McKillen’s Anglo case, Arytza’s AGM votes, and Ballymore’s London tenants

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Google employees stage a “women’s walkout” at their Googleplex offices in protest over the company’s handling of payouts to  managers who had allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct at the company in Mountain View, California. Photograph: REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Google employees stage a “women’s walkout” at their Googleplex offices in protest over the company’s handling of payouts to managers who had allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct at the company in Mountain View, California. Photograph: REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Property developer Paddy McKillen and his business partner Tony Leonard have lost a bid to sue the former Anglo Irish Bank in the US courts over Mr McKillen's Maple 10 loan. Simon Carswell has the details.

Shareholders in troubled Swiss-Irish food group Aryzta narrowly voted through a proposed €790 million capital raise on Thursday. Eoin Burke-Kennedy was in Zurich for what was a fraught AGM.

In our Agenda feature, Eoin also charts Aryzta's troubled journey over the past four years as a failed acquisition strategy began to unravel.

Google staff in Dublin joined thousands of colleagues across the world in staging a workplace walkout in protest at the company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. Ciara O'Brien spoke to staff at the internet giant about their concerns

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Developer Sean Mulryan's Ballymore and a charity appear to have reversed a policy that blocked taxpayer-subsidised tenants from using a gym and swimming pool in one of the Irish company's high-profile London properties. Barry O'Halloran reports

Our interview of the week is Allergen chief executive Brent Saunders, who explained the success of its highly-profitable, wrinkle-easing drug Botox to Simon Carswell.

In his weekly column, John FitzGerald argues that supporting the European Commission proposed digital services tax might be a price worth paying.

In Caveat, Mark Paul weighs in on the controversial comments about vegans by William Sitwell, which cost him his job as editor of Waitrose's food magazine.

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Ciarán Hancock

Ciarán Hancock

Ciarán Hancock is Business Editor of The Irish Times