The worker was tested for the virus after leaving the office as soon as they felt unwell last week.

The often lonely status of the CEO can demand a heavy personal price in meeting the expectations of directors, shareholders, customers, and employees, writes John Daly

Last month Apple was honoured by IDA Ireland for its contribution to Ireland as they celebrate 40 years here.

Joe Dermody reflects on 40 years of Apple in Ireland.

Hon Hai Precision - also known also as Foxconn - cut its 2020 revenue outlook after deciding to impose strict quarantines at its main iPhone-making base, a measure to guard against the coronavirus outbreak that may hurt Apple.

Everyone knows that the global corporate tax system needs to be overhauled, Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said, backing changes to global rules that are under consideration.

He said that “we all know how that ends” with regard to the prospect of a Fianna Fáil administration.

Leo Varadkar described how the tech giant has grown in Ireland, particularly in Cork, over the years.

Apple’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, will meet with the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in Dublin, later this month, to receive an award from the Government. It is in recognition of the company’s 40 years of investment in Ireland, according to IDA Ireland.

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.

Apple last night forecast sales for the crucial holiday shopping quarter that beat Wall Street expectations, with chief executive Tim Cook saying that new iPhone 11 models were off to “a very, very good start” as sales of AirPods, Apple Watches, and streaming services continue to rise.

Shares of Apple rose over 4% after the company calmed Wall Street nerves with an improvement in sales in China, statements from brokerages predicting a boost in its services business, and the launch of new iPhones.

Apple boss Tim Cook has taken aim at "chaos factory" technology giants for failing to take responsibility for data breaches and privacy violations.

Just minutes into Apple’s big annual bash this week to tout its latest wares, the Trump administration stole the show from Tim Cook. The company is among four Silicon Valley titans facing possible US competition probes.

Apple has finalised a short list of locations for its first retail store in India.

Apple shares rose again to extend its rally to a gain of 34% since the start of the year following its upbeat earnings report earlier this week.

Irish artificial intelligence startup Getvisibility has announced an expansion and opening of an office in Boston, Massachusetts, which positions it to sell its data protection software platform into the US market.

Apple’s disappointing earnings report sent the company’s market value tumbling below $1 trillion at one stage.

Apple yesterday said sales for the crucial holiday quarter could miss Wall Street expectations, which chief executive Tim Cook blamed on weakness in emerging markets, foreign exchange costs and uncertainty whether the iPhone maker can keep up with demand for new products.

The earnings season has resulted in some dramatic contrasts in fortunes among leaders in the technology sector.

US stocks have slumped as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies overshadowed positive earnings for Apple and the yield on 10-year Treasuries touched 3% for the first time since June.

Last week two of the largest technology companies in the world — Apple and Amazon — were visible at a policy level in Ireland, writes Joe Gill

Finding billionaires in Silicon Valley isn’t hard. But tracking down members of the three-comma club at Apple is a less fruitful endeavour.

Apple has reported record revenues and profit for the last three months despite a fall in iPhone sales over the Christmas period.

The chief of the IDA has said it was still up to Apple whether or not to build its much delayed €850m data centre at Athenry, and it was “unreasonable” for the tech giant to commit at this stage before planning appeals have been exhausted.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has seen his take home pay rocket 47% to 12.8 million US dollars (€10.7m) after a better than expected sales performance at the tech giant.

Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for the iPhone in 2019, another step toward turning the handset into a leading augmented-reality device, according to sources, writes Alex Webb and Yuji Nakamura.

“Unfounded” appeals caused delays to the Apple data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, which has thrown the €850m venture into jeopardy, according to Independent Alliance whip Seán Canney.

His nomination as the next head of the US Federal Reserve means Jerome Powell is set to become one the world’s most powerful and influential individuals, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The future of Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry remains in doubt after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted the tech giant’s boss, Tim Cook, failed to give him “a definite commitment” the development will go ahead.

Large crowds queued overnight to buy the new iPhone X as it went on sale in Britain.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has encouraged victims of sexual harassment to come forward and report their cases as it may empower others who might be afraid to do the same.

There is “no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” if Ireland sides with the European Commission and demands that Apple hands over €13.6bn in unpaid taxes, because other EU nations will be entitled to “go after” the fund.

A rosy forecast for iPhone sales that helped push Apple’s stock to a record high edged chief executive officer Tim Cook closer to reaching the top threshold for his 2017 performance award.

Apple will establish its first data centre in China to speed up services such as iCloud for local users and abide by laws that require global companies to store information within the country.

It is not at all surprising that Google yesterday rejected the findings — and a €2.42bn antitrust fine — imposed by the European Commission after a seven-year investigation into how, according to the EC, the company abused its position “to give illegal advantage” to its own shopping service by making access to alternatives far more difficult than it might be.