The US is shooting mirrors into space to redirect the sun. There may be a few issues
Reflect Orbital plans to launch a fleet of 50,000 satellites into orbit making the night sky three to four times brighter
Elon Musk
Metrolink property deals, Grinds 360’s losses and All Together Now
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
How Musk transformed Twitter from communal town square to right-wing conspiracy hub
Twitter had its faults but it didn’t have an overt political agenda, that changed under Elon Musk
Overseas aid and the US
We can be proud that Ireland continues to stand in solidarity with the most marginalised around the world
The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn’t written by Jacob Rees-Mogg
We have been told that the left’s grasp on the culture is all but total – yet the biggest film of the year is a Christian morality play
Let them eat crumbs: Growing wage inequality is bad for both workers and businesses
Companies in Ireland should disclose the ratio of CEO pay to median employee pay as US and UK groups do
Andrew, Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail while fighting extradition
Brothers being held in a federal jail in Miami as a US judge weighs Britain’s extradition requestn
Elon Musk’s Wokebusters and the failing campaign against The Odyssey
Let’s not pretend right-wing blowhards criticising Christopher Nolan’s film really care about infelicities in shipbuilding
Josh Kerr’s ballsiest world record is motivating and demoralising for milers everywhere
Four-time Irish 1,500m champion Cathal Doyle says the race to catch up is already on
Tesla’s profits plunge as Elon Musk’s carmaker uses discounts to boost sales
Capital expenditures more than doubled as company accelerates pivot to AI and robots
X launches fresh court challenges against Coimisiún na Meán
Latest legal actions could involve decisions on complaints against social media giant
What top CEO pay and gender pay gap reporting tell us about Irish business
Available figures show that women continue to trail in the workplace on pay and their representation in the upper ranks
SpaceX falls back to Earth after IPO frenzy
Shares slipped below their $135 listing price less than a month after SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
Patrick Freyne: Today’s rich weirdos have nothing on the billionaires of my youth
Willy Wonka, like all billionaires, goes into space in the end. Perhaps Elon Musk should purchase a cane
Regime Change: The chaos of Donald Trump exposed in blow-by-blow accounts of highly sensitive meetings
How the second coming of the most mercurial US leader in history ushered in a presidency driven by ‘pure gut instinct’
SpaceX’s $10tr question: How do you value the distant future?
Banks that underwrote flotation unanimous in recommending shares trading below market debut price
CEO pay in Ireland in 2025: One executive earned $237m
Bank bosses all received pay hikes while Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary recently extended his contract with a big package of share options
SpaceX wins bullish recommendations from Wall Street banks
Morgan Stanley gives Elon Musk’s AI and rocket stock $300 price target as quiet period ends following record IPO
Wall Street rides high of chip stock optimism as EasyJet soars following Castlelake takeover deal
A quiet start to the week saw marginal rise for Irish markets
Tesla deliveries climb 25% as fuel price surge boosts Europe demand
Strong second-quarter sales in Europe and China help offset weak US figures hit by end of EV tax credits
Peter Thiel’s Irish gathering is not part of some secret plot. It’s more blatant than that
The tech billionaire’s anti-democratic ideals have been out in the open for years
SpaceX shares will face test as insider lock-ups unwind
Swathes of SpaceX shares are set to hit the market in the coming months
Where Irish chief executives rank when it comes to pay in the United States
Bosses of S&P 500-listed firms are all doing well, but they are all dwarfed by Elon Musk
SpaceX stock declines for third day, erasing over $600bn in value in that time
Stock sheds hundreds of billions of dollars in market value
Shares slip as SpaceX rout clouds Iran deal optimism
UK shares largely shrugged off news of prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation
Donald Trump, the Creature from the Green Lagoon
The president as a maniacal urban planner is a white-knuckle ride, with Washington just holding on for dear life
SpaceX valuation surge highlights gap between story and numbers
At $2.97tn, SpaceX briefly overtook Microsoft and Amazon to become the world’s fourth-most valuable company
Foreign Tongues review: The new Rolling Stones album is freewheeling, frisky and fabulous
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make growing old sound like the best fun ever
European shares advance as investors await details of Iran deal and Fed policy outlook
Iseq All-Share index closes at fresh all-time high, with banking stocks and home builders in demand
Elon Musk conjures up a fantasy for Wall Street and a nightmare for Belfast
Dazzled SpaceX investors and frenzied brick-throwing boys in Belfast are all swallowing his dark fantasies
SpaceX is not just too big to fail. It is too essential to be allowed to
A firm that is a rocket-maker, broadcaster, chatbot and arm of the Pentagon is many things, but a foundation for national infrastructure is not one of them
Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting
A book coining the ugly phrase ‘suicidal empathy’ has been on the NYT bestseller list. At its heart is the idea that ‘misdirected’ empathy is destroying western civilisation
The Irish Times view on Belfast violence: bad actors prey on social divisions
Mainstream politicians and powerful platform owners competed and collaborated to dominate the radical right agenda
SpaceX is now a public company worth nearly $2tn. What happens next?
Investing in SpaceX isn’t a bet on the company’s fundamentals, it’s a bet on Elon Musk
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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