Tim Cook's bid for the moral high ground in Washington on Tuesday proved surprisingly successful, as the Apple chief executive faced down a hostile US Senate committee over the way the maker of iPhones and iPads avoids paying billions of dollars in taxes ...

Britain will be advised to sell off the state's holdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a move that will embolden George Osborne as he attempts to justify his economic strategy.

Falling clothes sales at Marks & Spencer have dragged down the retail giant's annual profits to an eight-year low, as it said the executive behind the �Your M&S� branding is to step down.

The annual rate of inflation eased to 2.4 per cent last month, thanks to falls in petrol prices and air fares, the Office for National Statistics reported yesterday.

Fiat Industrial aims to move its tax residency to the UK from Italy after a merger with US business CNH to take advantage of a lighter fiscal regime, according to a regulatory filing.

Royal Mail is expected to unveil a huge jump in annual profits this week as it clears the way for a �3billion stock market flotation later this year.

Paragon Group continued to prosper by snapping up unwanted loan portfolios from big banks and the boom in buy-to-let loans as the specialist lender reported a rise in half-year pre-tax profits.

By Andrew Osborn. LONDON | Wed May 22, 2013 12:30am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accuses the Internet company of wrongly ...

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated PressJamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase.

These pensioners will have to survive on just �170 a week - compared with an average weekly income of �322 should they have saved into a private pension.