Ireland's deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore has insisted any loopholes in international tax rules exploited by Apple were not the fault of the Irish tax regime.

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.

By David Brett. LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 11:56am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Rallying miners and a contract win for outsourcing company Capita helped steady the FTSE 100 by midday on Tuesday despite weakness in travel firms after disappointing ...

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

Marks & Spencer today mounted a vigorous defence of its strategy after its profits tumbled for the second consecutive year. The retail bellwether's bottom line has been hit by tumbling clothing sales, although it cheered investors by vowing to slash its capital ...