companies are aiming to make flying as easy as calling for a taxi

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 06:00

Silicon Valley bets on cryptocurrency projects to disrupt finance

DeFi projects aim to replicate financial services and cut out middlemen

Thu Jun 10 2021 - 05:07

US authorities obtain asset freeze to halt alleged $690m Ponzi scheme

Alleged scheme operated by actor who lied about having deals to sell films to Netflix and HBO

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 11:46

Bitcoin shakes off weakness to climb as much as 4%

Risk of tougher regulatory oversight had weighed on prices

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 06:58

Malin-backed Immunocore files for $100m IPO

Irish investor has 7.4% stake in UK biotech company developing eye cancer therapy

Sun Jan 17 2021 - 15:59

Irish Times view on Airbnb: a flawed model

Company should be obliged to advertise only properties that have planning permission for short-letting

Mon Dec 14 2020 - 22:30

Airbnb’s Irish subsidary takes Covid hit as revenues plummet

Firm warns EU state aid inquiries may mean changes to tax treatment of foreign operations

Tue Nov 17 2020 - 14:03

Elon Musk: Grimes and I have this debate of ‘Are you more crazy than me?’

The billionaire on life with Grimes and Baby X, Trump, Tesla, tunnels and blasting off

Sat Aug 01 2020 - 06:30

James Murdoch resigns from board of News Corporation

Statement cites ‘disagreements over certain editorial content’

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 23:32

Trump has fired prosecutor investigating Giuliani, says US AG

Barr ‘surprised and quite disappointed’ by Berman statement in which he refused to quit

Sat Jun 20 2020 - 21:44

United Airlines pledges mileage programme to secure loan

Capital-raising involves selling new shares, tapping $4.5bn in US taxpayer-backed loans and borrowing $5bn from banks

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 20:22

Tesla’s Elon Musk calls for breakup of Amazon in tweet

Call followed a complaint by an author unable to publish Covid-19-related book

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 09:40

Who is Michael Milken, the junk bond king pardoned by Trump?

Michael Milken maintained ties to a finance industry that he helped shape

Wed Feb 19 2020 - 08:11

Life on the run proving expensive for Carlos Ghosn

Cost of his escape included $14m in forfeited bail and operation to leave Japan could have cost $15m

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 10:21

Michael O’Leary expected to take stand in Ryanair case against Bellew

High Court action to prevent outgoing COO joining rival Easyjet next month set to begin

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 10:27

Elon Musk faces defamation trial over tweet to British diver

Tesla CEO allegedly branded Vernon Unsworth a paedophile on Twitter

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 08:33

Ryanair not expecting Boeing 737 NG issue to affect flights

Qantas, Southwest step up checks after 50 aeroplanes grounded due to cracks

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 18:00

General Electric to freeze pension benefits for 20,000 employees

GE is also offering to buy out about 100,000 former employees who are members of the scheme and yet to start collecting their pensions

Mon Oct 07 2019 - 19:11

Nissan and Carlos Ghosn settle with SEC over pay disclosure

Ghosn settled for $1 m while Nissan settled for $15 m

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 16:29

Can you channel Jack Kerouac in an electric car?

Henry Mance plugged in, turned on and hit Route 80 to find out. Spontaneity and distance were the first casualties

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 13:10