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Bitcoin breaks through $10,000 as appeal grows
Moves to bring cryptocurrency into mainstream financial system fuels sharp price rise
Cryptocurrencies’ total value hits record high as bitcoin rises above $6,500
It comes as the world’s largest exchange operator plans to offer futures on bitcoin
European shares drift lower ahead of Fed decision
Global stocks tread water even after tension-raising speech by US president
Is a crypto-currency bubble about to burst?
The price of a single bitcoin hit an all-time high of just under €3,000 this week
Dollar steadies after week of political noise
Euro was down against the dollar after rising to six-month high on Friday
Chicago exchange scraps Dublin plan in wake of Brexit
Seen and Heard: NUI Maynooth to spend €300 million redeveloping campus
London currency exchange firm delays Dublin move
LMAX Exchange ‘pauses’ bid for Irish regulatory approval over Brexit uncertainty
Federal Reserve raises interest rate by 0.25%
Second rate rise in three months fuelled by job gains and improved global outlook
US and European shares make sluggish start to week
Markets continue to price in probable rate rise by the US Federal Reserve next week
MetLife to create more than 200 jobs at Galway campus
Life assurance group to open global technology campus in the first half of next year
Derivatives exchange considers post-Brexit move to Dublin
CME may upscale Irish operation to ensure clearinghouse keeps access to EU customers
World markets graple with implications of Trump victory
Euro zone bond yields, including Ireland’s, hit multi-month highs
Fed’s Janet Yellen says case for US rate hike has strengthened
Case bolstered by improving labour market conditions and economic growth expectations
US consumer prices unchanged while underlying inflation slows
Core CPI, which strips out food and energy costs, edges up 0.1% in July
S&P 500 opens at record high on oil gains, jobs data
Seven of the 10 major indexes were higher, led by a 0.96% rise in the energy sector
Fed expected to hold rates steady as Brexit vote clouds outlook
Overnight lending rate likely to remain in the current range of 0.25% to 0.50%
Yellen voices concern on weak jobs data
Fed chairwoman signals it will hold off raising rates this month
Weak US jobs figures a blow to Federal Reserve’s plan for rate rise
Setback to US economy as hiring slows to weakest pace since 2010
Asian shares rise but Japan down on tax reports
Markets begin to entertain prospect of near term US rate hike
LSE and Deutsche Börse agree deal to create giant exchange
Merger will create an operator with more than 3,200 companies listed on its markets
Oil hovers near 11-year lows on abundant supply
Both crude benchmarks are down by more than two-thirds since prices started tumbling in 2014
Asia shares mixed, chances of Fed rate hike increase
European markets expected to open in positive territory
The thirtysomething trader facing a 380-year jail sentence
The man accused of masterminding the 2010 crash has little in common with the ‘flash boys’ of Wall Street fame
Piper’s Hill development leads surge in new schemes in Kildare
Variety of new houses around the county will go on sale in the next year
Naas gateway site for €3m
Site could be used for a petrol station, car sales, offices and industrial facilities
Northern Ireland is attracting its share of financial services
The arrival of NYSE Technologies in Belfast helped create a sector that did not exist a decade ago
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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