Cook will receive an award from Varadkar on January 20, in recognition of the company’s 40 years of investment in Ireland, according to IDA Ireland.

Vittorio Bufacchi argues it is the duty of everyone to pay its share if we want to live in a fair society and multinationals must play by the same rules as all citizens.

VOLVO is designing its first model under the ownership of Chinese billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely with an emphasis on car safety to revive worldwide sales.

VOLVO is designing its first model under the ownership of Chinese billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely with an emphasis on car safety to revive worldwide sales.

FIRST there were artists. Then there were patrons — rich people with enough good taste that they enabled artists to live and make their art.

A Saudi Prince is suing Forbes magazine for libel, alleging is undervaluing his wealth.

A surge in Galaxy smartphone sales fuelled earnings at Samsung Electronics to a record high in the first quarter, usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics industry, outshining handset rivals such as Nokia Corp.

AMAZON.COM Inc, the world’s largest internet retailer, reported a plunge in third-quarter profit after it ramped up spending on new products such as the Kindle Fire tablet. The shares tumbled in late trading.

HEWLETT-PACKARD, the world’s largest computer maker, forecast fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings that missed analysts’ estimates because of lacklustre consumer spending.

Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest software maker, reported fourth-quarter profit and sales that exceeded analysts’ predictions as demand from corporations outweighed lacklustre buying from consumers.

Microsoft is filing an anti-competition complaint against Google with the European Commission.

Shares rose today after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting kept hope alive that the central bank would take more action to stimulate the US economy.

The phenomenal success of Apple Inc. has continued today with the company announcing record sales over the past three months.

US stocks had another volatile day, swinging widely before closing sharply lower.

Wall Street advanced today after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered some of the market's concerns about inflation.

Computer giant Apple Inc. has denied reports the Beatles' back catalogue will soon be made available on their download website iTunes.

Wall Street pulled back today as investors uneasy after a drop in consumer confidence traded cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.

Stocks finished a back-and-forth session mixed today as investors grappled with weaker-than-expected economic data and weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates.

Stocks in the US finished a back-and-forth session mixed today as investors grappled with weaker-than-expected economic data and weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates.

LAWYERS at Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm that’s home to Kenneth Starr and Bush administration official Jay Lefkowitz, have given more to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign than to all of the top Republican candidates combined.

Wall Street pulled back sharply today as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and renewed concerns about the mortgage lending market.

US stocks slid today as investors, securing positions before the second half of the year begins, sold off due to rising oil prices and lingering worries about subprime mortgage lending troubles.

Starbucks coffee drinkers will get a non-stop dose of Paul McCartney’s Memory Almost Full today as the coffee company’s new record label releases its first CD.

Music lovers face a wait for the right to buy Beatles hits on Apple’s iTunes online store, despite the iPod maker’s truce in its dispute with the Fab Four’s guardian, Apple Corps, over the use of the iconic apple logo and name.

Mac computer and iPod maker Apple Inc said today it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles’ company Apple Corps Ltd company about the use of the name “Apple” and apple logos.

Wall Street stumbled lower today as growing concerns over technology companies led jittery investors to pull money out of the market ahead of this week’s earnings reports.