Thomas Hubert

1 day ago | thecurrency.news | Thomas Hubert

Oracle has freed up $15.2 billion (€13.3 billion) for distribution out of Ireland, new financial information from the Texas-headquartered cloud and enterprise computing multinational shows. Oracle EMEA Holdings Ltd, the group’s top holding company in Ireland, resolved on March 24 to implement a share capital reduction for this amount and treat the resulting sum as distributable profits, to the benefit of its direct parent in Bermuda.

2 days ago | thecurrency.news | Thomas Hubert

DCC’s long-running misunderstanding with the stock market appeared to continue on Tuesday, when the group delivered the promised disposal of its healthcare division and was rewarded with a share price drop of over 4.5 per cent in the day’s trading. The Dublin-headquartered, London-listed, FTSE 100 company has long baffled equity investors, despite generating profits and dividends like clockwork for decades.

2 days ago | natlawreview.com | Thomas Hubert

At the recent AIPLA Trade Secret Summit, one of the nation’s premier conferences on trade secret law, critical issues surrounding the protection of confidential business information took center stage. The discussions reinforced the importance of safeguarding trade secrets and proprietary data against theft, liability, and employee mismanagement—particularly during key employment transitions such as hiring, active employment, and separation.

5 days ago | thecurrency.news | Thomas Hubert

John Mullins, whose funeral took place on Thursday, was the second energy visionary taken from Ireland too soon in just over one year. As CEO of Bord Gáis, Mullins had articulated in the then-semi-state company’s strategy that renewable electricity and gas would combine to gradually wean this island off fossil fuels.

1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Thomas Hubert

To the sound of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, John Mullins climbs into a tractor, turns on the ignition and steps on the accelerator. Cut to a multi-camera shot of the vehicle smashing through a wall of “farmers’ red tape”. The video released last May, when Mullins was running for MEP in Ireland South, was just one of several high-octane campaign ads (in another one, he acted as James Bond).