Chinese ultra-fast fashion website Shein accused of copying Zara designs
How they reproduce designs so quickly and cheaply is not known, says consumer group
Western brands flee Russia in unravelling of ‘capitalistic diplomacy’
H&M, Nike, Volkswagen, Toyota and Apple among many brands curtailing services or operations
Workday’s Irish arm posts revenues of just under $1bn
Software company employs more than 1,200 in the Republic
Markets buoyed as inflation worries ease
Many of the Iseq’s indigenous multinationals rise in brisk trading
European stocks finish the week with a rebound
Recovery for banks and mining stocks followed losses in Thursday’s session
EU agrees to avoid escalating tariffs row with US
Bourbon whiskey and Harley Davidson motorbikes spared form doubling of duties
US shopping mall owners face financial reckoning
Investors bet debt will have to be restructured as retailers withhold rent
Trump will not impose auto tariffs on EU, says Juncker
Bloc threatened tariffs on $39bn of American goods if US president carried out his threat
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Mike Ashley, who owns 62% of Sports Direct, pays little heed to shareholder rebellions
European shares rise slightly but banks edge down
Cairn plunges as founders raise €22.78m by selling a series of shares in the company
Uber and Pinterest choose New York Stock Exchange for listings
The two high-profile companies are set to go public this year
Banks lead Iseq lower on heightened no-deal Brexit fears
Sterling suffers fresh drop and Ted Baker shares nosedive, with Euro stocks out of sorts
Levi Strauss shares jump up to 35% on return to market
IPO raises €546m for jeans maker, making it the largest in the US to date this year
Blue jeans, plastic waste and 30 years of the web
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Levi Strauss aims to raise as much as $587m in IPO
Company share price gives it a market value of $6.17bn as it returns to markets
Pilita Clark: When sticking to the status quo is stupid
The bias towards the status quo explains everything from ordering the same pizza each week to sticking with the same power company for years
Jack Daniel’s set to increase prices as Trump trade war impacts
American whiskey sold in Europe hit by 25 tariff as EU retaliates
EU ready to open talks with US to solve trade row
Trade commissioner describes US tariffs as ‘illegal’ and contravening WTO rules
They don’t come more American than Harleys, jeans and bourbon
EU’s retaliatory tariffs are modest but politically motivated
US tariffs: the opening salvo in a global trade war or another Trump bluff?
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What’s hot and what’s not this week?
Cynthia Nixon’s running for governor of New York, Facebook has a privacy scandal too many
EU expects exemption from US steel and aluminium tariffs
Trade commissioner to meet US trade representative in Brussels over weekend
Boris Johnson’s dubitation, CEOs for gun control, Monarch’s reign ends
Planet Business: Ryanair’s cancellation crisis and other grim events in perspective
US justice department defends ‘lawful’ Trump travel ban
Oral arguments to be heard on Tuesday in a battle that may go to supreme court
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Forget Google Glass, the behemoth now wants to get into your clothing
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