Yahoo says its $1.1bn (�723m; 857m euros) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014. Yahoo's chief financial officer, Ken Goldman, made the claim during a call with analysts, although he did not give firm numbers.

Shares in London have reached levels last seen at the height of the dotcom boom nearly 13 years ago. At a close of 6,755 points, the FTSE 100 blue chip index matched levels from September 2000, just before the market's fascination with loss-making ...

Apple on Monday sought to pre-empt accusations of tax avoidance from an influential US Senate committee, publishing its written submission to the committee the day before Tim Cook, chief executive, was due to testify.

The backlash against corporate tax avoidance could end up costing the country jobs and investment, a Treasury minister has warned, as David Cameron outlined plans for international action on closing loopholes at a meeting with Eric Schmidt, Google's ...

Shares in FirstGroup plunged 30 per cent on Monday as investors balked at a �615m rights issue and the scrapping of its dividend.

High inflation has cost the economy �10billion over the last three years, according to Ernst & Young. The accountants warn households face spiralling energy and food bills and rail fares.

Ryanair wants to more than double its share of the European short-haul market to 20 per cent in the next five years. The target was revealed as the budget carrier brushed off higher fuel costs to post a record annual profit of �569 million.

To the uninitiated, there may not seem to be much difference between a salmon reared in Loch Fyne or the Hebrides. Yet, J Sainsbury was on Monday forced to apologise for mixing up the two areas of western Scotland in a labelling error that highlights ...

Two-thirds of British families will holiday in the UK this summer amid a cost of living squeeze that means a foreign holiday is a luxury that will have to be sacrificed.

The wealthy district of Elmbridge in Surrey, just off the M25, paid more in tax in 2010/11 than Google did - 200 times more. This leafy haven for high-net-worth individuals - Gary Lineker and Cliff Richard live there - paid a total of �1.18bn in income tax, which ...