Inside Apple’s new Cork building: An exercise in corporate sleekness
Architects Scott Tallon Walker have delivered subtle curves and a muted palette at the tech giant’s Hollyhill Five facility
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American money is destroying the Irish economy from the inside
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Eli Lilly reconfigures Irish operation in anticipation of rapid demand for medicines
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We want services funded by multinational corporation tax but won’t own up to the compromises involved
Success of Eli Lilly’s weight loss drugs could fatten its Irish corporate tax bill
Budgetary watchdog publishes report on State’s highly concentrated corporate tax base
Apple to open new Dublin office with space for up to 300 staff
Announcement comes as tech giant officially opens new building in Cork
Where would Ireland be without big tech and pharma?
Inside Politics: A new report warns that reliance on a small number of companies for tax take ‘carries significant risk’
US firms Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly paid almost 50% of State’s corporate tax in 2024
Report by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council highlights ‘exceptionally concentrated’ nature of Ireland’s corporate tax base
Walmart joins $1tn club, trading like a tech stock
Discount retailer trades on multiples that are higher than Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta
Lawyers for former Apple employee cite ‘vulgar’ working environment amid unfair dismissal complaint
Vinicius dos Santos was sacked for gross misconduct from the tech giant’s offices in Cork last May
Big-tech firms claw back losses following fears of AI bubble
Novo Nordisk gained after US firm cancelled competitor to weight-loss drug
Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ $660bn spending spree reignites AI bubble fears
Stocks tumble despite strong earnings reports from most Silicon Valley heavyweights
Government collects €8.5bn in tax in January as Christmas sales boost VAT
Department of Finance says January is generally the strongest VAT month as it encompasses Christmas trading period
Delete, donate, destroy: what to do with old technology
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