Apple

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers and also operates retail stores. Its best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPad and the iPhone – Apple is the world’s third largest mobile phone-maker after Samsung and Nokia. 

24 May 2013

In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the US Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to...

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24 May 2013

In almost two years since Tim Cook became chief executive, Apple has lurched from one reputation-threatening public-relations predicament to the next - from criticism of its labour practices in...

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23 May 2013

Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday’s unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale.

4:05PM
23 May 2013

Apple has asked a federal judge in Silicon Valley to add Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy smartphone to the list of devices targeted in a patent lawsuit involving Siri personal assistant software.

2:01PM
22 May 2013

Apple’s ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and...

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22 May 2013

While legislators in the United States put Apple under a microscope, the company's tax strategy in China has also become the focus of a lively debate.

2:11PM

Many business people come to Hong Kong hoping to crack the so-called China market, not appreciating perhaps that it is not "one" but many different markets. Even taking on a province can be a...

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Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple’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...

2:56AM

Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labour monitors appointed by top client Apple said cutting workers’ hours by a July 1...

10:48PM

Shares of Cisco Systems jumped 9 per cent as a dividend hike and share buyback plan overshadowed comments that business conditions in Europe would not improve anytime soon for the network...

8:51AM

Barry Rosenstein’s JANA Partners liked grocery chain Supervalu Inc in a big way in the first quarter, while Philippe Laffont’s Coatue Management lost its stomach for the company’s shares.

10:04AM

Nokia unveiled a lighter, metal model in its Lumia smartphone range, as it tries to catch the eye of buyers to close the huge market lead of rivals Samsung Electronics and Apple in the lucrative...

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