By Conor Humphries. DUBLIN | Tue May 21, 2013 3:17pm BST. DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S.

Savers continue to suffer despite inflation easing back last month, a financial information website has warned. Inflation figures released this morning show the consumer prices index fell in April to 2.4 per cent from 2.8 per cent in March.

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JPMorgan Chase was braced for a significant blow from shareholders on Tuesday at an annual meeting that has become a touchstone for US corporate governance, although Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive, is expected to fend off a vote to strip ...

It's back to basics on the FTSE 100 this morning, with the biggest movers at both ends of a steady index tracking changes to their earnings guidance.

Sector movers: Burberry lifts personal goods sector after record results LONDON (SHARECAST) - Burberry was trading at 12-month highs on Tuesday after beating expectations with its 2012/13 results, lifting the personal goods sector to the top of the pile.

May.21 - Vodafone's posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure, forcing it to keep a dividend from Verizon, its healthy U.S.

Bank of Ireland has written to 1,200 borrowers threatened with an increase in their mortgage rate to advise them they will not face the change after all, following a review of customer complaints.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has accused mobile phone firm O2 of betraying hundreds of call centre workers in Glasgow and elsewhere in the UK.

Londoners living closest to Heathrow have voted overwhelmingly against expansion of the airport in the largest poll of its kind. More than 100,000 people said they opposed a third runway or an increase in flights in referendums run by Richmond and ...