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Britain's Rolls-Royce has today lifted its mid-term targets to reflect confidence in future profit growth as its plan to improve engine performance and lower costs gains traction, helping it beat expectations last year.

French insurer AXA has today reported better-than-expected full-year earnings, boosted by increased premiums from individual insurance policies and fewer claims for natural catastrophes.

Having flexible, care-supportive policies for staff leads to measurable financial gains such as higher retention, increased productivity, and reduced absenteeism, according to a new report.

CRH has forecast core profit growth of 6% to 12% in 2025 after the largest building materials producer in the US and Europe last night posted 12% growth for 2024 on strong infrastructure and non-residential activity.

Nvidia's quarterly outlook last night suggested demand from Microsoft, Amazon and other heavyweight tech companies racing to build out AI infrastructure remains robust, though the outcome failed to significantly quell fears of overspending in the booming industry.

Home builder Cairn Homes has reported higher revenues and profits for 2024 and said it expects this year to be another strong year for its operations.

Trump's tariff strategy will create havoc, weaken the competitiveness of US firms and increase the prices Americans pay for goods

Cost-of-living concerns and US policy shifts weighed on Irish consumer confidence in February, according to the latest Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Survey.

SIPTU members working in Section 39 organisations are expected to vote in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.

US President Donald Trump's broad hint that he will impose a 25% tariff on European Union goods is certainly a negative development, writes David Murphy.

The European Commission has said that it will react "firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade" after US President Donald Trump said his administration would soon announce a 25% tariff on imports from the EU.

Pre-tax profits at one of the country's largest waste contractors, Oxigen last year increased by 58% to €4.43m.

The impact of Covid on children's gut bacteria and AI for diagnostic imaging are among 23 projects that will benefit from €23.6 million in research funding.

Irish-founded Horizon Quantum Computing has been valued at around $500m in a new partnership deal.

US President Donald Trump has urged Apple to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, a day after the iPhone maker's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to keep them in the face of growing pushback from conservative groups.

The head of the world's largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said today that Russia may look to buy used aircraft or engines if and when its markets reopen, but that he saw no rush by Western lessors to return to the market.

Two wind energy firms are applying for planning permission to build a new wind farm off the coast of Dublin and Wicklow.

Two companies will submit a planning application to An Bord Pleanála in the coming days for the Dublin Array offshore wind farm, which will be located off the coast of counties Dublin and Wicklow.

85% of third-level students plan to stay in Ireland to work after completing their studies, new research shows.

Amazon is set to host an event showcasing new capabilities for Alexa that will bring the service into the age of generative artificial intelligence, more than a decade after it ushered in a wave of investment in voice assistants.