Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, defended the US technology group's tax practices in the face of blistering report by congressional investigators charging that it was engaged in massive tax avoidance schemes to save billions of dollars in tax on its ...

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.

The boss of G4S will walk away with more than �16 million in cash, shares and pension benefits after being dismissed for failing to put the company back on track after last year's Olympic Games security fiasco.

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 ...

Vodafone is to plough back a �2.1bn dividend from US telecoms group Verizon into its business rather than offer shareholders a windfall, after the UK mobile operator reported its biggest annual fall in service revenues in five years.

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.