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Fuels for Ireland is calling on the Government to set up an expert group on taxation to address what it describes as the "increasing burden" of fuel taxes on Irish motorists.

Oil prices erased early gains today as weak demand fundamentals and rising supply countered elevated risk of supply disruption from conflict in the Middle East and Hurricane Milton in the US.

Airlines, energy firms and a Universal Studios theme park were among the companies beginning to halt their Florida operations as they braced for disruptions with Hurricane Milton set to make landfall today.

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has agreed to buy a significant stake in department store firm Selfridges, which owns Arnotts and Brown Thomas department stores here.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show a 25% decrease in the number of electric cars licensed for the first time in the first nine months of this year.

China's anti-dumping measures against brandies imported from the European Union are "legitimate trade remedy measures", the commerce ministry said today, a day after imposing the temporary curb.

Numeracy for Life (N4L) has received a strategic investment from Enterprise Ireland as part of its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) programme.

School book publisher Edco has denied discriminating against a sales rep after she was told she could not stay in her job because medical advice telling her not to lift more than 3kg meant its textbooks were too heavy for her to carry more than one at a time.

Several European Central Bank policymakers argued their case today for another interest rate cut next week, even if some of their colleagues remained unconvinced as turmoil in the Middle East fuels volatility in energy costs.

The CEO of Emerald Airlines has called for "real leadership" from Government to address the issues created by the passenger cap at Dublin Airport.

China's finance ministry will detail plans on fiscal stimulus to boost the economy at a highly-expected news conference on Saturday, the government's main information office said today, signalling more forceful policies to revive growth.

Rich countries will be under pressure at next month's UN COP29 conference to increase by hundreds of billions of dollars how much money they give to poorer countries as "climate finance".

Boeing has withdrawn its pay offer to around 33,000 US factory workers and said that no further negotiations were planned with their union representatives as a financially damaging strike nears its fourth week.

Rio Tinto said today it would acquire Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 billion, in an agreed all-cash deal that would make it one of the world's largest lithium producers.

ICS Mortgages has launched its new Housing Bridge Loan product, which offers a flexible short-term financing solution for homebuyers and investors seeking to buy property.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key interest rate unchanged today as widely expected, but changed its policy stance to "neutral", opening the door for rate cuts as early as December.

Shares of Seven & i Holdings surged today after Bloomberg News reported Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard had raised its takeover offer price by more than a fifth, valuing the Japanese retail giant at $47 billion.

30 new jobs are to be created by Portugese tech consulting company Noesis at a new IT centre of excellence in Dundalk.

Digital health and wellbeing provider, Spectrum.Life, is to create 200 new roles over the next year.