5:01pm

BlackRock and Soros invest in Outsourcery

Manchester-based business raises £13m before Aim debut

Business Blog 1:01pm

Business blog: SAP’s search for autistic innovators

James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" shows actor Daniel Craig. ©Reuters 10:12am

Sony board discusses sell-off proposal

Kazuo Hirai, chief executive, says no timetable has been fixed

Tech blog 1:22am

Tech blog: African-American teens most likely to tweet

11:38pm

Intel’s chief reshapes management team

Shake-up designed to help chipmaker expand faster in new markets

Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock are sworn in to testify at a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, 2013. Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government. ©Reuters 10:55pm

Apple chief defends tax practices

‘We pay all taxes we owe, every single dollar,’ says Cook

9:20pm

SAP seeks programmers with autism

Software group wants to tap people who can ‘spark innovation’

Xbox One video game console ©AFP 8:58pm

Microsoft unveils new media-friendly Xbox

Console emphasises live TV in addition to video games

8:54pm

Twitter wins over teens in race for users

Survey reveals social media landscape is evolving fast

8:09pm

Apple chief’s gamble pays off as criticism remains muted

Tim Cook defends company’s tax practices

From INDUSTRIALS 5:02pm

Buckley heads shortlist Smiths role

From MANAGEMENT 4:44pm

Mobile drives company website refresh

BP, ENI and SAP head the 2013 FTBowen Craggs index of corporate online effectiveness

From SPECIAL REPORTS 12:21am

Virtual and real worlds set to meet

Developing technology to underpin the web’s evolution will be difficult but the rewards could be enormous, says Paul Taylor

From SPECIAL REPORTS 12:21am

Need-to-know: A short guide to the internet of things

Jane Bird looks at the history behind – and the most important aspects of – a 21st century industrial revolution

From WORLD 10:14pm

Silicon Valley set for immigration win

Deal does not force companies to offer jobs to Americans first

From MARKETS 9:28pm

Instant Bloomberg not fading away yet

Chat system used by financial community is too popular to topple

From COMMENT 6:50pm

Tax probes not Apple’s biggest worry

The tech group’s main problems are slowing sales and shrinking margins, writes Farhad Manjoo

From WORLD 6:50pm

Dublin cut tax burden after US lobbying

Ireland accused of enabling complex tax avoidance strategy

Editorial from COMMENT 6:00pm

Apple shows need for US tax reform

Washington should close loopholes encouraging avoidance

May 21, 2013

Apple’s Cook faces Senate grilling on tax

Technology group denies using ‘gimmicks’ to lower its payments

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