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Fossil fuels are ‘gifts from god’ and other delusions to emerge from Cop29

Planet Business: Mattel’s red face, Donald Trump’s wild appointments and the concept of a Minister for Loneliness

Sat Nov 16 2024 - 06:15

‘Solarbration’ for eclipse tourists on the ground as air passengers crane for views

Planet Business: Toy films in development, a new chairman at UK air traffic contol company Nats and a break in Olympic tradition

Sat Apr 13 2024 - 06:15

America Ferrera: ‘There are lots of people who need Feminism 101, whole generations of girls’

‘I didn’t feel represented in the Barbie narrative. It felt like a world that wasn’t accessible to me,’ says one of the stars of Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film

Fri Jan 05 2024 - 12:00

WeWork: hyped start-up to investor darling to bankruptcy in just 13 years

Planet Business: António Costa resigns as Portuguese prime minister, Lidiane Jones swaps Slack for Bumble and this year’s hotly-tipped Christmas toys

Sat Nov 11 2023 - 07:00

Barbie reaches $1bn at the box office, studio says

Greta Gerwig becomes first woman to direct a billion-dollar blockbuster solo as Barbie hits landmark

Mon Aug 07 2023 - 10:45

Welcome to Death Valley, where tourists hope to celebrate record-high temperatures

Planet Business: Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal extension, Danone and Carlsberg’s Russian operations and Barbie, 2023-style

Sat Jul 22 2023 - 06:15

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on Barbie: ‘I remember thinking, I’m never going live this down’

Stars of Greta Gerwig’s new film talk ‘Kenergy’, tackling the complexity of Barbie and Gosling’s disappointing rollerblading skills

Wed Jul 19 2023 - 18:10

Swiftflation: star’s pulling power likely to push up prices

Planet Business: Bolsonaro themed party hats; bumper Barbie box office forecasts; and Threads v Twitter

Fri Jul 14 2023 - 00:00

Queen Elizabeth II Barbie doll released on her 96th birthday

The $75 limited edition doll will commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 11:47

European shares decline and bond yields rise as US inflation hits 40-year high

Ryanair, AstraZeneca and Disney among the climbers as tech stocks drop

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 19:16

Toymaker Hasbro sees TV production revenue jump 54%

Monopoly maker also gets price increases to stick after supply costs rise

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 16:03

European markets rebound ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

Iseq follows other European indices higher, closing up nearly 2%

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 18:01

Barbie doll of Oxford Covid vaccine co-creator released

Professor Gilbert initially found gesture ‘very strange’ but hopes it inspires young girls

Wed Aug 04 2021 - 06:34

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

What is free will? Can we know God? And what if everyone was really buff, with abs and stuff?

Patrick Freyne: Like all great fiction, Masters of the Universe asks the big questions

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 05:00

Lego records fastest growth in 5 years on back of digital shift

Sets blending physical bricks with Super Mario games propel profits

Wed Mar 10 2021 - 10:16

Toy boom is not a Covid ‘one-off’, says Mattel

Barbie, Hot Wheels power Mattel’s holiday-quarter sales beat

Wed Feb 10 2021 - 08:09

Shares stutter as hopes for post-Covid recovery diminish

Ryanair and Aer Lingus group hit by UK plans for quarantine for arriving travellers

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 18:38

John Collison: ‘It is entirely plausible that you could set up Stripe in Dublin now’

Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company continues to evolve

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 18:00

Only way is up for Stripe as valuation skyrockets

Fintech is in talks on a new funding round that could value it at $100bn

Sat Nov 28 2020 - 05:53

Barbie boom, Trump loyalists and a bond king’s latest battle

Planet Business: Everybody needs good neighbours

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 05:58

Fortnite owner signs multimillion deal to buy Irish ‘kidtech’ firm

Dylan Collins’s SuperAwesome acquired by Epic, games maker best known for Fortnite

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 13:54

Stripe wins more corporate customers, announces Salesforce deal

Fast-growing company’s solutions in demand during coronavirus pandemic

Wed Sept 23 2020 - 17:27

Lego wins lockdown as Danish toymaker grows sales and profits

Other toymakers have struggled but Lego has shrugged off shop closures

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 10:05

Stripe lures Dhivya Suryadevara from General Motors to be CFO

Companies launched on Stripe’s platform since March have generated close to $10bn

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 14:44

Toymaker Hasbro’s board games hit by Covid delays

Factories in Ireland, the US and India closed just as families seek lockdown entertainment options

Mon Jul 27 2020 - 15:35

Irish-founded tech company teams up with WPP to protect children online

SuperAwesome announces partnership with the world’s biggest advertising agency

Thu May 28 2020 - 16:19

Apple’s Oscar moment, the Bezos property splurge and a ‘giant flying wing’

Planet Business: The toys are back in town

Fri Feb 14 2020 - 04:04

Irish-founded ‘kid tech’ company SuperAwesome gets Microsoft backing

Microsoft has taken a stake in the group as it raises $17m in a new fundraising round

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 19:56

Irish sisters collaborate on new wheelchair for Barbie

Barbie fans can now accessorise their Barbie’s wheelchair with an Izzy Wheels design

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00

Two positives make a negative for gender bias in Stem

Could girls’ superior reading skills really be what’s holding back gender diversity in Stem?

Wed Aug 07 2019 - 16:30

The untold stories of Toy Story

Woody started out as a jerk, Barbie is a Marxist . . . much like Andy’s toys, the fan theories around the franchise have taken on a life of their own

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 06:15

How to avoid silly mistakes with smart toys

Internet-connected toys have sparked concerns about privacy and security

Thu May 16 2019 - 04:11

European shares end the week with a bounce

Iseq mirrors peers with close in positive territory

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 19:51