Apple is set for a replay of a court fight against Samsung in which the iPhone maker may seek to recoup more than the $411m (€305m) in damages a judge cut from a $1.05bn jury award in 2012 over patents.

Apple expects to sell over 10m devices by the end of the month, writes Adam Satariano

Cisco Systems and Apple have agreed to share the "iPhone" name, but both US companies are staying tightlipped about what future products might come from the resulting deal to collaborate on "interoperability" between the companies' products.

HEWLETT-PACKARD, the world’s largest printer maker and the No 2 seller of personal computers, said third-quarter profits fell 88% after expenses from bringing earnings back from overseas and firing workers.