News

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has said that the firm will not ban NFTs, as devs “should be free to decide how to build their games.” 131 Total views 28 Total shares Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney says his firm “definitely won’t” follow Minecraft’s developers in banning non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As previously reported, […]

Vera Bradley Inc. VRA, +0.44% said late Thursday that President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Wallstrom plans to retire, remaining in his roles until a successor is named. That is expected by early 2023, the retailer said. Wallstrom, who became the company’s top executive in 2013, will work with the board of directors in a […]

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump and the events surrounding the insurrection will reconvene for a planned set of hearings in September, NBC reported Thursday, just ahead of the final installment in a June-July set of eight televised, public hearings. The […]

Central Bank Economic Letter finds that, while household deposits increased across all euro-area countries during the pandemic, Irish deposit growth was among the highest, exceeded only by Baltic countries. Unlike Ireland, these countries had very high pre-pandemic deposit growth, marking the Irish experience as exceptional. While the virus and related restrictions reduced spending, a higher […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Gabriel Makhlouf spoke this afternoon about current trends in the Irish, German and Eurozone economies, as well as opportunities and challenges in the financial system at an event hosted by the Consulate General of Ireland and IHK Frankfurt, in partnership with Verband der Auslandsbanken in Frankfurt, Europa Union […]

It is a pleasure to address you today. I would particularly like to thank our Consul General Anne-Marie Flynn for organising this event.1 German – Irish economic relationship Ireland and Germany have excellent relations, politically, culturally and economically. These relations have been documented as far back as the 7th century.   When reading about the relationship, […]