Apple has avoided paying billions in income tax by using dummy headquarters abroad, according to a damaging U.S. Senate report, but Ireland has today denied it is to blame.

The pound fell against other major currencies after figures showed that the pace of UK inflation slowed more than expected in April.

Jamie Dimon has won a clear victory over shareholder activists looking to strip him of his chairmanship of JPMorgan Chase but investors used the bank's annual meeting to deliver a big protest vote against three of its directors.

LONDON�Burberry Group PLC showed further signs of recovery following a midyear profit warning, as it reported a rise in full-year revenue on Tuesday.

Nick Buckles has quit unexpectedly from G4S after a difficult year that saw the chief executive survive calls for his departure after the mishandling of a high profile contract to provide security guards to the London 2012 Olympics.

Vodafone used to talk about big dividends from its stake in U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless as a luxury. Now, they are starting to look like more of a necessity.

By William James. LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 5:46pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Ending Britain's 306-year rule would allow Scotland to reverse generations of economic mismanagement and free its lawmakers to boost economic growth, say Scottish ...

The �1.2bn contract, first revealed by The Daily Telegraph and still subject to final negotiations, will see Capita take over the management of existing O2 call centres with 3,700 customer service jobs transferred.

Lack of competition in the UK cement industry has cost consumers millions of pounds, according to the Competition Commission. It said the big firms had focused on maintaining market share rather than competing with each other.

The Bank of Ireland (BoI) has reversed controversial increases of mortgage rates for some of the 13,500 affected borrowers following pressure from consumers and lawyers.