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Stocks fall after Europe’s biggest bank narrowly misses expectations and announces buyback of up to $1bn

The global AI boom and higher commodity prices stemming from the war in Iran have lifted earnings at miners, chipmakers and raw-material suppliers.

Further darkening the outlook is the growing perception that leaders are in no rush to jump-start an economy that is slowing but at a tolerable speed.

Retailer’s Irish arm increased its turnover last year by 4.6% to €3.75bn

Revenue increases to €64m at takeaway food delivery service

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Net profit for the Thai banking industry fell by nearly 10% year-on-year in the third quarter, weighed down by lower interest income and financial assistance measures aimed at easing customers' financing costs.

The EU and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.

Europe and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.

Spanish-owned bank launched Irish deposit accounts earlier this year

Tesla’s once-booming energy storage business also shrank in Q3 2026.

Sales increase by 25% to a record €15.8m in 2025

Chief executive Evelyn Moynihan credited group’s profitability to ‘tighter stock management and careful cost control’