Fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the EU is adding to Apple’s woes.

As iPhone fans await the release of a new model, they are delaying purchases and may cause Apple, the world’s largest company by market value, to post its slowest sales and profit growth in more than two years.

MICROSOFT, the world’s largest software maker — which employs more than 600 people in Ireland — reported second-quarter profit that beat estimates, boosted by Christmas sales of Xbox machines and Kinect sensors, as well as corporate software demand.

YAHOO has said an important partnership with Microsoft is taking longer than expected to pay off, but the company posted quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street targets, sending shares up in after-hours trading.