Republic of Ireland

Five things at stake for Apple at Senate tax hearing

2013-05-21 04:00:00

Apple hardly seems the invincible name it was just one year ago. Faced with slower growth, a badly bruised stock price and questions about its innovation leadership, the company has plenty of fights on its hand.� And now it has a new foe attempting to...

Apple tries not to stand out in the tax-avoidance crowd

2013-05-20 17:26:00

Apple found itself in the uncomfortable position Monday of being labeled a corporate bad guy, drawing fire from senior senators in both parties for using subsidiaries in Ireland to reduce its tax bill. But if Apple has its way, its bitter rival Google...

Apple skirts U.S. taxes, panel finds

2013-05-20 19:41:00

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc., one of the most successful and valuable companies on the planet, will be tested Tuesday when Chief Executive Tim Cook testifies about the company's controversial tax practices before a hostile Senate subcommittee. Should...

Report: Apple avoided billions in U.S. taxes on foreign income

2013-05-20 14:04:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...

PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine

2013-05-16 21:43:00

Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...

Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives

2013-05-01 11:18:00

LONDON -- Spurred by the preventable death of a pregnant woman, the Irish government unveiled a proposed law Wednesday spelling out when abortions can be performed to save the life of the mother, a controversial move in a country that still outlaws most...

Ireland Baldwin's open letter to her haters: 'It's bad energy!'

2013-04-30 16:44:00

Ireland Baldwin says she's gotten over the whole "rude thoughtless little pig" voicemail her dad left her when she was 11, so why can't the rest of the world move past it too? And can we all also realize she is not her parents? So vented Alec Baldwin...

Travel tips: Choose a basic color, and take plenty of notes

2013-04-27 07:00:00

When packing, pick one basic color around which to create your "fashion palette" so you have plenty of mix-and-match outfits to choose from. Marlene Hassel Newport Beach Keep extensive notes on your trips. I have traveled a great deal and have...

The art of becoming Edna O'Brien

2013-04-26 09:00:00

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders. Edna O'Brien, who retells her provocative life in "Country Girl," represents a classic Irish case. A novelist whose promise found...

Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello and the spectrum of sisterhood

2013-04-09 05:00:00

While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton considers the pros and cons of trying, once again, to become this nation's first female president and Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as the bumbling but pencil-skirt-rocking fictional vice president in...

IMPAC Dublin Award shortlist includes three Americans, Murakami

2013-04-09 09:30:00

The IMPAC Dublin Literary Award announced its shortlist for 2013 on Tuesday, and a refreshingly diverse group it is, with five novels in translation -- from Japan, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, and France -- listed along with one British, one Irish...

Extra, extra! 'Illegal immigrant' and other language changes

2013-04-08 12:05:00

For U.S. reporters and editors, the term “illegal immigrant” looks to be going the way of the eight-track tape. The Associated Press is the news service that prompted Mark Twain to say, “There are only two forces that can carry light...

A potato leaf specimen from the Kew Garden herbarium, collected in 1847, during the height of the Irish famine, provided a crucial DNA sample that helped unlock the genome of the blight that caused widespread starvation and wholesale migration in 19th Century Ireland.

2013-05-20 17:57:00

Andrew Smith of Ireland, 4th on floor in World Cup 2012 and Ireland's best all rounder, performs the floor exercise, during an exhibition for the Pro Gymnastics Challenge held at Stabler Arena Friday night. The Pro Gymnastics Challenge will host the USA vs. the World gymnastic meet Saturday night.

2013-05-10 00:00:00

The Temple Bar is a lively entertainment and cultural district in Dublin, Ireland.

2013-05-09 18:17:44