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The unusually high number of elections taking place around the world this year poses a challenge to markets, according to one of the country's largest investment managers.

The German economy shrank in the final three months of 2023, the statistics office said today, with economists increasingly warning of another technical recession for Europe's largest economy in the first quarter of 2024.

It's probably the biggest environmental behaviour change since the plastic bag levy, but are we any good at dealing with change?

Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, reported a record profit of 2.22 trillion Norwegian crowns ($213 billion) in 2023, driven by strong returns on its investments in technology stocks.

Healthcare services group Uniphar said today that the business had performed in line with its expectations for 2023 at both a gross profit and EBITDA level.

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath will present Ireland's case to host the EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority in Dublin during a hearing in the European Parliament today.

SSP Group, which operates food outlets such as Upper Crust at airports and train stations globally, has today posted an over 14% sales growth in its first quarter, buoyed by a rebound in leisure travel, and also forecast travel demand to remain resilient.

Diageo, the world's top spirits maker, missed first-half sales estimates today, as a sharp decline in Latin America weighed on its overall performance.

Pandora, the world's largest jeweller by amount of products sold, has stopped using mined silver and gold and now only manufactures with recycled precious metals, which require less energy to produce.

HSBC has been fined £57.4m for "serious failings" in protecting some depositors over several years, in the first penalty of its kind under British rules designed to protect customers if banks fail.

Toyota Motor retained its crown as the world's top-selling automaker for the fourth consecutive year after posting record annual sales of 11.2 million in 2023, though its chairman apologised today for scandals at three group companies.

Hapag-Lloyd has today reported a 92% slump in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the fourth quarter, as attacks on shipping in the Red Sea negatively impacted transport volumes at the end of 2023.

Turnover in the Irish investment property market dropped almost 70% last year to €1.85bn when compared to 2022 - the lowest since 2012.

The development of offshore wind in Ireland could be worth at least €38 billion to the economy, a new study has estimated.

Job vacancies fell 28% in the final three months of last year, compared to the same period in 2022.

Elon Musk has said his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with "promising" initial results.

Elon Musk has said his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with "promising" initial results.

Exporters to the UK are being urged to prepare for new customs regulations coming into effect on Wednesday so the movement of their goods to market is not affected.

Exporters to the UK are being urged to prepare for new customs regulations coming into effect on Wednesday so the movement of their goods to market is not affected.

A woman who was made redundant by the firm she and her husband founded while their marriage was breaking down has secured a €25,000 compensation award for unfair dismissal.