Fallout from failed GSK unit bid dogs board as group prepares for results presentation

Joe Brennan: Behemoth has been struggling to grow its sales at same pace as rivals

Analysts negative on potential deal’s impact on debt and what it indicates about management thinking

Rapid spread of Omicron Covid variant also dents sentiment

Theory is that people will spend ever longer periods in virtual worlds

European banks have been retreating from US after struggling to compete with big lenders

Firm runs auctions of equipment such as excavators, cranes and agricultural machinery

Banking relaxes its conservative dress code as firms seek to rival big tech in attracting recruits

Airline stocks fare well as UK eases restrictions on travel from US and EU

GDP advanced 6.5% on annualised basis as strong consumption offset by lagging private investment

Automakers lead the losses, with Porsche down 5.3% and Faurecia slipping 3.6%

Crops in top producer Brazil have suffered worst drought in almost a century

Iseq up marginally while bank stocks fall

June data show signs of progress in labour market’s recovery although unemployment rate edges up to 5.9%

Market Beat: Potential investors will need assurances that both sides can be partners

Ryanair the main market mover in Dublin as it rises 3% while Glanbia and AIB dip

Market Beat: Just two weeks out from the egm, there are no signs of any rival bidders

Ant will now be supervised more like a bank, a move with far-reaching implications for growth

Dublin market subdued with Ryanair, Flutter and Smurfit Kappa all lower

Takeaway delivery group invited customers to buy shares that promptly slumped

Nasdaq-listed company was spun out of Irish drugmaker Elan back in 2012

Vantage Towers underpinned by growth in data traffic and 5G

Stock down as much as 11.5% before partly recovering

Purchase of Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton would not include stores or staff

Hopes of a $1.9 tn fiscal stimulus plan to help revive the US economy lifts markets

Irish investor has 7.4% stake in UK biotech company developing eye cancer therapy

New boss of French car company plans leaner, electric future

Ryanair pushes Dublin’s Iseq up as Bank of Ireland and AIB lose ground

Unilever’s Dutch shares trade in Amsterdam for last time before group’s unification

Maker of plant-based burgers plunges the most in five months after confusing announcement that is light on details

Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Facebook to report quarterly earnings this evening

Upbeat earnings reports helped offset uncertainties surrounding a fresh US stimulus package

Shares open at record high after shoemaker posted stellar quarterly results

Pharma industry trying to pull off unprecedented feat

Big loss in second quarter as stores close down to curb coronavirus spread

Sales of Knorr soups and Magnum ice-cream boosted by lockdown

Only 26 per cent of super-forecasters expect a vaccine before April 2021

Big Four firm advised on eight deals, worth a combined $556m in the first six months of 2020, topping the league table here

Bank gives Irish hotel group a ‘buy’ rating and says investors don’t appreciate its strong balance sheet and UK growth

First time major central bank has offered such loans