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Goldman Sach is often at the forefront when it comes to Wall Street's presence on social media

Goldman to release results on website - source

Goldman Sachs will release its third-quarter results next week through its website and Twitter, and not through US newswire service BusinessWire.

Business • 09 Oct 15

Origin Enterprises CEO Tom O'Mahony says annual results were in line with expectations

Profits and revenues at Origin Enterprises rise

Food and agri-services company Origin Enterprises has reported pre-tax profits of €88.16m for the year to the end of July, up almost 1% on the €87.4m reported the previous year.

Business • 23 Sep 15

Shares in Toshiba have lost nearly 30% since its accounting issues were disclosed in early April

Toshiba posts net loss and revamps its board

Japan's Toshiba has booked a net loss for the past financial year and pledged to improve governance with a revamped board of directors.

Business • 07 Sep 15

UTV Ireland made a loss of £7.5m in the first six months of the year - pushing the group's TV division into the red

UTV Media sees H1 profit drop to £1m

UTV has announced a pre-tax profit of £1m for the first six months of 2015, compared to £10m for the same period in 2014.

Business • 05 Nov 15

FBD blamed increased claims costs on an 'increasingly congested and dysfunctional' insurance market

FBD Holdings to cut costs following €96m loss

FBD Holdings is to raise money and cut costs following the announcement of a €96m pre-tax loss for the first half of the year.

Business • 24 Aug 15

A lot of Glanbia's revenue is generated in the US - particularly in its performance nutrition division

Glanbia's revenue boosted by stronger dollar

Global nutrition and ingredients group Glanbia has reported total group revenue of €1.9 billion for the first half of the year.

Business • 19 Aug 15

AIB's profit for the first half of the year trebled as it wrote back some of the bad debt provisions it had made previously

AIB to cut standard variable mortgage rates

Allied Irish Banks is cutting its standard variable mortgage rate for both new and existing mortgage customers by a quarter of one percentage point. The AIB standard variable rate will fall to 3.7% from 1 October.

Business • 07 Aug 15

KBC Bank Ireland hopes to return to full-year profitability in 2016

KBC Bank Ireland sees improvement in Q2

KBC Bank Ireland has reported profit after tax and impairment costs of €18m for the second quarter of 2015.

Business • 06 Aug 15

Defaulted loan volumes at the bank are down 27% since the middle of 2013

Bank of Ireland sees profit double in H1

Bank of Ireland has reported an underlying pre-tax profit of €743m for the six months to the end of June, more than double the €327m reported at the same time last year.

Business • 31 Jul 15

Coillte manages the country's forests on behalf of the State

Coillte sees profits surge 46% in 2014

Forestry semi-State Coillte recorded a €60.5m operating profit for 2014, up 46% on the previous year.

Business • 30 Jul 15

Aer Lingus' long haul revenue grew significantly in the quarter - but costs also rose

Aer Lingus sees revenues grow but profit fall

Aer Lingus saw its revenue grow by 7.1% in the three months to the end of June, following significant growth in its long-haul services, however profits fell slightly during the period on higher costs.

Business • 29 Jul 15

Permanent TSB had failed to inform certain customers of the consequences of leaving their fixed rate early

PTSB to give compensation after mortgage failures

Almost 1,400 mortgage holders with Permanent TSB and Springboard Mortgages are due to receive compensation after a series of failures related to mortgages were uncovered by the Central Bank.

Business • 28 Jul 15

Irish Water assumed responsibility for water operations in 2014, but did not start billing households until this year

Irish Water made loss of €138.8m in 2014

Irish Water made a pre-tax loss of €138.8m last year, according to annual results released by its parent company Ervia.

Business • 23 Jul 15

The Zurich-based bank said its gains were partly driven by 'a very strong performance in the Asia-Pacific region'

Credit Suisse beats expectations with Q2 results

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has beaten expectations in results released today, reporting a second quarter net profit of CHF1.1bn (€ 950m) after suffering CHF700m in losses over the same period last year.

Business • 23 Jul 15

Revenues fell at Coca-Cola but the company's figures were boosted by a strong performance in North America

Coca-Cola sees profits rise despite strong dollar

Coca-Cola has reported higher quarterly profits as increased sales in North America offset lower revenues overseas due in part to the strong dollar.

Business • 22 Jul 15

Microsoft has been trying to shift focus to cloud-based services under chief executive Satya Nadella

Microsoft posts record loss on Nokia write-down

Microsoft has reported a $3.2 billion quarterly net loss, its biggest ever, as the company wrote down its Nokia phone business and demand fell for its Windows operating system.

Business • 22 Jul 15

Citi has been simplifying its structure by selling retail operations in several countries

Citi posts highest profit in 8 years as costs fall

Citigroup, the third biggest US bank by assets, reported its highest quarterly profit in eight years as restructuring and cost cuts paid off and legal expenses plunged.

Business • 20 Jul 15

Dixons Carphone trades as Carphone Warehouse, Currys and PC World in Ireland and the UK

Dixons Carphone yearly profit tops forecasts

Dixons Carphone beat forecasts with a 21% rise in yearly profit and said its integration was progressing well.

Business • 16 Jul 15

Irish Life has been awarded the contract to manage Ark Life's assets

Irish Life sees quarterly profit rise to €57m

Irish Life contributed €57m to its parent company’s profits in the first quarter of the year – up 54% on the same period of last year.

Business • 07 May 15

Tom Elliott said Fermanagh and South Tyrone was "not a green constituency"

Sinn Féin loses Fermanagh & South Tyrone to Tom Elliott

Tom Elliott has taken Michelle Gildernew's seat in Fermanagh and South Tyrone as three outgoing MPs lost their seats in Northern Ireland.

Results • 08 May 15

Icon employs more than 1,000 people in Ireland - with a new innovation hub set to add 200 positions

Icon records 54.7% rise in pre-tax profit for Q1

Dublin-based firm Icon has reported a 54.7% rise in pre-tax profit in the first quarter of 2015 after a sharp rise in company revenue.

Business • 28 Apr 15

Caterpillar gives sombre outlook for 2015 based on strong US dollar, weak oil prices and geopolitical tensions

Caterpillar's quarterly profit jumps

Caterpillar today reported a better than expected quarterly profit despite lower sales and gave a sombre outlook for the rest of 2015

Business • 23 Apr 15

Coca-Cola's results saw a rise in sales volume, but revenue was hit by currency changes

Coca-Cola reports 3.8% fall in quarterly revenue

Coca-Cola has reported slightly lower quarterly earnings on higher beverage volumes as the strong dollar weighed on international results.

Business • 22 Apr 15

Unilever said its underlying sales rose 2.8% in the first quarter

Unilever's Q1 sales better than expected

Unilever has reported better than expected sales for the first quarter, showing improvement from the hammering it took last year from weak emerging markets including a slowdown in China.

Business • 16 Apr 15

Revenue from The AA's Irish operation fell, which the group blamed on the weak euro

AA reports slump in profits as memberships fall

The AA has reported a 68% slump in pre-tax profits in its first set of annual results since last year's stock market float, as membership of the motoring organisation fell and the cost of servicing its debt mountain grew.

Business • 25 Mar 15