US SOCIETY 8:12pm

Insurers brace for Oklahoma tornado costs

Estimates say at least a $2bn bill from mile-wide twister

US POLITICS & POLICY 7:13pm

IRS official refuses to answer questions

Obama’s deputy treasury secretary also appears at hearing

US POLITICS & POLICY 7:07pm

Bernanke says bond buying could slow

FOMC members express willingness to to taper purchases

From MARKETS 6:53pm

Ratings agencies under fire again

Accusation of misjudging rebound in US housing market

Global Insight from US POLITICS & POLICY 6:41pm

Obama counter-terror policy in spotlight

President faces testing time over approach to Islamist threat

Carl Levin, D-Mich., holds up his own Apple iPhone, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday ©AP From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:33pm

Apple unlikely to change without tax reform

Most Republican senators at US hearing back company’s defence

WTO Director-General Lamy announces forecast for 2013 at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva ©Reuters David Pilling from COMMENT 6:24pm

Hard to build an ‘anyone but China’ club

The unstated aim of the TPP is a deal to bar the second-largest economy

US SOCIETY 6:08pm

FBI shoot man in new Boston probe death

Authorities were questioning man in relation to bombing suspect

From MARKETS 5:18pm

Dollar rises on Fed bond-buying comments

UK pound slips on retail sales data

From ASIA-PACIFIC 4:57pm

N Korean envoy visits China amid tensions

Beijing trip by Kim aide follows fresh international sanctions

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 4:18pm

US existing home sales tick up

Sellers lured to market but inventories remain low and credit tight

US POLITICS & POLICY 2:42pm

Weiner declares NY mayoral run on YouTube

Democrat could shake up crowded field

From COMPANIES 1:07pm

Dish aims to scuttle rival bid for Sprint

Satellite TV group campaigns against rival for US wireless outfit

US POLITICS & POLICY 11:53pm

Top US tax official to refuse questioning

Concerns about when White House knew about IRS allegations

US POLITICS & POLICY 11:52pm

Oklahoma rallies after tornado

Residents begin to sort through carnage left behind

US SOCIETY 11:34pm

Rescuers search for Oklahoma survivors

Forecasters warn of another tornado as death toll estimate cut to 24

From COMPANIES 10:55pm

Apple chief defends tax practices

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

US POLITICS & POLICY 10:14pm

Silicon Valley set for immigration win

Deal does not force companies to offer jobs to Americans first

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

Apple chief’s gamble pays off as criticism remains muted

Tim Cook defends company’s tax practices

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

BP increases challenges to oil spill payouts

Company believes many payments are unjustified