The Irish Times

Shanghai aims to end Covid-19 lockdown from June 1st

Residents sceptical about move after similar annoucements during six weeks of restrictions

Mon May 16 2022 - 16:39

European stocks gain amid hopes for peace talks and Chinese stimulus

US shares rise ahead of interest rate increase by Federal Reserve

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 18:42

Ocean ‘lover’ Barbie, a tulip bulb update and the Olympics in, er, 2036

Planet Business: A superstar stock-picker cools on Chinese tech

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 05:17

Rising Covid cases dampen hopes of recovery and leave investors wary

Dealers note a ‘lot of red on the screen’ as travel-related stocks in particular take a hit

Mon Jul 19 2021 - 18:49

Toyota unveils new models in advanced driver-assist technology push

Competition to develop more self-driving and connected cars heats up

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 07:39

Credit Suisse overhauls executive board as it estimates Archegos fallout at €3.9bn

Swiss bank cuts proposed dividend and suspends share buyback programme

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 18:05

Stocktake: Archegos woes suggest God doesn’t like leverage

The huge personal losses suffered by Bill Hwang would surely test anyone’s faith

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 04:00

Night images reveal multiple new detention sites in China’s Xinjiang region

Researchers challenge country’s claims inmates had rejoined society as reformed citizens

Sun Sept 27 2020 - 15:04

Stocktake: Investors let politics determine investment strategy

Partisan Republican investors ‘relatively unfazed’ about coronavirus impact

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 05:00

European stocks end week with gains for tech and telecoms

Dublin market closed marginally higher with food stocks leading the way

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 19:17

Restaurant bears, WFH love and Microsoft’s acquisition history

Planet Business: Indirect communication styles only

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 05:10

European shares drop on heightened Brexit and US-China trade concerns

Markets report: Aryzta, BoI and PTSB fall but Malin bucks the trend on ISEQ to add 4.8%

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 18:46

European shares finish week lower for first time in six weeks

Index heavyweights help Iseq to 1.25 per cent rise

Fri Sept 27 2019 - 18:17

Jack Ma retires from Chinese tech giant Alibaba

Low-key accountant to succeed charismatic Ma who built $462bn company

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 20:13

Formulating values for AI is hard when humans do not agree

China and the West prioritise different things in algorithms

Thu Jul 25 2019 - 05:20

How artificial intelligence will do our dirty work, take our jobs and change our lives

Machines will do the jobs we don’t like, but what if they also start to beat us at things we enjoy?

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00

Amazon threatens Google/Facebook duopoly as digital ad spend looks set to soar

Digital advertising market it expected to reach $520bn by 2023, up from $294bn this year

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 05:14

Microsoft quietly deletes largest public face recognition data set

Database of 10m faces has been used by military researchers and Chinese firms

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 11:54

Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition

Researchers are scraping our images from social media and CCTV. We may not like the consequences

Thu May 09 2019 - 04:53

China’s richest capitalist Jack Ma revealed as Communist Party member

Alibaba founder joined the party at college but played down his membership

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 17:47

Should you buy when there’s blood in the streets?

Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 05:00

Google planning return to China with ‘censored’ search engine – reports

Internet giant left China eight years ago over censorship concerns

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 12:36

Alphabet pops, then drops and a warning from Caterpillar

Stocktake: Investors fret over rising bond yields

Tue May 01 2018 - 08:00

Stocktake: Tech stock pain was well overdue

CFD clampdown, US yield curve concerns and accepting end of S&P winning streak

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 08:00

State’s best fund manager: based in Edinburgh, invests outside the UK

Adam Rudd of Aberdeen Standard Investments favours emerging markets

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 11:48

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

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

Wed Jan 10 2018 - 12:01

China’s WeChat denies messaging service is storing user chats

Denial comes after top businessman said he believed Tencent was monitoring accounts

Tue Jan 02 2018 - 07:10

Dublin-listed VC firm Draper Esprit generates £42m from exits

Company said its gross primary portfolio value has risen 43 per cent over last year

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:23

AI expert Ng quits Baidu for healthcare, education sectors

Beijing based firm has been pushing into AI as it seeks to revive business

Wed Mar 22 2017 - 07:58

A tipping point month for autonomous transport

Uber has in the past few weeks begun testing self-driving taxis in Pittsburgh

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 05:28

Uber agrees alliance with Facebook

Tie-up will allow users to order a ride from within the Facebook Messenger chat app

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:01

President Xi wheels out 15 top CEOs for US visit

Phalanx of top corporate leaders will be mix of state and private sector companies

Tue Sept 22 2015 - 04:00

Baidu profit weighed down by offline mobile services push

Shares down 8 per cent after search firm annouces results

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 08:14

Internet giants replace Communist Party as China’s powerbrokers

Firms such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are disruptive forces to be reckoned with

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00