From WORLD 10:53am

Dublin rejects Apple tax avoidance claims

People walk past the Apple logo at the Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal in New York ON January 25, 2013. Apple shares slid about 12 percent on January 24 after the tech giant posted record profits and sales of its iPhones and iPads but offered a disappointing forecast for the coming months. ©AFP

Ireland’s deputy PM blames loopholes elsewhere for low rate paid by company

From WORLD 9:58am

IMF calls for more Middle East reforms

Moderate growth ‘not enough to ease region’s unemployment’

From COMPANIES 7:57pm

Qatar snaps up stakes in key lenders

Emirate targets VTB and Deutsche Bank

From WORLD 6:46pm

Berlin plans partial EU treaty change

German strategy would thwart UK plans to repatriate powers

From WORLD 8:22am

Massive Oklahoma tornado kills at least 51

Death toll expected to exceed 90 after suburb flattened

From COMPANIES 9:11am

Southern Europe’s woes take toll on Vodafone

Mobile group to reinvest £2.1bn Verizon payout

From MARKETS 6:19pm

Oil inquiry widens to trading houses

Brussels sends Glencore and Vitol requests for information

Sprint Nextel Corp logo ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 4:34am

SoftBank grants Sprint disclosure waiver

US telecoms group clears hurdle to discussions with rival bidder Dish

Russia, Moscow. Views of the area innovation center "Skolkovo". ©Kommersant From WORLD 5:45pm

Backlash blamed for woes at Russia’s ‘Silicon Valley’

Questions raised over future of Skolkovo project

A pedestrian walks past a stock markets indicator board in Tokyo, Japan, 18 March 2013. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 340.32 points, or 2.71 per cent, to close at 12,220.63 as worries about a Cyprus bailout package sparked fears of an escalation of the eurozone debt crisis. ©EPA Global Market Overview from MARKETS 10:02am

Shares hover near cyclical highs

Caution ahead of Bernanke testimony