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Salesforce paid $750m for a 45-person startup because it wanted the company's CEO

Marc Benioff, who heads the business software giant, is a big fan of Google Maps creator Bret Taylor.

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Irish exporters are in the midst of a 'full-blown currency crisis'

Ibec is calling for an urgent response from the government.

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  • Opinion

Poll: Are you worried about the health of Irish banks?

The results from last week’s stress tests painted a poor picture of Irish financial institutions.

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After acquiring Yahoo, Verizon is about to splurge $2.4bn on Dublin-based Fleetmatics

The deal is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

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China's ride-hailing war has come to an end as Uber waves a white flag

The ride-sharing company has merged with its main Chinese rival to form a $35 billion juggernaut.

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One of Ireland's top manufacturers could shift business to the North if the UK rolls out tariffs

But Combilift chief Martin McVicar says Brexit is more of a ‘ripple rather than a disaster’.

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  • food and drink

'It's very difficult for traditional business to find funding because everyone is looking for apps'

Carlow’s CBL Equipment want to shake up the catering industry – where some products have barely changed in decades.

  • 3 min read
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'The day-to-day reality of turning your interest into your job can make you disillusioned'

Elaine Lavery

Elaine Lavery

Co-founder, Improper Butter

Many business people are passionate about what they do – but that alone isn’t enough to succeed.

  • 4 min read
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More was spent on government office supplies last year than pursuing white-collar crime

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement only spent three-fifths of its annual budget.

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Kid-safe marketing tech and life as a VC: What Dylan Collins has been up to

The gaming entrepreneur has developed the first child-friendly digital advertising platform.

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AIB and Permanent TSB will have to fund a state campaign teaching people to switch banks

The two lenders will cough up €1.8 million for the programme as part of their bailout deals.

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'Multinational companies won't have a problem investing in Cork instead of Dublin'

WIlliam Fry’s head of foreign investment says several Irish cities could benefit from Brexit.

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'Basically, the Luas shut my restaurant. I was left with ever-dwindling cash supplies'

Matt Spalding

Matt Spalding

Co-owner, Kanoodle

The man who championed Thai food in Ireland explains how he rebuilt after two closures.

  • 6 min read
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  • resource and energy

Dublin-based energy supplier Vayu has been bought by a Spanish utility giant

The 13-year-old company commands one-fifth of the local gas market for larger businesses.

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Facebook faces a multi-billion euro tax bill over its Irish operations

US officals are investigating how the social media giant has gone about shifting its assets here.

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Amazon's soaring profits have made Jeff Bezos the world's third-richest man

The net worth of the e-commerce giant’s founder has hit a new high.

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Google is losing billions on its 'moonshot factory'

It has been pumping billions into long bets – from self-driving cars to converting seawater into petrol.

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  • building and property

The IMF thinks more taxes on Irish property could prevent another recession

It warned high commercial property prices risk a return to a “boom-bust” cycle.

  • 3 min read
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Your crash course in... How banks have been shafting customers on tracker mortgages

AIB today apologised to customers for unfairly charging them more expensive variable rates.

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  • resource and energy

The powerful Rockefeller fund is backing an Irish wind energy project in Africa

The organisation has taken a punt on a project headed up by Dublin-based Mainstream Renewables

  • 3 min read
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