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How Apple Just Avoided Paying £6 Billion in Tax

When you're a company as big as Apple, saving on tax bills is important — especially when they're in the billions. Fortunately its team of accountants has just managed to save it a cool $9.2 billion (£6 billion). Read More >>

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Four of the Five Highest-Paid Execs in the US Work for Apple

If you already feel a little hard done by when it comes to your paycheque, brace yourself. Bloomberg reports that four of the five best-paid executives across the whole of the US are employed by Apple — and just wait until you hear how much they earn. Read More >>

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Samsung Just Gave Sharp £73 Million to Guarantee LCD Supply

Sharp has just announced that it's getting a £73 million shot in the arm from Samsung. In turn, that will help guarantee Sammy as many LCD panels as it can use. Read More >>

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BlackBerry Is Testing a Mobile Money Messaging Service

It's no secret that BlackBerry has seen better days, despite the recent introduction of new phones. But one of its bright spots is BlackBerry Messenger, and now, according to Bloomberg, it's looking into adding a money transfer service to this product. Read More >>

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nokia
Nokia Is Profitable Once More

For once, Nokia's earnings report isn't the kind of thing which makes investors weep like small children. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the Finns became successful once more — netting a £370 million profit. Read More >>

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htc
HTC Reports Its Lowest Profits Since 2004

Despite releasing a handful of stellar handsets, the end of last year brought bad news for HTC. The company's posted a profit of just £21.5 million for the final quarter of 2012 — its lowest ever since 2004. Read More >>

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gadgets
Facebook Joins the NASDAQ-100 (While RIM Gets Ditched)

The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index which tracks the performance of the largest non-financial companies in the world. Yawn. But every year, it gets a little reshuffle to keep it fresh and relevant — and the changes can be rather telling. Read More >>

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Nokia’s Sold Its HQ (But It’s Not Moving Out)

To try and make up for the fact that it's struggling financially, Nokia has sold it HQ building in Espoo, Finland. But it's not moving it out. Read More >>

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business
Sharp Is Pleading With US Firms to Help It Out

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Japanese manufacturer Sharp is in serious talks with a number of US companies to try and save its finances. It plans to offer up stakes in the business in return for a "stable supply of breakthrough display technology". Read More >>

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sony
Sony and Panasonic Credit Ratings Cut to “Junk” Level

Credit agency Fitch has downgraded its views of both Sony and Panasonic, dropping the two tech giants to "junk" status. Which is business speak for "don't buy shares in these two as they could go broke." Read More >>

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A Sad Woman Lost Her Entire Life Savings in the Facebook IPO and Now Wants Her Money Back

A lot of average Joes put on their faux-finance cap during the Facebook IPO and hoped it would get them rich. Everyone uses Facebook therefore everyone wants to buy Facebook stock, the logic went. Yeah, it didn't work out that way. I'm sure a lot of people lost money. One poor woman, Uma Swaminathan, lost her entire life savings and kinda wants a re-do. Read More >>

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apple
Apple Only Pays 1.9 Per Cent Tax Outside the US

According to an international financial statement filed by Apple, the company manages to pay just 1.9 per cent income tax on its earnings outside the US, meaning it pays a mere £446-odd million in tax on earnings of about £23 billion. Read More >>

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google
Google Made Way Less Money This Quarter Than Everyone Thought

It's easy to get caught up in the Wall Street expectations game, under whose rules Google just had a disastrous third quarter. But while earnings were down significantly year over year, the company still hauled in over £1.3 billion of income on £8.7 billion of revenue. That's got to count for something, right? Read More >>

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nokia
Nokia Reports £467 Million Operating Loss and Sliding Lumia Sales

Nokia has just announced a total operating loss of £467 million for the third quarter of 2012, a drop in its net cash from £4 billion last year to £3.4 billion now, and declining Lumia sales. Oh dear. Read More >>

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htc
HTC’s Finances Just Keep Getting Worse

HTC is continuing to suffer. Despite the launch of its well-received One X, the latest financial results show that the company's profits have dropped 79 per cent from last year. Read More >>