Europe pays high price for outsourcing vital health industries to China

Macron urges rebuilding of ‘EU sovereignty’ in production of essential supplies

Linde and Praxair get EU approval for $82bn deal

Onerous US demands include more asset sales, possibly exceeding agreed threshold

Linde shares drop as Praxair merger hits US anti-trust hurdle

Companies are running against a October 24th deadline to complete the deal

European shares retreat as tech stocks and industrials disappoint

Iseq underperforms peers led lower by Bank of Ireland and Ryanair

Brexit: Johnson clashes with Macron after ‘access to Europe’ tweet

British foreign secretary hits back at French president’s invitation to Indian students

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Declines in miners, energy producers drag equities lower

Investors worry central banks less willing to use monetary policy to stimulate growth

Lenders pull European equities down after EBA stress test

‘The data doesn’t tell us much,’ says expert, but ‘investors are sceptical about everything’

Momentum halts across Europe over renewed growth fears

Wall Street up as investors seeks bargains among battered consumer and bank stocks

Security fears push markets towards safer assets

Applegreen and Aryzta best performers in Dublin as Kingspan comes under pressure

Home healthcare firm Baywater acquired by French group Air Liquide

Dublin-based Baywater specialises in treating and monitoring respiratory diseases

Europe powers ahead with drive to develop alternative car fuels

The EU is looking at electricity, biofuels and hydrogen as part of its aim to phase out fossil fuels