Opinion seems to be divided as to whether Apple’s tax avoidance schemes are a good thing or a bad thing.  Free-marketers assert that Apple is doing everything it should, and exploiting our Byzantine tax laws is what it’s all about.

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After a speculation filled weekend, Yahoo! formally announced on Monday that it is acquiring popular blogging website Tumblr for $1.1 billion. This latest investment by Yahoo! is an attempt to help revitalize the struggling tech company by drawing in Tumblr’s younger users. However, considering Yahoo!’s history with acquisitions, it seems as though the company would [...]

Sony Corp., newly pressured by activist hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, says it will consider a breakup plan that would feature an IPO of part of its entertainment division.

Walk down any sidewalk from New York to Shanghai and you’ll see women wearing ballet flats with Tory Burch’s distinctive double-T logo. They’re also wearing her patterned tunics, handbags, clutches, and bold country club–chic pants, skirts, dresses, and tops. Tory Burch hasn’t just made preppy clothes hip and modern, she’s built a multi-billion dollar fashion empire in less than a decade. And she’s leveraging her experience and influence for the greater good with the Tory Burch Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs.

If you Google “Susan Wojcicki,” the search-giant’s SVP of Advertising, you’ll see that one of tech’s most influential leaders keeps a markedly low profile, one focused more on how to monetize that search than what appears when querying her name. Just ranked by Forbes as the 30th most powerful woman in the world, Susan Wojcicki may not household name - yet. But as the head of all of Google’s ad products, each of us is impacted by the extraordinary scale and scope of her work dozens of times a day whether it be when picking up our myriad of mobile devices, watching the latest cat-turned-viral sensation on YouTube, or even deciding what high-tech eyewear of the future we’ll be sporting.

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax.

Microsoft unveiled its long-anticipated next generation console Xbox One on Tuesday, but it was its inclusion of live TV, rather than its gaming capabilities that set tongues wagging.

DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Ireland called on Wednesday for an international clampdown on multinationals shifting profits around the world to avoid tax, after criticism that Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple to shrink its tax bill.

In plunking down $1.1 billion for Tumblr, Marissa Mayer is making a big bet that the blog publisher’s content and its growth rate will help Yahoo better compete against Google and Facebook in the online ad market. But there’s just one problem, writes John Shinal.

Yahoo has promised not to screw up Tumblr by taking it over. Nick Shchetko offers three lessons from other big tech acquisitions to help Yahoo keep its promise.

* EU losing 1 trillion euros a year to tax avoidance, evasion

Internet names like Google and Qihoo have been outperforming the market lately ... and, believe it or not, their climbs upward should continue. Here's why.

A number of senior HTC executives have departed the company as its latest high-profile smartphone, the HTC One, appears to have failed.

Even as Apple faced a grilling from lawmakers over its tax avoidance schemes, two more companies revealed they would move jurisdictions to lighten their tax burden.

The world's largest hedge funds have bolstered their equity holding so far this year, increasing their exposure by over 5 percent and adding more to Boeing than any other stock, according to research firm FactSet.