From COMPANIES 10:55pm

Apple chief defends tax practices

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

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

From WORLD 5:26am

BoJ holds off on fresh monetary easing

Central bank sees signs that the economy is ‘picking up’

From COMPANIES 10:49pm

Dimon performance well choreographed

Investors chose to slap JPMorgan directors than the chief executive

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Japanese trade deficit widens

Boost from weaker yen outweighed by rising prices for imports

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Asian shares rally ahead of Bernanke testimony

Investors await Federal Reserve chairman’s appearance before Congress

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Chiefs talk up India-China trade target

More work needs to be done on corporate links spanning Asian powerhouses

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SAP seeks programmers with autism

Group believes people with condition can ‘spark innovation’

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Twitter wins over teens in race for users

Survey reveals social media landscape is evolving fast