Stakeholder investors are blind to the realities of monopoly power
Those who care about more equitable markets tend to focus on ESG when they should be looking at market power
Markets move higher despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty
Iseq boosted by banks and building stocks
European shares drop amid concerns about economic impact of sanctions
Oil majors, banks, retail and travel companies among fallers in broad-based decline
European markets retreat in the face of Omicron variant
Transport shares outperform, especially in bullish early New York trade
Companies now woo investors by showing sustainability across products and practices
Large asset-management firms are seeing a huge growth of interest in environmentally and socially responsible investment
Federal employees in US will have to show proof of vaccination
US Wrap: New rules announced as Biden urges unvaccinated to get jab to curb virus
Biden dubs June ‘month of action’ as he seeks to raise US vaccination rates
Goal of 70% of US having at least one jab by July 4th helped by offers of beer and free trips
‘It’s unfair that by answering honestly I was excluded from work. This can’t be legal’
Personality tests are a huge industry. A new documentary suggests they conceal a dark truth
Irish companies are good at setting climate targets, poor at cutting emissions, report finds
Study by Legal & General rated 1,000 companies on their climate policies
Why supermarkets are struggling to profit from the online grocery boom
Sharp demand since the pandemic is forcing retailers to re-examine costly business
US shops now in the front line of war over masks
Question is whether store employees should bear brunt of enforcing public health measures
Amazon to hire 100,000 as online orders surge on coronavirus worries
Many consumers have turned to web to meet their needs during the coronavirus outbreak
Stocks slide as Apple highlights coronavirus threat
Iseq flat on Tuesday but Kerry Group shares reach record high on full year trading results
European shares dip, Glencore slides to three-year low
Markets report: Smurfit down after rival DS Smith disappoints, PTSB up on S&P upgrade
Ocado Group breaks into Japanese market with Aeon deal
Shares up 11% as UK ecommerce firm licenses online grocery system to Japanese retailer
London Briefing: Ocado’s goes from joke to blazing success
William Hill gambles on its landlords being scared into agreeing cuts for shop rentals
Stocks weaken as ECB defers rate hike amid Brexit uncertainty
ECB announces funding handouts, pushes back rate hike
The top six trends in artificial intelligence for 2019
Voice search and ‘Minority Report’-style ads among the tech to become the norm this year
Innovating to reach new markets
Support from Enterprise Ireland has given gluten-free bread manufacturer BFree Foods a healthy slice of the global ‘free-from’ market
Ocado plays Ftse while Marks & Spencer flirts with danger
Ocado shares have more than tripled since November, as M&S is in flux
Oil stocks and online supermarket Ocado buoy European equities
In Dublin, Paddypower still goes up despite UK’s restrictions on betting terminals
Share of online supermarket Ocado skyrocket on US deal
US retailer Kroger agrees deal to use British online supermarket’s tech as it takes on Amazon
US gunmaker Remington files for bankruptcy
America’s oldest gunmaker announced in February it will transfer control of the company to creditors
Kerry Group falls as Green Reit advances after issuing results
Walmart decline in the US put brakes on S&P and Dow’s winning streak
Amazon debuts the store without a checkout
Ecommerce pioneer aims to write another chapter of its retail revolution
Dublin Theatre Festival: Bewildering Synge, futuristic Ibsen
Three reviews from the opening weekend of the Dublin Theatre Festival
Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices as much as 43% on first day
Cuts add another front to price war already raging across supermarket sector
Why is Amazon buying a supermarket chain?
Either Jeff Bezos has lost his bearings or many people think about Amazon in the wrong way
European markets plateau after stocks surge to 14-month high
Rising bets for Federal Reserve interest rate rise stoke optimism about global growth
Weak euro boost exporters while US stocks wobble
UK stocks advance as Bank of England governor says recession risk has receded
The future of food shopping: holograms and cloud control?
A concept shop at Milan Expo explores how technology could transform the way we shop for food. Some of these changes might be upon us sooner than you think
Advertising group WPP has bid for majority stake in Dunnhumby
Customer data business Dunnhumby has been put up for sale by Tesco
Nearly a million jars of peanut butter to be dumped in landfill
US firm refuses requests to donate $2.6m worth of product to food banks
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