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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 WORLD 6:36pm

Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance

Comments come week before Chinese premier visits Germany

Container ships arrive at a pier in Tokyo Bay ©Getty From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:33pm

US keen to promote ‘fast track’ trade deals

Campaign to ‘educate’ legislators on benefits

From COMPANIES 7:37pm

Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

Companies look to yield markets to refinance and pay dividends

Pedestrians shelter under Swiss-branded umbrellas as they walk past stores in Zurich From WORLD 1:36pm

New era as Swiss bank secrecy declines

Many private banks are already adapting their model

From WORLD 11:27am

Pakistani politician shot dead by gunmen

Khan blames exiled MQM leader for killing of Zehra Shahid Hussain