Anti-smoking campaigners have accused TV adverts which show e-cigarette use for the first time of "sexualising" vaping.

Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK have accused TV advertisements which show e-cigarette use for the first time of “sexualising” vaping.

Republican members of the US Congress have consistently blocked legislation that would clamp down on the type of aggressive tax planning that put Ireland in the spotlight over the past number of months, according to Trinity economics professor, Frank Barry.

Senator John McCain said Ireland still faces questions on how corporations use the country to lower taxes after Michael Noonan, the finance minister, moved to calm tensions triggered by Apple’s practices.

BUSINESSES can boost their profile on social networks once they get their “tone of voice” right, says David Levin, a professional tweeter in London.

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Ireland has rejected claims by two US senators that Ireland is a tax haven and had handed Apple Inc a special tax deal, a charge the pair stood by last night.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has defended his company’s use of offshore tax shelters before US senators who castigated the most-valuable technology company for avoiding $9bn and more in payments.

Two Irish subsidiaries of one of the world’s richest companies, Apple, paid almost no tax on reported earnings of more than $100bn (€77.6bn) over four years, two US senators claimed last night.

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Three top US senators, including John McCain, the former White House hopeful, slammed a new Osama bin Laden manhunt film for suggesting torture helped find the al Qaeda chief.

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The head of compliance at British banking giant HSBC resigned in front of a US Senate subcommittee today after it emerged the bank had exposed the US to billions of dollars worth of money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing.

Lax controls at HSBC allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through the bank’s US operations, an investigation has found.

South African Branden Grace, a three-time winner on the European Tour this season, and American Spencer Levin have earned the final two exempt spots in this week’s US Open.

For those who thought Tiger Woods’ run as the world’s best golfer was over, the 747-sized roar that emanated from the 16th green at Muirfield Village likely shocked them to their senses.

Spencer Levin shot a three-under-par 69 to lead by one at the end of the third round of the Memorial Tournament as Tiger Woods battled to stay in contention.

The trial over Nicollette Sheridan's sacking from 'Desperate Housewives' featured one last twist with the disclosure of a mystery witness who has indicated show bosses tried to cover up correspondence related to the actress.

When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada’s west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find domestic animal diseases were killing them.

A near-$30 billion (€22.8bn) bid for Shire could emerge as the standout deal in the European pharmaceutical sector this year, a highlight for bankers in a market otherwise likely to be dominated by bolt-on acquisitions.

Derval O’Rourke had a grin of satisfaction after reclaiming her 60m hurdles title at the Woodies DIY Irish indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast yesterday in 8.21 secs — modest by her standards.

American Roland Thatcher retained his four-shot lead despite a poor finish to his third round at the PGA Tour Children's Miracle Network Classic near Lake Buena Vista in Florida.

Goldman Sachs developed a strategy to profit from the housing meltdown and reaped billions at the expense of clients, a US Senate investigation found.

A 98-year-old woman is accused of strangling her 100-year-old nursing home room-mate after making the victim's life "a living hell" because she thought the woman was "taking over the room".

Actor Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor’s financial problems.

Troy Matteson maintained joint leadership of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas after posting a second-round 67 at TPC Summerlin.

American trio Tom Pernice Jnr, Troy Matteson and Spencer Levin were locked in a three-way tie for the lead at the end of the first round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.

Technically demanding and at times furiously paced, two newly identified Mozart works are helping scholars complete their assessment of the maestro’s very early achievements.

A forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift, but sure hand, has been verified as the work of Mozart, the apparent underpinnings for a Mass he never composed.

Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. is ready to extend his family and have more children with his producer wife Susan Levin.

A Pentagon recommendation has suggested that the US Congress should place all armed contractors operating in combat zones under military control.

BOYS are more likely than girls to consider themselves good-looking and their overall confidence levels are higher, according to the most recent research on mental well-being of 11 to 15-year-olds.

IRAQ’S beleaguered prime minister yesterday lashed out at US Democrats who have called for his removal, saying senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin need to “come to their senses”.

Iraq’s beleaguered prime minister today lashed out at American critics who have called for his removal, saying Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin need to “come to their senses”.

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin went online to apologise to fans for his furious voicemail message to his daughter, calling her a “thoughtless little pig”, that was broadcast around the world.

US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice urged the Democratic-controlled US Congress not to interfere in the conduct of the Iraq war and suggested President George Bush would defy troop withdrawal legislation.

A “very damning” report by the US Defence Department’s inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The man lined up as the next US Defence Secretary today conceded that the US is not winning the war in Iraq and warned that if that country is not stabilised in the next year or two it could lead to a “regional conflagration”.

US President George Bush traded ideas on Iraq with a bipartisan commission and promised to work with the incoming Democratic majority toward “common objectives”.

US President George Bush today met with a bipartisan group seeking consensus on a new approach for the war in Iraq amid widespread agreement that the administration's current efforts have not worked well enough or fast enough.

US President George Bush is reportedly “open to ideas” as he meets a panel studying the war on Iraq today.

Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up a four-day US tour today with a visit to Yale University, where he sought to quell fears about the international effects of his country’s booming economy and pledged continued cooperation with the United States.

The reputed acting boss of the Bonanno organised crime family – a former beauty salon owner known as Vinny Gorgeous – was a mob traditionalist who believed in settling scores with violence, a prosecutor said today in opening statements at his US murder trial.