Apple

'Apple participated in a conspiracy to raise prices of ebooks': US Judge

Reuters | Friday May 24, 2013

Apple is the sole defendant remaining after litigation was settled by five publishers.

The first Apple, fetching prices that may crash the system

Steve Lohr, The New York Times | Friday May 24, 2013

Last November, an Apple-1 sold for $640,000 at an auction in Germany. That sale surpassed the previous record of $374,500 set only five months earlier at Sotheby's in New York.

iPhone 5S and low-cost iPhone to come in multiple new colours: Report

Anupam Saxena | Friday May 24, 2013

The much rumoured low-cost iPhone might come in a number of colours.

Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

Reuters | Friday May 24, 2013

Apple said it pays all the tax due in every country where it operates. It declined to comment on the tax treatment it received in the 1980s.

Apple appeals for an overhaul of corporate taxes in US

Reuters | Thursday May 23, 2013

Apple has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code.

Ireland says will not be US "whipping boy" on tax

Reuters | Thursday May 23, 2013

While Ireland has successfully repelled attacks on its corporate tax rate from European neighbours, U.S. pressure is more difficult to ignore.

Apple, Google's tax avoidance strategies to be scrutinised at European leaders meet

Reuters | Thursday May 23, 2013

Reuters examination of statutory filings by Vodafone over the past 16 years shows that the British taxman are, losing out on perhaps as much as 1 billion pounds in revenue.

New Microsoft ad mocks Apple's iPad with Siri declaring Windows 8 tablet a winner

Anupam Saxena | Thursday May 23, 2013

Microsoft is taking a shot at Apple's iPad with its new TV commercial.

Apple wants to include Samsung Galaxy S4 in US patent lawsuit

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 23, 2013

Apple had accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets.

Apple case: US raises concern over American firms evading tax

Wednesday May 22, 2013

"The broader issue is one that is of concern to the President and one that he's focused on, because in terms of the policy matters that it raises, the report by Senators (Carl) Levin and (John) McCain raises a set of broader issues around companies t...

Cook's testimony at senate hearing helps Apple defuse some tax tensions

Nelson D Schwartz and Brian X Chen, The New York Times | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Tim Cook came to the lion's den on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, prepared to face down lawmakers furious over evidence that Apple, the famous company he runs, had avoided paying billions in taxes. By the time Cook walked out, the big cats on a Senate comm...

The Irish loophole behind Apple's low US tax bill

Reuters | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Apple had channelled profits into Irish-incorporated subsidiaries that had "no declared tax residency anywhere in the world".

Cook's testimony at Senate hearing helps Apple defuse some tax tensions

Nelson D. Schwartz and Brian X. Chen, The New York Times | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Cook reaffirmed Apple's position that given the current US tax rate, it has no intention of bringing that cash back to the US.

Ireland rejects blame for Apple's low tax rate

Tuesday May 21, 2013

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 US Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiarie...

Wall Street drifts near record, Home Depot buoys Dow

Tuesday May 21, 2013

Wall Street was little changed in early trading on Tuesday with Home Depot at a record high and buoying the blue-chips while investors eyed congressional testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday.