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Dáil’s spending watchdog to seek legal advice to compel RTÉ to hand over key documents

A war of words has erupted between Montrose and the Public Accounts Committee

More than half of all full-time workers pay higher rate of tax

Set alongside a recent CSO labour force survey, this means just over half of the 2.08 million full time workers are in the top bracket for PAYE

M20 road between Cork and Limerick not due to start until 2027

New Government documents say 80km project will be completed by 2031

Intel fined €376.36m by EU antitrust regulators

Chipmaker expresses ‘disappointment’ at level of fine over ‘abuse of dominant position in the market for x68 chipsets

Microsoft’s Activision deal set to get UK’s CMA approval

The bid had been blocked by the UK regulator but a revised proposal is set to be approved

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft launches AI assistant for Windows

Company says Copilot software rollout will begin as a free update to Windows 11 from September 26

Klaviyo impresses on IPO debut in the US

The IPO is the third major US listing in the past week

Successful $13.5bn buyout sees Toshiba going private

The Tokyo-based company’s delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange would close a troubled decade at the firm,

Dalata acquires first hotel in Amsterdam

Ireland’s largest hotels group continues its expansion into continental Europe

Fed chair indicates interest rates hikes to end

In quarterly economic projections, 12 of 19 Fed officials said they still expect to raise rates once more this year

Adidas chief says Ye didn’t mean his antisemitic remarks

Bjorn Gulden says he doesn’t think artist formerly known as Kanye West is a ‘bad person’

Odey urged sexual harassment victim to downplay incident to UK regulator - FT

Odey firm records noted former chief executive was under anesthesia at the time of the incident

EU nations set to join Britain in watering down moves to cut pollution from cars

Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, is weighing deferring by five years to 2035 a ban on the sale of cars powered by diesel and petrol, according to a person familiar with the plan

Revolut delays annual accounts again

Fintech gets three-month extension for the second year in a row

Equity fund forecasts weight-loss drug market frenzy far from finish line

Capital Group fund says it sees long-term opportunity in the development of drugs like Novo’s Ozempic

Unexpected drop in British inflation rates raises chances of end to BoE rate hiking cycle

The data is a relief for the UK, which for months has had the worst inflation problem in the G7

Elon Musk’s brain implant start-up looks to recruit patients for clinical trials

Several other companies working on similar technology have previously succeeded in embedding devices in brains

Intel chief Gelsinger says company’s technology will be central to AI boom

Gelsinger is trying to stoke interest in Intel’s technology and return to an era when its annual conferences offered a road map for the whole computing industry

Australian airline Qantas withholds some of Alan Joyce’s final payout

Joyce had spent 15 years at the helm of the Australian carrier before suddenly stepping down earlier this month

Italy backtracks on airfare cap dubbed ‘illegal’ by Ryanair

Rome to alter a recent decree on pricing, put in place to counter soaring fares on routes to Sardinia and Sicily, following backlash from airlines