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Breaking up is hard to do: how the US is planning to crack down on monopolies

As Ticketmaster-Live Nation’s market dominance in the event ticketing industry comes under scrutiny by the US Department of Justice, will this investigation pave the way for antitrust enforcement in the future?
  • Killian Woods
  • December 31, 2022
Editor's picks

Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads

Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including the lowdown on the mood in Ireland’s tech industry, and an exclusive interview with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly
  • Business Post
  • November 13, 2022
Economics

Aidan Regan: How the Fed has gone from saving Ireland to putting on the squeeze

The engine that has powered our growth model since the financial crash is slowing, and there’s little the government can do about it – but the bigger question is whether we will see a sudden, big drop in the corporate tax take
  • Aidan Regan
  • November 12, 2022
Business Post's View

Editorial: Big Tech wrestles with its first bear market as oil and gas stocks soar

Silicon Valley is taking a trouncing while the volatility caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has given energy companies a bonanza
  • Business Post
  • October 29, 2022
Tech

Ian Guider: Cosseted tech employees should prepare for a rude awakening

For the first time in their existence, the Big Tech behemoths are facing a slowdown – so the sector’s legendary staff perks may be for the chop
  • Ian Guider
  • August 19, 2022
Data

Two extra commissioners to be appointed to DPC

Restructure is due to watchdog dealing with increasingly complex investigations in recent years, as lead regulator for many of the world’s largest data companies, according to Justice Minister
  • Aaron Rogan
  • July 27, 2022

Vincent Boland: The investor’s dream: Apple remains above the noisy fray of Silicon Valley

The seemingly untouchable tech giant’s value briefly grazed $3tn last week, but its shrewd chief executive will be aware, as the fate of BlackBerry shows, that nothing lasts forever
  • Vincent Boland
  • January 7, 2022

Aidan Regan: What will global tax games mean for the future of Treasure Ireland?

The exact source of Ireland’s soaring tax take since the ending of the Double Irish is opaque, but untangling the corporate structure of Alphabet reveals how vulnerable our corporate tax boom is
  • Aidan Regan
  • December 12, 2021

Martin: government meetings with tech giants ‘should be transparent’

Comment comes in wake of revelations that confidentiality was granted to multinationals who met with cabinet minister Robert Troy on September 21
  • Aaron Rogan
  • November 21, 2021

TikTok: Dublin tech’s rising force

Chinese social media sensation TikTok is poaching tech workers from established multinationals and has grown its Irish base from five to 1,200 staff in just over a year. So what’s next for the rapidly expanding tech giant?
  • Killian Woodsand
  • Aaron Rogan
  • May 30, 2021

Maxed out: Why Ireland is at the centre of a ‘Kafkaesque’ row over your data

Activist Max Schrems has accused Helen Dixon of failing to hold Big Tech to account over the handling of EU citizens’ data. But the Data Protection Commissioner insists that her office is taking action
  • Aaron Rogan
  • May 2, 2021

Aidan Regan: Living online causes explosion of lucrative data-rich markets

In the online world, data is the greatest wealth-producing asset – and it’s how most tech giants convert their intangibles into an income flow
  • Aidan Regan
  • March 14, 2021

Billy Kelleher: Digitisation of financial services requires complex and clever regulation

As the financial and digital sectors become ever more intertwined, the risks become greater, and a balance is needed between effective oversight and an open and attractive EU
  • Billy Kelleher
  • February 16, 2021

Malcolm Byrne: State must get up to date on tech regulation

The main players in Big Tech wield more power than ever and, while innovation should be encouraged, the government also has a responsibility to protect its citizens
  • Malcolm Byrne
  • February 11, 2021

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