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Ciarán talks to some of the Irish Times business team about the stories they’ve covered this year. Plus: Laura Slattery recalls a torrid year for Facebook and Mark Paul goes through the highlights of the ongoing drama at INM.
Laura Slattery has a roundup of some of the stories in the news this week, including RTÉ salaries, Primark and Google's most searched for terms in 2018.
Cliff Taylor explains why the corporate tax take up was up last month and why a surprise budget surplus looks to be on the cards. Also Peter Hamilton has a roundup of some of the other stories making headlines this week
Michael O'Keeffe has a roundup of all the month's biggest sports business stories including the free-to-air Rugby World Cup and Nike's move into the weird world of e-sports.
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Peter Hamilton has a roundup of the lates business news including a terrible week for tech stocks amid broader market jitters, plus Fiona Reddan speaks on the new benchmark for rents in the capital.
Cliff Taylor explains the latest Brexit developments and what the possible outcomes could be, also Michael McAleer previews the upcoming Irish Times Innovation Awards
Peter Hamilton has a roundup of some of the week’s stories, including Ryanair’s sacking of six members of staff over a viral photograph, good news for Ikea in Ireland and Sharon Donnery beaten by an Italian economist for a top ECB banking job.
Denis Staunton in London and Cliff Taylor explain the key elements of the UK budget which included a Digital Services Tax for tech giants, and how Brexit might force Philip Hammond to rip it all up and start over.
