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From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:59pm

Apple faces grilling over US tax rate

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

Accounting boosted tech group’s payment from 15% to 25%

From COMPANIES 11:40pm

Yahoo buys start-up Tumblr for $1bn

Move is first big bet by new CEO Marissa Mayer

From WORLD 6:36pm

Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance

Comments come week before Chinese premier visits Germany

Weird computer ©Alamy From COMMENT 3:22pm

China: More crooks than patriots

The biggest threat is posed by online criminals the state is ill-equipped to police, says Kathrin Hille

Ricardo Salgado, chief executive officer of Banco Espirito Santo SA, speaks during a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 7:33pm

Portugal’s banks fear ‘Cyprus virus’

Heads of BCP and BES urge Europe’s leaders to moderate stance

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King deliveres the Bank's quarterly inflation report. ©Bloomberg From UK 6:07pm

King warns Osborne over mortgage scheme

Stimulating housing market ‘could cause future problems’

Carl Icahn and Michael Dell ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 7:37pm

Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

Companies look to yield markets to refinance and pay dividends

The Swiss National Bank's Bern offices ©Bloomberg From WORLD 9:39pm

New era as Swiss bank secrecy declines

Many private banks are already adapting their model