Several tumble dryer brands recalled over fire risk

Whirlpool issued warning includes Indesit, Hotpoint, Creda, Swan products

All eyes on Boeing as summer reporting season for airlines starts

Your business diary: Irish banks enter their reporting season under something of a cloud

Sizzling: Beyond Meat shares extend gains to over 600% since IPO

Market capitalisation up to $11.2bn puts veggie burger firm above Xerox and TripAdvisor

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Owner of Penneys and Primark brands to report interim results having previously anticipated first-half revenue growth in all its businesses

Your business week: Irish retail sales, Greencore’s agm

December’s consumer spending will show how real the threat of e-commerce is to traditional retail

‘Tinkerbell Brexit’, Trump’s trip to Kansas City and Elon Musk’s farting unicorn dispute

Planet Business: If only what you were seeing and reading wasn’t happening

This Week: Retail spending data set to confirm strong first half

Results from Ryanair, Tullow Oil, Ardagh Group, Intel, Amazon and Facebook

Escalation in tariff wars could see Irish consumers going under

Importers are relatively unscathed so far but further US retaliatory action could change all that

Yew Grove acquires two offices for €29m

Property investment company raised €75 million in stock exchange flotation earlier this month

CRH results likely to be affected by poor weather

Business This Week: results, indicators and meetings

Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and rise

He’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the French

Business Week: Leaders to gather in Davos; Netflix and Intel report results

I Wish events seek to encourage female students to enter STEM industries

Wow factor lacking in Vegas as tech show fails to impress

Trade show lacks real breakthroughs, settling instead for improved nice-to-haves

CES: ‘We basically envision a world where Alexa is everywhere’

After focusing on the ‘smart home’, Amazon is moving on to the car

A new age of radio astronomy at Birr Castle

New telescope allows Irish astronomers to explore a range of astronomical phenomena from solar physics to planets outside our solar system

Main stock markets produce mixed results

Irish index down as Ryanair shares fall by 2.3%, along with Kerry and Glanbia

The major business events coming up in the week ahead

For Your Diary: EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards; CPL AGM; Irish retail sales

After a century, world-class astronomy returns to Birr Castle

New radio telescope will be able to detect the faintest signals from the universe

Meet the man who only puts out two black bin bags a year

With rising bin charges becoming a reality, there are smart ways to minimise costs

Hotpoint urges Irish customers to check fridge freezers after London fire

Anyone who believes they may have same model should make contact with company

Grenfell Tower: Fire that killed at least 79 started in fridge freezer

Police considering manslaughter charges as insulation and tiles fail safety tests

Macron and Le Pen engage in battle for public affection

French presidential candidates trade insults as they try to appear closer to the people

Le Pen ambushes Macron on French presidential campaign trail

Frontrunner booed by Whirlpool factory workers hours after far-right leader pays visit

Hollande legacy holds back his ‘spiritual son’ Macron

French presidential candidate seeks to distance himself from deeply unpopular incumbent

The major business events happening this week

For Your Diary: McDonald’s results; Irish Times tax summit; retail sales; AbbVie results; marketing conference

CES 2017: Ford to embed Amazon’s voice-activated assistant

Car firm first to embed Alexa in rush to bring spoken word technology to everyday devices

Brexit turmoil sees Whirlpool cut annual profit forecast

Appliance giant hurt by sluggish US sales and Brexit-inspired uncertainty in UK

Amazon Dash: one-button ordering device arrives in UK

Consumers will be able to order household essentials at touch of wifi-connected button

Gateway scheme in Dublin 3 now fully let as final tenant signs up

Whirlpool to occupy 2,323sq m (25,000sq ft) on long-term lease at rent of €236.80 per sq m

Fonthill Industrial Park warehouse for €3.4m

Modern distribution facility is fully let to An Post at a rent of €195,000 per annum

Electrolux CEO to step down

Keith McLoughlin to retire after Swedish manufacturer abandons $3.3bn GE deal

Waterford Stanley narrowed losses last year to just under €1m

Cooker manufacturer owned by Aga Rangemaster group saw sales fall 10%

Blue-chips lead the way after good news from China, ECB

Iseq’s stalwarts drive index forwardby 1.7% as European shares rise

London Briefing: Aga saga heats up as Whirlpool emerges as rival for Middleby

News of potential takeover battle sent shares surging by another 11 per cent

Aga saga: something’s cooking in the Home Counties

British icon is now target of two US firms

Electrolux to buy GE appliance arm for $3.3bn

Move by Swedish company is designed to narrow gap with Whirlpool

Samsung acquires smart homes start-up

SmartThings lets people use app to control devices such as lights, doors and thermostats

Electrolux in talks to buy GE’s appliances business

Company forecasting growth in sales in Europe

Google's Nest launches network technology for connected home

Thread is a new networking protocol with security and low-power features

Whirlpool agrees to pay €758m for a controlling stake in Indesit

Acquisition is largest since buying former rival Maytag eight years ago

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